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Promoting the craft of UK Assistant Directors

Year Review

2024 Round Up

The AD Guild is the professional association for all Assistant Directors working in the UK - a centre of excellence which provides training, benefits and grade certification.

Upcoming Events

Third AD Skills Boost: Course Dates: Saturdays 9 & 16 August 2025, plus networking 29 August 2025

9th August 2025

If you’re a Third Assistant Director working in Scotland, you know how demanding the role can be, and how little time you get to pause, reflect, and upskill. Find out more

Encouraging Good Working in HETV, Film and Unscripted

22nd August 2025

Encouraging Good Working in HETV, Film and Unscripted is a fully funded professional development programme, supported by the ScreenSkills Film, High-end Television, and Unscripted TV Skills Funds. Find out more

COVID 19 Guidance

Get up to date with the latest experiences of working with COVID on various production and read the most up to date guidance in our resources section.

Find An AD

The latest upgrade to our Find an AD facility. Fine-tune your search to include AD's availability, skills and on set experience.

Guild Committees

Education & Training

Pioneering initiatives across education and training in order to offer continual professional development for AD's across the UK.

Commercials

Working on behalf of all Guild members working in Commercials.

Membership

Evaluating all membership applications and running the Guild Grading Scheme.

Diversity & Equality

Championing greater diversity in our industry, valuing our differences and promoting equal opportunity for all.

Regional

Representing the interests of our UK-wide membership and looking at regional opportunities for training and development.

Pensions and Insurance

Aiming to provide professional insurances, pensions and other benefits for Guild members

Rate Card

Following feedback from the Guild membership, we are working on a new, fair and achievable rate card in association with BECTU.

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