Hiring
Across the screen industries, advocacy organizations have built a wide range of resources and programs intended to highlight historically underrepresented talent, and ensure that companies who seek to commit to equitable hiring practices can easily connect to these professionals. In this section, you'll find hiring databases to connect you directly to above and below-the-line talent, best practices for casting, advice on improving representation, and research to guide you in creating and implementing inclusion policies.
Hiring Databases: Film Fatales Members
Finding Directors
Finding Directors
Case Study: Queen Sugar
The Critical First Shot: Research on Diversity Among First-Time Feature Directors
Finding Directors
Finding Directors
Research on Directors: UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report
Finding Writers
Staffing Writers Rooms: Best Practices
WGA Platform
Finding Writers
HUSSLUP – Talent Discovery Tool
Finding Writers
Finding Writers
Inevitable Foundation Concierge – Connecting to Disabled Writers
LaLista – Connecting with Latina Writers
Finding Writers
Hiring Database: Writers Room Support Staff
Finding Writers
Finding Writers
CAPE New Writers Alumni Database
Watch: How Disabled Writers Are Changing the Landscape of the Entertainment Industry
Finding Writers
Finding Writers
Collection of Lists of Underrepresented Writers
Building an Inclusive Crew
Hiring Databases: ARRAY CREW
Building an Inclusive Crew
Hiring Databases: Women in Animation
Building an Inclusive Crew
Hiring Databases: Black Beauty Roster
Hiring & Training: The Handy Foundation
Building an Inclusive Crew
Building an Inclusive Crew
Best Practices: Hiring Department Heads
Hiring Survivors
Building an Inclusive Crew
Hiring Databases: Diversify.Film
Building an Inclusive Crew
Hiring Databases: Staff Me Up
Building an Inclusive Crew
Building an Inclusive Crew
Best Practices: Hiring People with Disabilities
Building your Inclusion Policy
Measuring Success
Measuring Success
Invoke Insights by Free The Work
Measuring Success
Best Practices for Collecting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data
Authentically Inclusive Representation (AIR)
Measuring Success
Intimacy Coordinators: Hiring Resources
Building an Inclusive Crew
Research on Writers: WGA West
Finding Writers
Finding Directors
Hiring Databases: Pillars’ Muslim Artist Database
Hiring Databases: FREE THE WORK
Finding Directors
Finding Directors
Hiring Directors
Finding Directors
ReFrame Rise Directors
Finding Writers
Hiring Feature Writers
Authentic Casting
Best Practices for Casting Directors
Casting Roles for Intimate Scenes
Authentic Casting
Casting for Characters with Disabilities
Authentic Casting
Authentic Casting
Improving API Representation in Casting
Hiring Databases: Muslim Casting
Authentic Casting
Authentic Casting
Casting Survivors
Authentic Casting
Casting for Transgender Characters
Authentic Casting
Hiring Databases: PGM VO List
Video: Casting Call to Action
Authentic Casting
Measuring Success
Video Overview: The Inclusion Rider
Measuring Success
Templates: The Inclusion Rider