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Disney General Entertainment Content (DGE) has selected the participants in its 2022-2023 DGE Directing Program. For the second consecutive year, the program will guarantee episodes to first-time television directors on a DGE scripted series. Launched in 2001 and run by DGE’s Creative Talent Development & Inclusion (CTDI) department, the DGE Directing Program previously provided access, mentorship, shadowing assignments and advanced professional development to directors on the cusp of episodic television directing. In partnership with participating Disney series, this year’s program will commit episodes to directors on the following shows: “BUNK’D” (Disney Branded Television), “The Chi” (20th Television), “General Hospital” (ABC), “The Good Doctor” (ABC/ABC Signature), “The Rookie” (ABC/ABC Signature), “Single Drunk Female” (Freeform/20th Television) and “The Villains of Valley View” (Disney Branded Television). This is the first year the program will commit directing assignments within the ABC daytime scripted space (“General Hospital”).
The Walt Disney Company has won 26 Primetime Emmy® Awards across its content brands and studios, including ABC Entertainment, Disney+, Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television and ABC Signature, FX, FX Productions, Hulu Originals, Lucasfilm Ltd., Marvel Studios, National Geographic Content, Searchlight Television and Walt Disney Studios. Combined with last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy wins and tonight’s broadcast, Disney’s streaming platforms earned a total of 19 wins, with Hulu and Disney+ receiving 10 and nine awards, respectively; and Disney Television Studios earned a total of 12 wins.
Communications strategist Elita Fielder Adjei has been named vice president, Corporate Communications for National Geographic Content, which develops and produces premium, factual entertainment for Disney+ and National Geographic global linear networks. Adjei will report to both Courteney Monroe, president of National Geographic Content, and Charissa Gilmore, senior vice president of Corporate Communications, Disney General Entertainment. In this newly created role, Adjei will be responsible for the overall communications strategy that raises the profile of the brand and builds on its reputation as an award-winning provider of premium factual content. She will be responsible for leading internal communications for the organization, as well as external communications focused on driving alignment and integrated messaging around overall strategy and goals, DEI initiatives and internal culture. She will oversee executive communications, promoting the senior leadership and their work. She will collaborate closely with Pam Levine and her amazing team, who remain responsible for the marketing and publicity of the National Geographic programming.
