THE

ASSISTANT
DIRECTORS
UNION

The Assistant Directors Union represents the occupational and economical interests of all Assistant Directors, AD-PAs and Regieassistent*Innen working in the fictional movie industry in Germany.

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LATEST NEWS

2nd AD CROWD WORKSHOP

X-MAS SPECIAL
Another productive year is coming to an end and we want to start the christmas season off with a 15% discount on our upcoming “2nd AD CROWD” workshop with ANN SOPHIE HEIER (CU), HENRIETTE RODENWALD (CU) & DAVID WUNDERLICH (CU). Reserve your slot between NOW and the 24th of December 2023.
Additional information you will get here.
LATEST NEWS

INITIATIVE FAIR FILM

2ND LETTER TO CLAUDIA ROTH

Together with around 30 other associations and organizations of filmmakers, we are a member of the Fair Film Initiative. On November 7th, the second letter was sent to the Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth. In it, we call on her to finally anchor social sustainability in the new version of the 2024 Film Funding Act. Now that the ecological standards have made it into the FFG, also with pressure from the EU, it is now time to focus on the employees of the funded film projects.

You can find the second letter here.

LATEST NEWS

2nd AD CROWD WORKSHOP

REGISTRATION IS OPEN
The Assistant Directors Union is happy to announce the January 2024 Workshop which focusses on the job of the 2nd AD CROWD. Registration for this 5 day workshop is now open! Get a 20 % DISCOUNT for the “2nd AD Crowd Workshop” with ANN SOPHIE HEIER (CU), HENRIETTE RODENWALD (CU) & DAVID WUNDERLICH (CU) by reserving your slot until 15th of August 2023. Additional information you will get here
LATEST NEWS

ADAs 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AWARDS RESULTS
We are so proud that this year’s AD-Awards included 3 winning teams from the ADU. This means we were more than well represented at the first international ADAs and couldn’t be prouder of our members. We won “gold” and “bronze” in the FEATURE category and “silver” in the SERIES category. We congratulate the AD-teams from “All Quiet On The Western Front” (Feature, Gold), “Tar” (Feature, Bronze) and “1899” (Series, Silver)!
LATEST NEWS

EVALUATION OF THE

ADU SALARY SURVEY 2018 – 2021

On June 01st we released the evaluation of our ADU salary survey 2018 – 2021.

More info: Link

LATEST NEWS

ADU

NEWSLETTER
Here you’ll find the actual ADU newsletter: Link
LATEST NEWS

CORONA CRISIS

FAQ FOR ADs IN THIS SITUATION
Please refer to the forum for further detail.
Dates

December 3rd 2023 | 3 pm

ADU Members general meeting

Location: via Zoom

January 20th & 21st + 27th - 29th 2024

2nd AD Crowd Workshop

Registration: open now
Lecturers: Ann Sophie Heier (2nd AD Crowd), Henriette Rodenwald (2nd AD Crowd) & David Wunderlich (2nd AD Crowd)
Location: Zoom (20. – 21.01.24) & in person (27. – 29.01.24)
Contact: training@ad-union.org

ARCHIV

November 5th 2023 | 5:30 pm

Jour Fixe || Topic: EasyExtra

Host: Julia Eiber (2nd AD)

Location: via Zoom

Registration: mail to jeiber@ad-union.org

August 20th 2023 | 6 pm

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Filmindustry – Abuse of power

Hosts: Anna Kaiser (AD-PA) & Inken Janssen (1st AD)

Location: via Zoom

Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org

June 30th 2023 | 7:30 pm

Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Munich

Location: Wirtshaus in der Au, Lilienstraße 51, 81669 München

Contact: jeiber@ad-union.org

May 30th 2023 | 6 pm

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Job-Sharing

Guests: Frederike Karsch (Key 2nd AD) & Johanna Hein (Key 2nd AD)

Location: via Zoom

Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org

May 12th 2023 | 7:30 pm

Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin

Location: Bar Intimes, Boxhagener 107, 10245 Berlin
Contact:
ijanssen@ad-union.org

January 14th & 15th + 20th - 22nd 2023

Key 2nd AD Workshop

Registration: open from 11.11.2022
Lecturers: Carlos Fidel (Key 2nd AD) & Gemma Read (Key 2nd AD)
Location: Zoom (14. – 15.01.) & Berlin (20. – 22.01.)
Contact: training@ad-union.org

January 19th 2023 | 7:30 pm

Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin

Location: Berlin
Contact: ij@ad-union.org

January 16th 2023 | 7:30 pm

Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Hamburg

Location: Hamburg
Contact: ij@ad-union.org

04.01.2023 | 7 - 9 pm

“Meet the AD’s of All Quiet on the Western Front”

Guests: Benedict Hoermann (1st AD), Filip Moravek (Key 2nd AD), Valerie Adamer (Crowd 2nd AD), Viktorie Vavrova (3rd Base AD)

Location: via Zoom

Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org

10.12.2022 | 2 - 6 pm

ADU Members general meeting

Location: via Zoom

02.12.2022 | 8 - 10 pm

“Meet the AD*s of 1899”

Guests: Rickie-Lee Roberts (1st AD), Georgina Foley (2nd AD), David Wunderlich (Crowd 2nd AD), Katharina Dietl (1st AD 2nd Unit)

Location: via Zoom

Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org

07.05.2022 | 3 - 8 pm

Open online seminar || participation fee
Topic: structure of the international AD system

Registration: open
Lecturers: Klaus Spinnler & Benedict Hoermann
Location: via Zoom
Contact: training@ad-union.org

08.04.2022

Open AD Meet Up || Munich

Location: Munich
Registration: ksohler@ad-union.org

27.03.2022

ADU Members general meeting

Location: via Zoom

21.02.2022

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Working on historic films

Hosts: Florian Schwombeck & Benedict Hoermann
Ort: via Zoom
Registration: training@ad-union.org

30.01.2021

ADU Workshop || Topic: 3rd AD

Lecturers: Katharina Dietl, Philipp Kramer, Mathias Datow & Korbinian Wandinger
Location: Berliner Union Film Atelier

29.01.2021

ADU Workshop || Topic: AD-PA

Lecturers: Tobi Asam & Mathias Datow
Location: Berliner Union Film Atelier

11.01.2021

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Extras

Hosts: Julia Eiber & David Wunderlich

12.12.2021

ADU Members general meeting

05.12.2021

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Stunt & Safety on Set

Hosts: Benedict Hoermann

25.10.2021

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Negotiate your deal

Hosts: Kati Sohler & Benedict Hoermann

10.09.2021

ADU Women’s Gettogether

08.09.2021

ADU & Friends Gettogether Hamburg

31.07.2021

Open Seminar || Topic: Similarities & Differences between the int. AD-system and the GER ‘Regieassistenz System’

Lecturers: Benedict Hoermann, Inken Janssen & Sven Blum

23.07.2021

ADU & Friends Gettogether Munich & Hamburg

10.07.2021

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: First AD (local system)

Host: Stefan Nickel

01.06.2021

Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Health & Safety

Hosts: Benedict Hoermann & Inken Janssen

27.02.2021

ADU Members general meeting

16.01.2021

ADU Women’s Gettogether