38-time Emmy Award winner (Juwanna Mann, In Living Color, Olympics)
This master class offers a unique opportunity for directors at all levels to improve their skills, refine their craft, and explore advanced directing techniques in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Participants will focus on key areas such as working with actors, casting, visual storytelling, and directing across various formats—including short films, music videos, and commercials—all with the goal of building toward long-form feature filmmaking.
This is more than a workshop—it's a chance to learn from one of the industry's most accomplished directors and connect with a community of passionate, like-minded creatives.
Join one of the industry's most accomplished directors for a hands-on master class designed to elevate your directing craft. Whether you're working in short films, music videos, commercials, or aiming for feature films, this workshop sharpens your skills through scene work, actor direction, and visual storytelling.
Participants will engage in:
- Scene study & analysis
- Directing actors for performance
- Blocking, shot composition & camera work
- Script breakdown & character development
- Industry-focused formats: music videos, TV, film, and commercials
Work with actors, break down scenes, and refine your visual narrative—all in a collaborative, real-world workshop environment. Learn more here!
About the Presenter:
Before directing his first feature film, Juwanna Mann, for Warner Bros./Morgan Creek, starring Vivica A. Fox, Miguel Nunez and Tommy Davidson, Mr. Vaughan started his career as a director for WTVR-TV6 in Richmond, Virginia. There he directed local news and produced his first television show at the ripe old age of 19. He later moved on to produce nine nationally syndicated educational documentaries distributed to PBS stations across America.
NBC took notice of his talents offering him a job at age 22. Working for NBC for over ten years on many different shows and productions including: Meet the Press, Pres Reagan's Inauguration, Reagan's State of The Union Addresses and major White House Press Conferences, Vaughan also worked on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The Charlie Rose Show, The McGlaughlin Group, and Headlines on Trial with Arthur Miller. Mr. Vaughan also directed WRC-TV News Center 4's 5pm News taking i to its first number one position in over 10 years. He directed The Jesse Jackson Show for Quincy Jones Entertainment and America's Black Forum with Julian Bond. Mr. Vaughan followed his 10-year career at NBC with a season five stint, directing the sketch Wayans Brothers’ comedy series In Living Color, starring comic geniuses: Jim Carey, Jamie Fox, Tommy Davidson and David Alan Grier. Mr. Vaughan then moved on to directing numerous music documentaries for MTV Networks, including music specials on Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Paula Abdul, Melissa Etheridge and Steve Winwood. He has directed music videos for 'N Sync, featuring Justin Timberlake, Eric Benet, Master P, Mya, Raphael Saadiq, and SWV featuring Missy Elliot. Mr. Vaughan has also worked with Elton John, Tina Turner, Will Smith, Anita Baker, Rod Stewart, En Vogue, Tevin Campbell, Keith Sweat, and many more.
Mr. Vaughan has won two national Emmys for his work on NBC Sports Barcelona Olympics and The World Track and Field Games in Tokyo. Vaughan wrote The Bob Marley Story for Warner Bros./Island World based on the Timothy White book Catch a Fire. He has been nominated for 54 Emmy Awards during his career for which he has garnered 30.
