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Director search, rosters & representation · Working

Director shortlist

Also called: short list

ELI5

The reduced group of directors invited to discuss, treat or bid on a commercial.

Used in conversation

“The director shortlist needs to be explicit in the treatment, not left for production to guess.”

Pitch context

You may hear this during a commercial brief, treatment, bid, award or pre-production process.

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