Directors Programme
We recently started a new training initiative by supporting four experienced industry professionals to access shadowing Director opportunities and assist them on their directing careers. Each Director is funded by Screen NETS in partnership with a production for shadowing/2nd Unit directing with additional off-the-job support through mentoring, TV and Film festival attendance and short courses. Screen NETS is funded by Screen Scotland for this programme along with the Screen NETS Crew Programme.
Jack Goessens
Jack shadowed Alex Holmes on Wild Mercury’s second series of The Rig for Amazon Prime.
Jack (he/they) is an RTS award-winning and BAFTA-nominated writer/director and editor, supported by some of the industry’s leading talent development programmes including Berlinale Talents, Channel 4 RI:SE and BAFTA BFI Flare amongst others. Three of Jack's shorts screened at BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying films around the world and they're now in late-stage development with Screen Scotland with their debut feature, Boifriend.
Jack is also part of the Screen NETS directors programme, where he shadowed and directed 2nd unit on series 2 of The Rig (Amazon). As editor Jack has worked on high-end drama such as Outlander (Sony/Starz) and Everything Now (Netflix).
Marilyn Edmonds
Marilyn shadowed Rachel Leiterman on Forge Entertainment’s period drama The Buccaneers for Apple TV.
Marilyn begun her career in 2010 as a Floor Runner and progressed to 2nd Assistant Director, where she has worked on a number or TV dramas and feature films. In 2015 she hung up her walkie talkie and became full-time mum, before returning in 2019 writing, producing and directing her first feature film, Connect, which premiered at Glasgow Film Festival. In 2021 Marilyn was invited to shadowing at River City and has since directed six episodes. In 2024, she completed her first block of ITV’s award-winning continuing drama Emmerdale, where she will be returning to for an another block in early 2025. Marilyn has also shadowed Pier Wilkie on the hit sci-fi drama The Lazarus Project in Wales.
Kal Singh Lally
Kal shadowed Andrew Newbury on series 8 of Shetland, made by Silverprint Pictures/ITV Studios for BBC.
Kaljeven is a Glasgow based Director. In 2021 he Shadowed on a block of River City and directed several scenes across both episodes. This led to him directing his first episode last year and gave him his first broadcast credit as a Director. He has since directed several blocks of River City. He recently shadowed the first block Director on Screw Season 2 and then with Screen NETS on Shetland Season 8. He stepped up to direct 2nd Unit on both shows, gaining valuable experience and opportunities in HETV. Prior to focusing on directing, he worked in post-production. He spent several years working his way from Trainee to Assistant Editor to Editor. As Editor he has worked on shows such as Outlander, Princess Mirror-Belle, The Wedding and River City.
Holly Jack
Holly shadowed Gareth Bryn on series 2 of ITV’s Karen Pirie, made by World Productions.
Holly is an actor/director based just outside Glasgow. She has fourteen years experience working in the industry as an actor, on shows such as Waterloo Road, Burnistoun and playing long-running bad girl Nicole, on BBC Studios’ River City.
Her first short film as a producer, All Up There, was nominated for the Young Film Makers Prize at GSFF and recently screened at the Houses of Parliament, as part of the endometriosis parliamentary campaign.
Last year, Holly completed her writer/director debut short film Safe Home, produced by Smashing Pictures.