The program meets for 38 weeknights over a ten-week period. Over 30 different guest lecturers cover their topic of expertise. The following topics are typically covered:

Working with Producers, Call Sheet and the Crew, Thinking Visually, Managing the Movie from Prep to Post, Story for Film and TV, The Director of Photography, Pitch Decks, Trailers and Looks Books, The Casting Session, The Production Designer, The Director and the Budget, Previsualization, The Tone Meeting/Table Read, The Assistant Director, Hostile Filming Environments, Dramatizations and True Crime, How to Break Into the Business, The Horrors of Directing Low Budget Horror, The Commercial Director, Intimacy Coordination, Costume Design, Working with an Editor, Stunt Coordination, AI and the Director, Scoring for Film and Television, Guest Directing Episodic, Crafting Coverage, Post Sound, Acting for Directors—and on campus nights of working with the DP, and Special Guest Directors directing actors in different genres and situations.