For the second year he will guide novice directors in the Harold Prince Musical Theater Workshop.

Schary became known for his liberal values and for giving novice directors the chance to make their debuts.

He gave the novice 38-year-old director one bit of advice: Keep the camera rolling sometimes even before and after a scene technically starts and ends.

A few months later, John Sayles, a novice director who had written his own script of the book, telephoned.

When you try to cover your lack of expertise, that's when people lose respect for novice directors.

This is a look at how several programs in New York set the stage for novice directors.

While excitement like that might turn the head of a novice director, Mr. Hicks remained reasonably calm.

Despite this, a few novice directors approached him with scripts, all of which he rejected.

And what Mr. Highberger, the novice director, may lack in cinematic polish he makes up for in sleuth work.

The character of the male protagonist represented Iribe himself, the novice director having reconstituted his own image for the screen.