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TV Directors 101 with Keesha Sharp

A Professional Television Directing Course · sharpprep.tv

"TV Directing starts with preparation."

Learn to direct television the way it's actually done — from a working director with credits spanning FOX, NBC, CW, Peacock, TBS, and Paramount+. This is not theory. This is the real process.

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Keesha Sharp
FOX·NBC·CW·Peacock·TBS·Paramount+·Lethal Weapon·Bel-Air·Chicago PD·Found·Black Lightning·The Last OG·Charmed·All American: Homecoming·3× NAACP Image Award Nominee·Boston Conservatory — B.F.A. Cum Laude· FOX·NBC·CW·Peacock·TBS·Paramount+·Lethal Weapon·Bel-Air·Chicago PD·Found·Black Lightning·The Last OG·Charmed·All American: Homecoming·3× NAACP Image Award Nominee·Boston Conservatory — B.F.A. Cum Laude·
Prerequisites

This course is for artists with some experience. Whether a director, actor, A.D., scripty or others who are familiar with the TV shooting process.

"I designed Sharp Prep for the artist who already knows the basics but is ready to prepare on a professional level. You will be challenged. You will be pushed. And you will leave ready."

Programs & Pricing

Choose your path.

Online · Private
Virtual One-on-One
$1,500
4 Sessions · One Per Week
Full personalized attention
  • Private sessions with Keesha directly
  • Real episode used as case study
  • Personalized feedback every week
  • Script prep through final shot list
  • Complete blocking review
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Online · Group
Coming Soon
Virtual Small Group
$700 /person
4 Sessions · One Per Week
Minimum 3 · Maximum 7 students
  • Intimate group setting
  • Peer feedback and discussion
  • Real episode as shared case study
  • Same full 4-week curriculum
  • Limited spots — application required
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In-Person · Private
In-Person One-on-One
$2,500
4 Sessions · One Per Week
Location confirmed upon enrollment
  • Private, in-person with Keesha
  • Hands-on, real-time direction
  • On-set level immersion
  • Full 4-week curriculum
  • Extremely limited availability
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Virtual · Consulting
Hourly Consulting
$200 /hour
Virtual · One-on-One with Keesha
Book as many hours as you need
  • Private virtual session with Keesha
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Targeted feedback on your specific needs
  • No multi-week commitment required
  • Ideal for working directors seeking expert insight
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Flagship · In-Person
The Sharp Prep Intensive
Most Expensive
In-Person · Small Group of Directors
Working with actors · Application only
  • Everything in the other tiers — in person
  • Script prep, lookbook, blocking, tone meeting & shot list
  • Final 2 sessions include working with professional actors
  • 7–10 directors, intimate cohort
  • Held yearly in LA, NY, Atlanta, Texas & more
  • Application + approval required
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4-Week Curriculum

The real process, week by week.

Before Week 01
01
Scene to block — sent by Keesha — Once enrolled, Keesha will send you a scene to block before Session 1. Come prepared with your blocking choices ready to discuss.
02
"Director Tells the Story" — your responsibility — Purchase and complete this book independently before Session 1. It is required reading and will be referenced throughout the course. Link below.
03
Shot Designer — your responsibility — Download Shot Designer independently and spend time getting familiar with it before Session 1. You will be using it from the very first week. Link below.
Week 01
Script Prep & TV Directing Foundations
  • Working with Production
  • Building your Director's Grid & Lookbook
  • Shot Designer — building your blocking diagrams
  • Deep script analysis & first impressions
  • Understanding what Studios & Showrunners want
  • Overview of all pre-production meetings
Week 02
Mock Meetings, Scouting & Blocking Begins
  • Present your Lookbook in a mock Concept Meeting
  • Virtual location scouting exercise
  • Mock department head meetings
  • Watch & analyze 2 scenes from a real directed episode
  • Block scenes — then compare to Keesha's actual choices
Week 03
Blocking Review & The Tone Meeting
  • Reverse exercise review
  • Detailed review of your blocking work
  • In-depth Tone Meeting walkthrough
  • Virtual Tech Scout
Week 04
Final Blocking & Complete Shot List
  • Present full episode blocking
  • Deliver a complete, professional shot list
  • Final review & feedback from Keesha
  • Leave ready to walk onto any TV set

Required reading: "Director Tells the Story" by Bethany Rooney & MaryLou Beli — students purchase independently before the course begins. Available on Amazon.

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Required software: Shot Designer — students will use Shot Designer throughout the course to build blocking diagrams and shot plans. Download and set up before Week 01 begins. Available at shotdesigner.com — free trial available.

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The Flagship Experience

The Sharp Prep Intensive.

Keesha Sharp directing Mykelti Williamson on set
Application Only · Limited Cohort · Los Angeles

Keesha Sharp directing Mykelti Williamson on set

Directing with real actors.
In a real room.

The Sharp Prep Intensive covers everything in the other programs — script prep, your lookbook, blocking, the tone meeting, your shot list — all of it, in person, with Keesha directly. In the final two sessions, professional actors join the room. You direct them. You get feedback in real time. This is as close to a professional set as a course can get.

Held yearly in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Texas, and more. 7 to 10 directors per cohort. Application and approval required.

  • FormatMulti-day in-person intensive
  • Cohort7–10 directors maximum
  • ActorsProfessional actors brought in for the work
  • LocationsLA · NY · Atlanta · Texas · and more
  • FrequencyHeld yearly · dates announced per city
  • AdmissionApplication + approval required
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Application required · Extremely limited · Held in LA, NY, Atlanta, Texas & more

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About Keesha

Director. Actress.
Now, your teacher.

Currently active — directing · acting · writing · producing
FOXNBCCWPeacockTBSParamount+Lethal WeaponBel-AirChicago PDFoundBlack LightningThe Last OGCharmedAll American: HomecomingOur Kind of People

I want to tell you something I don't say often enough. Every set I've walked onto — as an actress, as a director, as a producer — I was always paying attention. Watching how the best in the business move. How they prep. How they communicate. How they make their vision real under pressure, on schedule, in front of a crew of hundreds.

I graduated Cum Laude with a B.F.A. from the Boston Conservatory. I've performed in Off-Broadway and on Broadway National Tours. I've played characters in film and television alongside Chadwick Boseman, Courtney B. Vance, Delroy Lindo, Damon Wayans, and Keith David. I've been nominated three times for NAACP Image Awards. And I've directed for FOX, NBC, CW, Peacock, TBS, and Paramount+ — including Lethal Weapon, Bel-Air, Found, Chicago PD, Black Lightning, The Last OG, Charmed, All American: Homecoming, and Our Kind of People, among others.

I am still a working director and actress. That is exactly why my availability for Sharp Prep is limited — and exactly why what I'm teaching you is current, real, and happening right now on professional sets. When I tell you what a Showrunner wants from a director today, I'm not reading it from a textbook. I just came from that room.

And now — for the first time ever — I want to bring you inside all of it.

Enrollment

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Spots are extremely limited across all programs. Every application is personally reviewed before a spot is confirmed. Please share a brief note about your directing experience — this helps ensure the right fit for you and for the room.

This is required. Applications without experience details will not be reviewed.

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