Quinta Brunson Joins AFI’s Showcase for Women Directors as Keynote Speaker | Exclusive

Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 showcase for the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (DWW+), TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

The event will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America theater complex in Los Angeles, where the AFI DWW+ graduating cohort will premiere their short films to an audience of agency and studio representatives and members of the creative community.