Warner Bros. answers diversity call with directors program

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Bros. is answering calls to make Hollywood more diverse, launching a program where it will provide five up-and-coming directors from underrepresented groups with mentoring and around $100,000 to produce a short film to show to agents, producers and studio executives.

Greg Silverman, Warner Bros.' president of worldwide production, says that while the studio hires diverse directors for its films, it needed to broaden the pool of talent coming into the Hollywood system.