Where the next generation of storytellers meets the industry.
Daniel Hutchinson — CMG apprentice on-site at the NBCUniversal Youth Summit · LinkedIn
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The Convening
One day. One room. Every door in the industry, opened.
The CMG Youth Summit is our annual convening of young creatives, working mentors, and industry leaders. Apprentices step out of the classroom and into the spaces where careers actually get made — studios, network offices, and production houses.
Panels, workshops, and one-on-one networking connect our cohort to the people hiring for the next crew, the next writers' room, and the next on-camera opportunity.
Working directors, showrunners, and executives share the real path — not the LinkedIn version.
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Hands-on Workshops
Camera, edit, sound, and pitch labs led by department heads from live productions at Crashing Waves Pictures, our female-led professional media company.
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1:1 Mentor Sessions
Every apprentice leaves with named contacts, direct feedback, and a next step.
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Studio & Set Visits
Behind-the-scenes access to network facilities and active productions.
The Summit Circuit
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The Youth Summit doesn't live in one zip code. Each year we move the room — bringing our cohort into three creative capitals where they meet the industry on its own ground.
Our home city sets the tone — a week of panels, workshops, and studio days across South Florida's growing production ecosystem.
Local partners, hometown mentors, and the venues that raised CMG open their doors to the next generation of storytellers.
Community partner · Miami Summit
The Miami Foundation is our community partner for the Miami Summit — anchoring the week in the neighborhoods that raised us and connecting apprentices to the civic leaders, funders, and cultural institutions shaping South Florida's next chapter.
Behind the scenes · MiamiReel
Inside the room where Miami sets the tone.
A closer look at the workshops, mentor sessions, and studio days that shape the opening stop of the Summit Circuit.
Our apprentices crossed the Atlantic to sit with UK creatives, studios, and storytellers — trading craft, culture, and contacts with a new corner of the industry.
A week of studio visits, panels, and on-the-ground production shadowing built a bridge between our cohort and the London creative community.
We closed the week with a screening of the London commercial at Soho House White City — apprentices, mentors, and UK collaborators in one room to watch the work land.
Local collaborators opened doors, hosted rooms, and made sure the cohort landed in a community — not just a city.
Community partner · London Summit
Compass Collective is our community partner for the London Summit — a UK-based creative collective working with displaced and underrepresented young people through film, music, and storytelling. They anchored our week in London and connected our apprentices to the artists, mentors, and venues shaping the city's next wave.
Written, shot, and finished by apprentices during the Summit — the London commercial is the culmination of the week's studio days and mentor sessions, screened at Soho House White City.
Our apprentices took over the city — walking into network offices, production houses, and the newsrooms that shape culture in real time.
Panels with NYC-based creatives, studio tours, and rooftop conversations connected the cohort directly to the East Coast industry.
The Commercial · New YorkFilm
The work that closed New York week.
Written, shot, and finished by apprentices during the Summit — the New York commercial is the culmination of the week's studio days and mentor sessions.
