Directors & Divas

"Spike Stevens is my favorite director! He's the reason I got into filmmaking! Before that, I just wanted to become a brain surgeon."

- Dez

"Directors & Divas" is an episode in Season 3 of Austin & Ally. The air date is April 13, 2014. This was the 17th episode to be filmed in Season 3 and is the 11th episode.

Overview
Dez gets an unexpected opertunity to help with a movie Austin's starring in. But things prove to be hard when he has to deal with Austin's co-star Brandy Braxton, a high maintenance actress.

Plot
Dez gets an unexpected opertunity to help with a movie Austin's starring in. But things prove to be hard when he has to deal with Austin's co-star Brandy Braxton, a high maintenance actress.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
 * Heart of the Mermaid (theme song of The Pilot and the Mermaid, written by Ally)

Main Cast

 * Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
 * Laura Marano Ally Dawson
 * Raini Rodriguez as Trish De la Rosa
 * Calum Worthy as Dez

Guest Cast

 * Brendan Hunt as Spike Stevens
 * Grace Phipps as Brandy Braxton

Trivia

 * Grace Phipps who starred in Teen Beach Movie with Ross will guest star in this episode.Directors_&_Divas_(7).png
 * When they were talking about what the theme was, Austin hoped it was a beach musical, and Ally says he would play a singing surfer, which refers to Ross's movie  Teen Beach Movie, which Ross Lynch & Grace Phipps also worked on for the first time.
 * This episode is part of What the What Weekend on Disney Channel.
 * Dez's favorite director, Spike Stevens, is introduced in this episode.
 * Dez's movie, "Claws: Dun Dun Dun" from Filmmaking & Fear Breaking was mentioned in this episode.
 * There are some references and parodies of Teen Beach Movie.
 * This is the seventeenth episode to be filmed of the season, and Laura Marano also guest stars on the seventeenth episode of Liv and Maddie, "Howl-A-Rooney", as Fangs.
 * Spike Stevens is also mentioned in the season 1 episode, Managers & Meatballs, when Dez inadvertently gets Demonica Dixon to hire him to direct Austin's new music video.