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The DGA's first-ever membership meeting and dinner in Honolulu, Hawaii provided an opportunity for these members to network ...

As part of the DGA’s member education, here we highlight the importance for episodic Directors to track their days worked and then submit invoices to production when they complete their assignment.

This section contains information and forms for new and existing DGA signatory companies.The DGA has assembled most of these documents into project-specific packages. You may type on the forms by ...

Q: Do you have a favorite camera? A: If you need a workhorse for working in the mud, in the rain, in the jungle, I would grab an Arriflex. But it depends on what you are doing. Q: What did you mean ...

Fall 2014. From Indie to Mainstream. So your independent movie was a hit. What comes next? For some, it’s a leap to studio filmmaking. Here’s how four directors moved up, and what they found once they ...

New Members, Primary Category Changes, Deceased Members ...

Few filmmakers are as well qualified to analyze the contrast between directing TV and directing feature films as Alan Taylor. Many directors, of course, jump between the two formats but Taylor, with ...

Q: Your two terms as Guild president during the 1980s saw several advancements, including the Sunset Boulevard headquarters. What convinced you to develop that property? A: We needed it because our ...

Summer 2015 As TV changes, directors talk navigating pilots With the landscape of pilots evolving—from traditional to backdoor to the Internet—directors are dealing with new business and creative ...

Not unlike the feature finalists at the recent DGA Awards, Sam Mendes was a first-time nominee for American Beauty (1999), his maiden voyage as a filmmaker. He was ultimately voted the best by his ...

Fall 2006. Anatomy of a Chase. Thirty-five years after it was made, the climatic car chase scene in The French Connection is still jaw-dropping in its suspense and execution. Director William Friedkin ...