President Lesli Linka Glatter has made a statement upon learning of the passing of DGA Lifetime Achievement in Television ...

See images from Director Jon M. Chu’s conversation about his directing process moderated by Directors Phil Lord and Chris ...

The Directors Guild of America is a labor organization that represents the creative and economic rights of directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, ...

Veteran director Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again) discusses his long career in film and TV, directing for some of the most well-known and beloved franchises of all time.

This section contains DGA agreements, including the Basic Agreement (BA), Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement (FLTTA), and Commercial Agreement. It also contains the DGA Creative Rights ...

Following is a summary of Directors’ creative rights for theatrical motion pictures and long-form television under Article 7 of the Directors Guild of America Basic Agreement of 2020. It is not ...

The everyday workings of the Directors Guild of America are supported by its various departments and staff employees. The following is an overview of the role each department plays in providing ...

For more than two decades, the DGA Student Film Awards have spotlighted dozens of African American, Asian American, Latino and Women filmmakers. Winners of the DGA Student Film Awards in each category ...

VERSATILE: (above) For an episode of Almost Human, Leder moved effortlessly from effects-laden sci-fi police drama, to (below) nail-biting action, to wildly comic sex farce on a recent episode of ...

Why does the DGA believe that hiring of more women and minority Directors is critical? At the DGA, we believe storytelling should be as diverse as the world around us, and that a critical mass of ...

In 1948, George Marshall, the President of the Screen Directors Guild (which became the Directors Guild of America, Inc. in 1960) announced to its senior members that the Guild would begin an Awards ...

HORSE SENSE: The racetrack heist movie The Killing was the first film Kubrick (right) and Harris made together. “Stanley pretty much knew in his guts what he wanted to do, and then did it.” In a sense ...