On October 3, the DGA Atlanta Coordinating Committee (ATLCC) completed their inaugural elections. Director Seith Mann was elected to serve as the Chairperson of the Committee and Director Angela ...

On October 6, DGA Associate Executive Director/Western Executive Director Rebecca Rhine, and DGA members Kevin Koster, Joe MJ Moore, and Shawn Pipkin-West represented the 19,500 Directors and members ...

Share of production spend on films with significant U.S.-based production declined by 32 percentage-points to 42%. Share of production spending on television episodes with significant U.S.-based ...

A reality television program leads to ultimate tragedy in Director Lance Oppenheim’s biographical crime-drama, Primetime. Inspired by Luke Dittrich’s 2007 Esquire article, “Tonight on Dateline This ...

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 ...

It is possible to join the DGA by meeting certain employment criteria. You might also consider applying to the Assistant Directors Training Program, jointly sponsored by the DGA and the Alliance of ...

Click the buttons below to access eligibility requirements and the entry forms for each DGA Award category.

Safety Bulletins are researched, written, and distributed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee for use by the motion picture and television industry. The Industry-Wide ...

In celebration of Latin Heritage Month, on October 3, attendees gathered in the Guild’s Los Angeles Theater for Built to Last, the sixth annual DGA Latino Summit. Hosted by the Latino Committee’s (LC) ...

In this popular feature, a director talks about a film particularly close to their heart, why the creative choices are inspired, how it influenced their own work, and why the movie continues to ...

The friction between conservative immigrant values and progressive Western institutions is explored in Director Cristian Mungiu’s family drama from Romania, Fjord. Based on a true-life case, Mungiu’s ...

Los Angeles - The winners of the Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 2025 were announced tonight during the 78th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton in ...