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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Initially wanting to be an actor, Ted Post trained with famed acting coach Tamara Daykarhanova until he had the opportunity to work as a director of summer stock theater. Much of his early experience ...

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, ...

What is an O-1 or O-2 consultation letter? Petitions for O-1 and O-2 visas must be accompanied by consultation letters, also called advisory opinions, from a designated U.S. peer group or labor ...

Born and raised in Hungary, André De Toth studied law and was an accomplished painter, sculptor, and playwright before turning to filmmaking. Working as a writer, actor, editor, second unit director, ...

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 ...

Walter Hill developed his craft as a screenwriter and director while working as a second assistant director onBullitt, Take the Money and Run, and The Thomas Crown Affair. Hill's first screenplay, ...

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 ...

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 ...