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DGA Membership overwhelmingly ratifies new contract

By Reel 360 Jun 24, 2023

Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter today announced that the DGA membership has voted to ratify the new collective bargaining agreements between the DGA an...

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DGA National Board approves tentative agreement

Jun 7, 2023

Directors Guild of America (DGA) President Lesli Linka Glatter announced tonight that the DGA National Board, in a special meeting, voted unanimously to approve and recommend f...

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Striking writers throw shade at DGA deal

By Reel 360 Jun 4, 2023

Earlier this morning, we reported that the Directors Guild of America (DGA) had reached a tentative "historic" agreement for its 19,000 members with the Alliance of Motion Pict...

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DGA reaches tentative agreement with AMPTP

By Reel 360 Jun 4, 2023

Late Saturday night, The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced that it has reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a historic new three-year collective bargaining ag...

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WGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, Teamsters stand behind DGA

By Reel 360 Jun 2, 2023

Unions and Guilds assemble! As the Directors Guild of America's negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) enter their final scheduled we...

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DGA video preps members for “battle”

By Reel 360 May 9, 2023

While The Writers Guild of America East and West enter the second week of their labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, another battle is br...

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DGA issues statement of support for WGA

By Reel 360 Apr 28, 2023

If members of the Writers Guild East and West decide to strike when the contract with AMPTP expires on May 1, it’s expected that other guilds, including SAG-AFTRA, IATS...

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DGA urges members to cross potential WGA picket lines

By Reel 360 Apr 20, 2023

If members of the Writers Guild East and West decide to strike when the contract with AMPTP expires on May 1, it's expected that other guilds, including SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and th...

Awards Season

Complete list of DGA Award Winners

By Reel 360 Feb 19, 2023

The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2022 were announced tonight during the 75th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton...

AICP

CDDP announces finalists and 5 new fellows

By Reel 360 May 17, 2022

Tamika Lamison, Executive Director of the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP), today announced the five Fellows who have each been awarded $25,000.00 stipends to prod...

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DGA Inclusion Report shows incremental gains

By Reel 360 May 8, 2022

Even with a significant reduction in the number of television episodes directed during the Covid-19 pandemic, the percentage of dramatic television episodes directed by women a...

Awards Season

Jane Campion wins DGA for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

By Reel 360 Mar 14, 2022

It is looking more and more like The Power of the Dog is the one to beat at the upcoming Oscars.The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievemen...

Awards Season

Spielberg, Campion, Miranda among 2022 DGA Feature noms

By Reel 360 Jan 30, 2022

Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2021. ...

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IATSE receives backing from Directors Guild in contract fight

By Reel 360 Oct 5, 2021

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) released a statement of support standing with the film and television workers in their contract fight with the Alliance of Motion Picture a...

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118 members of Congress call for improved wages, conditions for IATSE members

By Reel 360 Oct 1, 2021

Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senator Alex Padilla (D- Calif.), along with 118 Senators and Members of the House sent a letter to the Alliance of Motion Picture...

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Producers can mandate vaccinations in agreement with unions

By Reel 360 Jul 23, 2021

With the ongoing goal of keeping casts, crews and all set workers safe, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Inte...

Women in Film

‘Gossamer Folds’ award-winning director Lisa Donato

By Jessica Velle Oct 6, 2020

Director Lisa Donato was born into an Italian-American family of storytellers and says she earned her sense of humor early by obsessively reenacting and rewriting SNL skits for...

Indie Film

How ‘Malcolm & Marie’ was secretly filmed during COVID

By Reel 360 Jul 9, 2020

Who knew what Sam Levinson was up to during quarantine, which incidentally is still a good idea with COVID-19 spiking in California. The creator of HBO's Euphoria shot a sec...

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Unions release joint report for production post COVID

By Reel 360 Jun 12, 2020

In the next major step toward the resumption of film and television production, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATS...

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Unions approve newsroom COVID-19 guidelines

By Reel 360 May 12, 2020

The DPE Arts, Entertainment, and Media Industry Coordinating Committee (AEMI), which consists of the DGA, IATSE, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), SAG-AFT...