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With the Directors Guild prepping for Saturday’s DGA Awards, more than 50 female helmers and actors including Ava DuVernay, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Wilde, Reed Morano, Brie Larson, Jill Soloway, Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon have signed a letter calling for a change to guild rules so parents can take more time…

When Zack Gottsagen, a young man with acting dreams who also happens to have Down syndrome, asked creative duo Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz to write and direct a film for him, they responded with pure determination to make it happen. "Honestly, I thought, 'That’s a great idea,'" Schwartz says. "He’s the best…

The Directors Guild of America is out with its DGA Awards nominations for TV series after a false start earlier this week. The shows whose helmers will be vying for the hardware are Game of Thrones, Watchmen, Succession, Barry, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Veep. See the full list of noms revealed today below. The DGA…

Annnd … action! The Directors Guild has raised the curtain on the film nominees for its 72nd annual DGA Awards. Vying for the marquee Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize are Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), newly minted Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes (1917), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywoo…

The Directors Guild unveiled nominations Monday in its limited series categories for the 72nd DGA Awards (see list below). But due to what it calls “a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process,” the series noms aren’t out today. But just last week, the guild announced that Jill…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill championed by the WGA East and the DGA that will support a study into the lack of opportunities for female and minority TV writers and directors in the state — after which $5 million from the Empire State Film Production Tax Credit can be allocated to incentivize the hiring…

As the House was poised to vote on Thursday on a revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, the Directors Guild of America expressed dismay that the pact includes a so-called “safe harbor” that shields internet companies from liability for third-party content on their sites. The provision in the trade pact, an update of…

Duncan Henderson will receive the DGA's 2020 Frank Capra Achievement Award, and Arthur Lewis is set for the guild's 2020 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award. The Capra Award honors assistant directors or unit production managers for career achievement and service to the guild, and the Schaffner Award honors…

AFI student filmmakers led the way with four wins at the DGA's 25th annual Student Film Awards honoring African-American, Latino, Asian-American and female directors. USC students, who took home the most honors over the last two years, received three awards this year – tied with students from New York University…

Female and minority TV directors have reached a milestone – this year, for the first time ever, they directed half of all episodic TV shows. According to the Directors Guild's latest diversity report, that's up from last year's record high of 42.5%, and up from just 21% five years ago. "Inclusion has been a priority…

The DGA has reached a tentative agreement with ABC, CBS and NBC for a new contract covering the TV networks' staff and freelance members employed in news, sports and operations at the companies' networks and many of their owned local stations. The agreement, which now goes to the guild's membership for ratification…

Production has been completed on That One Time, an independent pilot for Lucky 13 Productions that was directed and created by Melanie Wagor, a 2020 DGA Director Development Initiative protégé. Dermot Mulroney and newcomer Dylan Flashner star in the project, written by Wagor and Cameron Northey. Wagor and Joel…