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Joseph Reidy will receive the DGA's Frank Capra Achievement Award and Garry Hood will receive the guild's Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award at the 74th annual DGA Awards on Jan. 27 in recognition of their "extraordinary contributions" to the guild. "Joe Reidy and Garry Hood are widely respected leaders in their…

Spike Lee will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction at this year’s DGA Awards, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter announced today. The DGA’s highest honor will be presented to Lee at the 74th annual DGA Awards on Saturday, March 12. Lee…

Hollywood's Covid safety protocols, which had been set to expire over the weekend, are being extended on a day-to-day basis as labor and management continue to work out details for a formal extension – the first since the highly infectious Omicron variant has led to a worldwide surge in cases, hospitalizations and…

On Monday, most workers in Hollywood will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday for the very first time. MLK Day, observed on the third Monday in January, has been a federal holiday since 1986, but it hasn't been a paid day off for many in the industry until now. It’s still not provided for in most of…

Hollywood's guilds and unions saved the film and TV business in 2021. Working cooperatively with the industry’s companies, they adopted Covid-19 protocols that got production booming and their members safely back to work, all the while averting strikes that would have crippled recovery efforts. And earlier this year…

DGA members have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract with the Association of Independent Commercial Producers. The DGA's national board unanimously approved the contract during a special meeting on November 20. DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter said that "This contract contains significant gains for our…

More than 100 DGA members and industry decision-makers attended a Directors Guild's summit Saturday that examined the underrepresentation of Latinos in the film and TV industry, and ways to increase their numbers. Latinos and Hispanics make up 18.5% of the U.S. population, but far less than half that percentage…

The Directors Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Independent Commercial Producers for a new national commercials contract. The two-year deal, which was approved unanimously at a special meeting of the guild's national board, now goes to the DGA's membership for…

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Halls, the first assistant director of Rust, is not a DGA member, even though the film was being produced in New Mexico under a DGA contract. Halls, who the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department has identified as the person who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on…

The DGA's current film and TV pact doesn't expire until June 30, 2023, but the guild is already gearing up for those contract negotiations. Director Jon Avnet has been named chair of the negotiating committee, and directors Karen Gaviola and Todd Holland have been named co-chairs. The DGA National Board unanimously…

UPDATED with WGA West Statement: Hollywood’s unions have issued a statement of support for IATSE in its efforts to reach a new film and TV contract with management’s AMPTP, saying that they “stand in solidarity” with IATSE as it prepares to conduct a strike authorization among its members. The statement was signed by…

Lesli Linka Glatter has been elected president of the DGA at the guild’s biennial convention, held today at DGA national headquarters in Los Angeles. Glatter, who was the guild’s 1st vice president, is only the second woman ever elected president of the DGA. Martha Coolidge held the post from 2002-03. Twenty-two men…