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In a blow to the streaming world, the Directors Guild of America’s national board has voted unanimously to ban day-and-date film releases from eligibility for its top DGA Award, which has now been renamed Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film. "The DGA proudly affirms that a first-run…

Saying that discrimination is "still rampant" in the film industry, the DGA today released its second report on Feature Film Diversity, which found that only 9.7% of live-action American films with box office takes of at least $250,000 were directed by minorities last year — a five-year low and a precipitous drop of…

William M. “Bill” Brady, a CBS News Director for over 30 years and Directors Guild of America Network Negotiating Committee chairman, has died at age 65. No cause of death was given in the announcement by DGA president Thomas Schlamme and national executive director Russell Hollander. After graduating from Queens…

The Directors Guild of America honored outstanding achievement in directing for film and television tonight at the DGA Awards. Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won the award for Best Feature while Reed Morano walked away with the award for Dramatic Series for The Handmaid's Tale. Jordan Peele also won big with…

UPDATED with DGA statement and details: Harvey Weinstein, who was facing expulsion from the Directors Guild of America, has resigned his membership — as he did with the Producers Guild last month. On Friday, the disgraced producer was listed as a DGA member on the guild’s website. Checking today, Deadline found he is…

The employment of women and minority directors set an all-time record in the 2016-17 television season, according to the latest hiring data compiled by the Directors Guild of America – more evidence that the industry is moving toward more diversity in the directing chair. The percentage of women directing episodic TV…

The Directors Guild of America calls the death of “iconic director” Jonathan Demme “devastating for us” and his enthusiasm “a memory we will always treasure.” Demme was a member of the DGA since 1976 and winner of the its award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs. The…

Just in time for the holidays, the DGA and management's AMPTP have reached an agreement on terms for a new three-year film and TV contract. Details of the deal aren't being released until after it's been seen by the guild's national board. The two sides began talks on Dec. 5 and wrapped on the eve of Christmas…

UPDATED with Showtime claim and DGA response at bottom: Women and minority TV directors made modest gains during the 2015-16 season, according to the latest report from the Directors Guild, even though 10% of all episodic TV shows employed no women or minority directors at all. Women directed 17% of all episodes…

UPDATED, 4:45 PM:  TV director Jace Alexander was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years’ probation on child pornography charges in New York. The former Law & Order helmer had pleaded guilty in January to promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing an obscene performance by a child. He had faced up to seven years…

UPDATED with comment from AMPTP: The House of Representatives has approved a bill that would crack down on producers who bring unqualified directors and movie crews into the country to take the jobs of American film workers. The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Department of Homeland…

As the New Year arrives, the film and television industry should be bracing for one of the biggest legal challenges it's faced in decades — one that could affect the way every studio, network and production company does business for years to come. That challenge is coming from the federal government's Equal Employment…