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Former Directors Guild presidents Paris Barclay and Thomas Schlamme have been named co-chairs of the DGA Outreach Team in advance of what the guild predicts will be "difficult" negotiations for a new film and TV contract, which are set to start May 10. The guild says that the mission of the Outreach…

Thomas Schlamme will be stepping down as president of the DGA when the guild convenes its biennial convention on September 18. In a heartfelt farewell address to the DGA's members, he looked back on his four years in office, and forward to new leadership as the industry emerges from the pandemic, which he, in no small…

Aaron Sorkin certainly is surprised that he is going back to the Emmys with a nomination for The West Wing after all these years. Well, actually, the Emmy noms are for a pre-election reunion special for the iconic series that came about because Sorkin and many others connected with or starring in the original series…

EXCLUSIVE: David Kushner’s bestselling book Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb is in the works for the small screen. Independent studio wiip has optioned the rights to the book and partnered with The Gotham Group to develop as a limited series…

Twenty years after winning a DGA award for The West Wing in the Dramatic Series category, guild president Thomas Schlamme found himself winning again tonight for the Aaron Sorkin series in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials slot. Schlamme won for directing the HBO Max Oct. 15 reunion A West Wing Special to Benefit…

DGA president Thomas Schlamme opened tonight’s virtual DGA Awards show with a message to members of hope for better days ahead, and pride in the accomplishments of the Guild and its members during these difficult times. "Even under the challenges of this pandemic that raged across the globe leaving so much loss in its…

EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of the Directors Guild of America have sent a direct appeal to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, urging him to withdraw his support for the state's restrictive new voting law, saying it "threatens to undermine the pillar of our democracy – the right to vote." The 18,000-member guild has more than 400 members…

Trailblazing director Betty Thomas will receive the DGA’s prestigious Robert B. Aldrich Award for her "extraordinary service to the guild and its members" at the 73rd Annual DGA Awards. Veteran UPM Brian E. Frankish and longtime CBS operations' associate director Joyce Thomas will receive special awards for their…

The share of episodic TV shows directed by women and people of color has reached "new highs," according to the latest DGA Inclusion Report, with women directing more than a third of TV episodes in the 2019-20 season, and directors of color helming nearly a third of the episodes. Latinos and women of color, however…

EXCLUSIVE: One week after Georgia prosecutors sought a new arrest warrant for Midnight Rider director Randall Miller over probation violations stemming from the 2014 on-set death of Sarah Jones, the filmmaker's lawyers are fighting back to stop potential return to jail for their client. “The defense urges the court to…

Hollywood is a union town, DGA president Thomas Schlamme declared at tonight's DGA Awards, vowing that the guild is "seriously ready to fight" to protect its members' economic and creative rights in its upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract. "Amid a nation where unions are so tragically under assault…

Thomas Schlamme was re-elected president of the Directors Guild of America by acclamation today by the delegates to the guild's biennial convention. The Emmy-winning West Wing director was first elected in 2017. "It is my honor to once again accept the position of President of the Directors Guild of America," he said…