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Television Director Diversity Panel at the DGA

June 10, 2015

A DGA Diversity Event

On June 9, more than 100 DGA members attended a special Panel Discussion about the various Television Director Diversity Programs currently available via the major studios. The event, sponsored by the DGA Diversity Committees, was held in the Guild’s Los Angeles theater and provided information about Director Diversity Programs and other strategies designed to increase the hiring of qualified women and diverse TV directors.

Following an introduction from DGA Diversity Task Force and Women’s Steering Committee Co-Chair Bethany Rooney, the panelists took the stage to discuss the details about their various programs. The panel included: MTVN Music Group’s Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs Brad Hazzard; Disney-ABC Television Group’s Director of Creative Talent Development and Inclusion Janine Jones-Clark; Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Vice President of Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion Brett King; Warner Bros.’s Television Workshop Vice President Chris Mack; CBS Entertainment’s Vice President of Diversity Jeanne Mau, NBC Entertainment’s Manager of Entertainment Diversity Initiatives Grace Moss; and Fox Global Directors Initiative’s Creative Manager Gina Reyes. The conversation was moderated by DGA Assistant Executive Director/Director of Diversity Frank Bennett Gonzalez.

About DGA Diversity:

The DGA aims to increase and support diversity in the entertainment community through membership committees, networking opportunities and job training and mentoring programs. The Guild also regularly tracks and calls attention to the employment of women and minority directors on primetime drama and comedy television series.

Pictures

photos by Tonya Wise

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Left-right: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Vice President of Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion Brett King, MTVN Music Group’s Director of Business and Legal Affairs Christopher Schmidt, NBC Entertainment’s Manager of Entertainment Diversity Initiatives Grace Moss, Disney-ABC Television Group’s Director of Creative Talent Development and Inclusion Janine Jones-Clark, CBS Entertainment’s Vice President of Diversity Jeanne Mau, Warner Bros. Television Workshop’s Vice President Chris Mack, Fox Global Directors Initiative’s Creative Manager Gina Reyes, DGA Diversity Task Force Co-Chair Bethany Rooney, MTVN Music Group’s Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs Brad Hazzard, and DGA Assistant Executive Director/Director of Diversity Frank Bennett Gonzalez.
DGA Diversity Task Force Co-Chair Bethany Rooney welcomes the attendees.
DGA Assistant Executive Director/Director of Diversity Frank Bennett Gonzalez (moderator) introduces the members of the Television Director Diversity panel.
DGA members hear about various Television Director Diversity programs from: Left-right: DGA Assistant Executive Director/Director of Diversity Frank Bennett Gonzalez (moderator), CBS Entertainment’s Jeanne Mau, Disney-ABC Television Group’s Janine Jones-Clark, Fox’s Gina Reyes, NBC Entertainment’s Grace Moss, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Brett King, MTVN Music Group’s Brad Hazzard, and Warner Bros.’ Chris Mack.
Jeanne Mau speaks about the Director Diversity program at CBS Entertainment.
Janine Jones-Clark speaks about the Disney-ABC Television Group’s Director Diversity program.
Gina Reyes speaks about Fox’s Global Directors Initiative.
Brett King speaks about Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Director Diversity program.
NBC Entertainment’s Grace Moss speaks about strategies designed to increase the hiring of qualified women and diverse TV directors.
Chris Mack speaks about the Director Diversity program at Warner Bros.
DGA members learn about the various Television Director Diversity Programs currently available via the major studios.
DGA members chat with Disney-ABC Television Group’s Janine Jones-Clark following the Television Director Diversity panel discussion.
DGA members chat with Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Brett King following the Television Director Diversity panel discussion.
A DGA member chats with CBS Entertainment’s Jeanne Mau following the Television Director Diversity panel discussion.
DGA members chat with Warner Bros.’ Chris Mack following the Television Director Diversity panel discussion.
DGA Latino Committee Co-Chair David Rodriguez, Asian American Committee Co-Chair Ron Dempsey, and African American Steering Committee Co-Chair Jeff Byrd attend to represent their committees at the Television Director Diversity panel discussion.

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