Press Releases

Honoring Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Documentary and Television

The Directors Guild of America has announced the winners of its 1997 Student Film Awards for African-American, Asian/Pacific, Latino and women filmmakers.

The Directors Guild of America's African-American Steering Committee will host an evening celebrating the achievements of women directors of African-American heritage entitled "Hollywood's New Deal: Black Women in the Director's Chair," on Tuesday, November 18, at DGA Headquarters, DGA President Jack Shea announced today.

The Directors Guild of America has adopted a policy calling for a finite twelve-hour shooting day, DGA President Jack Shea announced today.

The Directors Guild of America has extended its deadline for submissions for its Student Film Awards for African-American, Asian/Pacific, Latino and women filmmakers to Wednesday, October 15, at 6:00 PM.

DGA President Jack Shea announced today that veteran producer-director Bruce Paltrow along with ER executive producer-writer John Wells and co-executive producer-director Christopher Chulack will become the inaugural recipients of the DGA Diversity Award on Saturday, September 20 at a 6:00 pm presentation ceremony at DGA National Headquarters.

Garth Ancier, Jeffrey Berg, Kenneth Lemberger, Warren Littlefield, and Leslie Moonves are among those industry executives slated to participate in the Directors Guild of America's Summit on Diversity, DGA President Jack Shea announced today.

Screen Actors Guild President Richard Masur, Writers Guild of America, west President Brad Radnitz and Directors Guild of America President Jack Shea issued the following statement on Thursday, July 10, 1997.

DGA President Jack Shea, WGAwest President Brad Radnitz, and SAG President Richard Masur today issued the following statement.

DGA President Jack Shea announced today that the Directors Guild of America will present its first ever DGA Diversity Award as the culmination of its Summit on Diversity on Saturday, September 20, 1997.

Directors Guild President Jack Shea today released the Guild's annual report on women and minority hiring, a report which graphically displays the lack of any real progress toward equality for both DGA women and DGA minorities.

Veteran television and motion picture director Jack Shea was elected president of the Directors Guild of America at the Guild's biennial national convention held today at DGA National Headquarters in Los Angeles.

Anthony Minghella won the prestigious DGA Award for outstanding achievement in motion pictures during 1996. Minghella was presented the award by last year's winner, Ron Howard, at the 49th Annual DGA Awards Banquet at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. East Coast members celebrated the announcement at the Sheraton in New York.

DGA President Gene Reynolds and Awards Committee Chairman Howard Storm today announced Larry Kamm as the winner of the Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Sports Director Category for 1996.

DGA President Gene Reynolds and Awards Committee Chairman Howard Storm today announced Max A. Schindler as the winner of the Lifetime Career Achievement Award in News Director Category for 1996.

DGA President Gene Reynolds and Awards Committee Chairman Howard Storm today announced the nominees for outstanding directorial achievement in 1996 for the Daytime Serials, Commercials and Children’s Programming Categories.

DGA President Gene Reynolds and Awards Committee Chairman Howard Storm today announced the Guild’s nominees for outstanding directorial achievement in four separate categories of television programs during 1996 , including dramatic specials, comedy series, dramatic series night and musical variety.

DGA President Gene Reynolds and Awards Committee Chairman Howard Storm today announced that the Guild’s highest artistic award will be presented to legendary director Stanley Kubrick at the 49th Annual DGA Awards.