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Michael Apted, the President of the Directors Guild of America and award-winning filmmaker and documentarian, will serve as jury co-chair for the Democracy Video Challenge, an online competition that promotes a global dialogue on democracy.
Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted and DGA Awards Chair Howard Storm today announced the recipients of four special DGA Awards recognizing lifetime career achievement and extraordinary contributions to the Guild.
A statement from DGA President Michael Apted.
DGA President Michael Apted today announced the host and presenters for the seventh Directors Guild of America Honors, to be held at the DGA Theater in New York City on Thursday, October 16, 2008 and followed by an after-party at Nobu 57.
2008 Directors Guild of America Honors Event.
Section 181, which was attached to the $700 billion financial markets rescue plan earlier this week, achieves three important goals.
The Directors Guild of America today announced the winners of the 2008 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and women filmmakers.
Director Milos Forman, Creator/Producer Dick Wolf, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), DuArt Chair Irwin Young and Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Robert Rosen will be honored by the Directors Guild of America at the Seventh DGA Honors, to be held at the DGA Theater in New York City on Thursday, October 16, 2008.
Disney-ABC Television Group, in partnership with the DGA, recently named Stephen Acevedo, Matia Karrell and Ravi Malhotra for the seventh annual Directing Fellowship program.
The DGA was one of several organizations that joined the ACLU's brief criticizing the FCC regulation of "indecent speech" as arbitrary, inconsistent and irreconcilable with core First Amendment values.
Jud Taylor (1932-2008), former DGA President and winner of DGA Awards' Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Foxfire (1987).
On October 16th, DGA Honors will be the New York nexus of entertainment, business, labor and politics — an event as unique as the individuals it recognizes. The DGA Honors ceremony will take place at the DGA’s NY theatre, with a VIP after-party at Nobu 57.
The Directors Guild of America and The Film Foundation today announced the establishment of The Zinnemann Fund, a new fund to protect and promote artists rights.
The DGA applauds the successful conclusion of the AFTRA/AMPTP negotiations.
Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), winner of DGA's John Huston Award for Artists Rights in 2000.
The Directors Guild of America, Inc. (DGA) and the law firms of Johnson & Johnson and Rishwain & Associates announced today they have settled a lawsuit challenging the collection and distribution of foreign levies to non-DGA member Directors.
Anthony Minghella, 1954 - 2008 Winner, DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 1996
Starting April 1, DGA Members Affected By WGA Strike Eligible For 3 Months Premium-Free COBRA Coverage
DGA members have ratified a three-year agreement with ABC, CBS and NBC that covers members who work in news, sports and operations
The following is a statement by DGA President Michael Apted announcing the ratification of the new DGA Contract.
The DGA applauds the successful conclusion of the AMPTP/WGA negotiations and the end to the strike.
The DGA's National Board of Directors voted unanimously this afternoon to recommend ratification of the new three-year collective bargaining agreements between the DGA and the AMPTP, DGA President Michael Apted announced today.
The winners of the 2007 Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and the recipients of the Guild's 2008 Career Achievement Awards were announced tonight during the 60th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
DGA President Michael Apted announced today that Carl Reiner will return as host for the 60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards.
DGA Gains Solid Wage Increases with No Rollbacks Plus Precedent-Setting Jurisdiction Over New-Media and a Doubling of EST Residuals Rate.
The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agreed today to enter into formal contract negotiations.
Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Documentaries and Commercials for the year 2007.
Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2007.