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Taylor Hackford Re-Elected DGA President: National Board and Officers Elected

June 26, 2011

LOS ANGELES – Director Taylor Hackford was re-elected President of the Directors Guild of America by acclamation at the Guild’s National Biennial Convention held today at DGA National Headquarters in Los Angeles.

Additionally, 140 delegates representing the 14,500 members of the DGA elected a new slate of officers and members of the National Board of Directors. 

Hackford, who joined the DGA in 1974, was first elected President in 2009.  He began his service to the Guild as a member of the Special Projects Committee and served as chair of the DGA PAC and co-chair of the PAC Leadership Council (together with Paris Barclay).  He was elected to the Western Directors Council in 1996, became a member of the National Board in 2002 and was elected Third Vice President of the National Board in 2005.  He has also served on the Creative Rights Committee and currently co-chairs the DGA Task Force on Social Responsibility.

 
DGA President Taylor Hackford

In 2007, the Guild honored Hackford with the Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award for extraordinary service to the DGA and its membership.

"It is my honor to accept once again the position of President of the Directors Guild of America in this, our 75th anniversary year," said Hackford.  "This is the greatest distinction anyone can have in this town.  I am so proud to be a member of this Guild and to be part of the leadership, and I can promise you that, as I have in the last two years, I will work as hard as I possibly can to represent our members and fight for their creative and economic rights – whether that be at the bargaining table, on the set or in Washington, DC."

"I’ve been proud to serve by Taylor Hackford's side for the past two years," said Steven Soderbergh, who placed Hackford's name in nomination.  "People don't realize how much work, time and dedication it takes to do this job – it's not easy by any means - and I have no doubt that Taylor will continue to serve the members of this Guild with the same passion and skill that he's already given to us for the last two years."

Soderbergh was re-elected National Vice President; Gilbert Cates, who formerly served two terms as DGA president, was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer. Also elected were First Vice President Paris Barclay; Second Vice President William M. Brady; Third Vice President Betty Thomas; Fourth Vice President Gary Donatelli; Fifth Vice President Thomas Schlamme; Sixth Vice President Vincent Misiano; and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Scott Berger.  A complete list of the new officers and board members is below.

In more than 35 years as a director, Hackford has helmed an extensive list of feature and documentary films. His feature films include An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds, White Nights, Everybody’s All-American, Dolores Claiborne, The Devil’s Advocate, Proof of Life, Ray and Love Ranch.  His documentaries include Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock n’ Roll and When We Were Kings.  He is currently preparing to shoot Parker from a novel by Donald Westlake. 

Hackford was nominated for a DGA Award and an Academy Award for best director for An Officer and a Gentleman in 1983 and for Ray in 2005.  He won the Academy Award for live-action short Teenage Father in 1979.  Hackford also won a Grammy for the soundtrack to Ray.

 

 

 

 

DGA Officers 2011-2013

 

  • President, Taylor Hackford
  • National Vice President, Steven Soderbergh
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Gil Cates
  • Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Scott Berger
  • First Vice President, Paris Barclay
  • Second Vice President, William M. Brady
  • Third Vice President, Betty Thomas
  • Fourth Vice President, Gary Donatelli
  • Fifth Vice President, Thomas Schlamme
  • Sixth Vice President, Vince Misiano

 

 

DGA National Board Members 2011-2013

  • Michael Apted
  • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Stephen Glanzrock
  • Lesli Linka Glatter
  • Cleve Landsberg
  • Michael Mann
  • Donald Petrie
  • Scott L. Rindenow
  • Liz Ryan
  • Ed Sherin
  • Jesus Treviño

Associate Board Members

  • Alan Curtiss
  • Duncan Henderson
  • Dennis W. Mazzocco
  • Barbara Roche
  • Mary Rae Thewlis

Alternate Board Members

  • Laura Belsey
  • Theodore Bogosian
  • Jon Favreau
  • Victoria Hochberg
  • Rod Holcomb
  • Jeremy Kagan
  • Randal Kleiser
  • Linda Laundra
  • Garry Marshall
  • Oz Scott
  • Millicent Shelton
  • Michael Zinberg

Second Alternate Board Members

  • Lee Blaine
  • Tim Engle
  • Julie Gelfand
  • Kathleen McGill
  • Jennie O'Keefe
  • Joyce Thomas

 Click here to visit the DGA Officers & Board of Directors page

Pictures

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Front Row: Oz Scott, Joyce Thomas, Laura Belsey, Jennie O'Keefe, Cleve Landsberg, Tim Engle, Linda Laundra, Mary Rae Thewlis, Kathleen McGill, Julie Gelfand, Vince Misiano, Barbara Roche, Ed Sherin. Left Back Row: Lee Blaine, Jon Favreau, Victoria Hochberg, Lesli Linka Glatter, Randal Kleiser, Liz Ryan, Garry Marshall, Dennis W. Mazzocco, Stephen Glanzrock, Paris Barclay, Duncan Henderson, Steven Soderbergh, Donald Petrie, President Taylor Hackford, Gil Cates, Scott Berger, Theodore Bogosian, William M. Brady, Michael Zinberg, Michael Mann, Jeremy Kagan, Jesus Treviño, Scott L. Rindenow, Rod Holcomb, Thomas Schlamme. (Not pictured: Michael Apted, Kathryn Bigelow, Alan Curtiss, Gary Donatelli, Millicent Shelton, and Betty Thomas.)
DGA President Taylor Hackford
DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay, Secretary-Treasurer Gil Cates, and National Vice President Steven Soderbergh.
Board Alternate Member Oz Scott and Delegate Joanna Kerns.
Board Alternate Member Laura Belsey and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Scott Berger
Delegate Robert Benton, DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, President Taylor Hackford and Associate Board Member Mary Rae Thewlis
Midwest Executive Director Daniel Moore with delegates Al Cohn and Richard Prince
Delegate Lisa Chu, Board Member Liz Ryan and delegate Henry Chan.
Sixth Vice President Vince Misiano, Board Alternate member Rod Holcomb, Western Executive Director G. Bryan Unger, Board Alternate member Michael Zinberg.
Delegate Richard Brick, Board Alternate member Theodore Bogosian, and Delegate Trish Adlesic.
Delegates Max Schindler and Bob Morris
Delegate Brian Frankish, Board Member Cleve Landsberg, and Board Alternate Jeremy Kagan
Board Alternate Randal Kleiser and Board Member Lesli Linka Glatter
Eastern Executive Director Russ Hollander and DGA Second Vice President William M. Brady
Associate Board Member Dennis W. Mazzocco, Delegate Candy Martinez, Board Member Scott L. Rindenow, and Delegate Donald E. Jacob
National Executive Director Jay D. Roth chats with delegate Nunzio Fazio and DGA Past President Martha Coolidge.
Delegate Rebecca Strickland, Assistant Executive Director Neil Dudich and Delegate Zetna Fuentes
Delegates Owen Renfroe and Jonathan Sanger, Board Member Donald Petrie and Delegate John M. Badham
Delegate Louis J. Guerra

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