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Directors Guild of America

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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. [1]

63 relations: Agency shop, Alan Smithee, Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Arthur Hiller, Coen brothers, Craft unionism, Delbert Mann, Director's cut, Feature film, Film, Film director, Film producer, Frank Capra, Frank Miller (comics), Franklin J. Schaffner, Gene Reynolds, George Lucas, George Marshall (director), George Schaefer (director), George Sidney, George Stevens, Gilbert Cates, Guild, Hollywood, Hughes brothers, Jack Shea (director), John Cromwell (director), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jud Taylor, King Vidor, Location manager, Mark Sandrich, Martha Coolidge, Michael Apted, New media, Paris Barclay, Penske Media Corporation, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Possessory credit, Quentin Tarantino, Residual (entertainment industry), Robert Aldrich, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Wise, Runaway production, Russo brothers, Sin City (film), Slate (magazine), Society Awards, ..., Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Stage management, Sunset Boulevard, Taylor Hackford, Television director, The Birth of a Nation, The Ladykillers (2004 film), The Wachowskis, Thomas Schlamme, Unit production manager, Variety (magazine), Vincent Misiano, Writers Guild of America. Expand index (13 more) »

Agency shop

An agency shop is a form of union security agreement where the employer may hire union or non-union workers, and employees need not join the union in order to remain employed.

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Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project.

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Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade association based in Sherman Oaks, California that represents over 350 American television and film production companies in collective bargaining negotiations with entertainment industry trade unions that include, among others, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild of America, East, the American Federation of Musicians, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career.

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Coen brothers

Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse CoenState of Minnesota.

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Craft unionism

Craft unionism refers to a model of trade unionism in which workers are organised based on the particular craft or trade in which they work.

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Delbert Mann

Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director.

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Director's cut

A director's cut is an edited version of a film (or television episode, music video, commercial, or video game) that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit.

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Feature film

A feature film is a film (also called a motion picture or movie) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Film producer

A film producer is a person who oversees the production of a film.

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Frank Capra

Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Frank Miller (comics)

Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, novelist, inker, screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as Ronin, ''Daredevil: Born Again'', The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300.

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Franklin J. Schaffner

Franklin James Schaffner (May 30, 1920July 2, 1989) was an American film director.

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Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds (born Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal, April 4, 1923) is an American actor, television writer, director, and producer.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and entrepreneur.

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George Marshall (director)

George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history.

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George Schaefer (director)

George Louis Schaefer (December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997) was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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George Sidney

George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and film producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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George Stevens

George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.

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Gilbert Cates

Gilbert “Gil” Cates (né Katz;June 6, 1934 – October 31, 2011), was an American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Hughes brothers

Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born March 1, 1972), known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors and producers.

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Jack Shea (director)

Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.

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John Cromwell (director)

Elwood Dager Cromwell (December 23, 1886 – September 26, 1979), known as John Cromwell, was an American film and stage director and actor.

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Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Jud Taylor

Judson Taylor (February 25, 1932 – August 6, 2008) was an American actor, television director and television producer.

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King Vidor

King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades.

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Location manager

The location manager is a member of the film crew responsible for finding and securing locations to be used, obtaining all fire, police and other governmental permits, and coordinating the logistics for the production to complete its work.

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Mark Sandrich

Mark Sandrich (born Mark Rex Goldstein; October 26, 1900 – March 4, 1945) was an American film director, writer, and producer.

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Martha Coolidge

Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946) is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America.

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Michael Apted

Michael David Apted, (born 10 February 1941) is an English director, producer, writer and actor.

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New media

New media are forms of media that are native to computers, computational and relying on computers for re-distribution.

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Paris Barclay

Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director and producer, and writer.

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Penske Media Corporation

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company founded in 2003.

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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Philip A. Lord (born July 12, 1975) and Christopher Robert Miller (born September 23, 1975) are an American filmmaker duo.

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Possessory credit

A possessory credit in filmmaking is the use of a film credit which gives primary artistic recognition to a single person, usually (but not always) the film's director.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American director, writer, and actor.

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Residual (entertainment industry)

Residuals are royalties that are paid to the actors, film or television directors, and others involved in making TV shows and movies in cases of reruns, syndication, DVD release, or online streaming release.

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Robert Aldrich

Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker.

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Robert Wise

Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer and editor.

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Runaway production

Runaway production is a term used by the American film industry to describe filmmaking and television productions that are "intended for initial release/exhibition or television broadcast in the U.S., but are actually filmed in another country." In a 2005 production report by the Center for Entertainment Industry Data and Research (CEIDR), the trend of runaway productions is more frequently linked to American films and television being lured away from U.S. locations to out-of-country locations.

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Russo brothers

Anthony Russo (born February 1970)Anthony Russo in and Joseph Russo (born July 1971), collectively known as the Russo brothers, are American film and television directors.

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Sin City (film)

Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States from a liberal perspective.

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Society Awards

Society Awards is an American company best known for its custom design and manufacturing of high-profile entertainment industry awards, including the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and GLAAD Media Award, among others.

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Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), formerly known as Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC), is an independent national labor union established in 1959, representing theatrical directors and choreographers, working on Broadway and on National tours, Off-Broadway, and in various resident, regional, stock and dinner theatres throughout the United States.

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Stage management

Stage management is a broad field that is generally defined as the practice of organization and coordination of an event or theatrical production.

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles County, California that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean.

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Taylor Hackford

Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1945) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America.

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Television director

A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program, or section of a programme.

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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

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The Ladykillers (2004 film)

The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy thriller film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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The Wachowskis

Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence "Larry" Wachowski, born June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski, born December 29, 1967) are American film and TV directors, writers, and producers.

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Thomas Schlamme

Thomas David Schlamme (pronounced Shla-Me; born May 22, 1950) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin.

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Unit production manager

A unit production manager (UPM) is the DGA–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vincent Misiano

Vincent Misiano is an American television director.

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Writers Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America

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