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The Directors Guild of America on Thursday unveiled a new Feature Film Diversity & Inclusion report, which spotlights the limited progress that’s been made in the feature space over the last five years, when it comes to the hiring of women and people of color, in stark contrast to what’s transpired in…

The DGA, which begins its contract negotiations on May 10, is stressing the importance of "ensuring reliable pension funding to safeguarding access to industry-leading health care." In a video that features DGA members talking about the pension and health benefits they've received, the guild says that…

DGA leaders told their members tonight that the DGA won't be the first guild at the bargaining table with the AMPTP this year because "the studios are not yet prepared to address our key issues." It’s a break from recent tradition: the DGA has gone before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in each of the last three…

The Directors Guild of America has nominated Tár‘s Todd Field, Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski, Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, The Banshees of Inisherin‘s Martin McDonagh and The Fabelmans’ Steven Spielberg for the top feature film prize at its 75th…

The Power of the Dog helmer Jane Campion won the marquee Theatrical Feature Film prize at the 74th annual DGA Awards, which were handed tonight at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Check out the winners list below. The win solidifies her as the front-runner for Best Director at the Academy Awards on March 27. Campion…

UPDATED, with information on delayed vote: The Directors Guild of America is urging the Senate Commerce Committee to reject Joe Biden’s nominee to the FCC, citing Gigi Sohn’s past stances on copyright. The committee was scheduled to take up Sohn’s nomination on Wednesday, but it will be postponed because of the…

It’ll be a case of Succession-on-Succession violence at the 74th annual DGA Awards. The Directors Guild revealed its TV nominations Wednesday, and all five nominees for Dramatic Series are episodes of HBO’s juggernaut starring Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox. On the Comedy Series side, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso is a triple…

UPDATED with timeline: The 73rd annual DGA Awards, which will take place on April 10, 2021 much later than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed back the annual awards season, has unveiled its key dates and timelines for its 2021 edition. It comes after the Directors Guild settled on the ceremony’s…

Oscar did it. So did the Golden Globes, SAG and earlier today the Producers Guild. Now it is the Directors Guild that has just announced it will alter eligibility rules — temporarily — to allow films with proven intent to have been released theatrically, but which due to the coronavirus pandemic instead debuted on…

The Directors Guild of America is opposing a Justice Department effort to end the 70-year-old Paramount consent decrees, which placed restrictions on studio control over theatrical exhibition. The DOJ asked a court last month to terminate the decrees, put in place in 1948 after years of antitrust litigation. It led…

In a blow to the streaming world, the Directors Guild of America’s national board has voted unanimously to ban day-and-date film releases from eligibility for its top DGA Award, which has now been renamed Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film. "The DGA proudly affirms that a first-run…

Saying that discrimination is "still rampant" in the film industry, the DGA today released its second report on Feature Film Diversity, which found that only 9.7% of live-action American films with box office takes of at least $250,000 were directed by minorities last year — a five-year low and a precipitous drop of…