DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. BASIC AGREEMENT OF 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1-100 RECOGNITION
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Section 1-200 DEFINITIONS
Section 1-300 DEFINITIONS OF EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED
Section 1-400 GUILD SHOP PROVISIONS
Section 1-500 LISTS EXCHANGED: MAINTENANCE OF GUILD SHOP
Section 2-100 MATTERS SUBJECT TO GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION
Section 2-200 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Section 2-300 ARBITRATION PROCEDURE
Section 2-400 EXPEDITED ARBITRATION PROCEDURE
Section 2-500 ARBITRAL REMEDIES
Section 2-600 COURT PROCEEDINGS
Section 2-700 WITHDRAWAL OF SERVICES
Section 3-100 MINIMUM SALARIES
Section 4-101 Cost of Motion Picture As Basis of Salary
Section 5-101 Term Contract Defined
Section 6-101 (Not Titled)
Section 7-100 PREAMBLE
Section 7-200 DISCLOSURE AND CONSULTATION WITH RESPECT TO COMMITMENTS
Section 7-300 PREPARATION
Section 7-400 PRODUCTION
Section 7-500 EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Section 7-600 COPY OF MOTION PICTURE
Section 7-700 PREVIEWS
Section 7-800 COMPENSATION FOR CUTTING TIME
Section 7-900 COMPENSATION IN CASE OF LENDING (THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES)
Section 7-1000 ADDITIONAL SCENES AND/OR RETAKES
Section 7-1100 LOOPING AND NARRATION
Section 7-1200 THE DUBBING OF SOUND AND MUSIC
Section 7-1300 FOREIGN VERSION
Section 7-1400 REPLACEMENT OF DIRECTOR
Section 7-1500 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 8-100 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 8-200 CREDIT FOR DIRECTORS OF THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Section 8-300 CREDIT FOR DIRECTORS OF TELEVISION FILMS
Section 9-100 (Not Titled)
Section 10-100 (Not Titled)
Section 11-100 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR RERUNS AND FOREIGN TELECASTS
Section 11-200 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THEATRICAL EXHIBITION
Section 11-300 GENERAL
Pension, Health and Welfare Plans
Section 12-100 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 12-200 PENSION PLAN
Section 12-300 HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN
Minimum Salary Schedules and Working Conditions of UPMs, Assistant Directors and Technical Coordinators
Section 13-100 MINIMUM SALARIES
Section 13-200 WORKING CONDITIONS
Section 13-300 PREPARATION TIME
Section 13-400 GUARANTEED WRAP
Section 13-500 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES
Section 13-600 VACATIONS -- ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/TECHNICAL COORDINATORS
Section 13-700 ADDRESS VERIFICATION FOR LOCAL HIRES ON DISTANT LOCATION
Trainee Programs, Intern Programs, Qualification Lists and Interchange
Section 14-100 TRAINEE PROGRAM
Section 14-150 INTERNS
Section 14-200 QUALIFICATION LISTS
Section 14-300 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUALIFICATION LIST
Section 14-400 NEW YORK AREA QUALIFICATION LIST
Section 14-500 THIRD AREA QUALIFICATION LISTS
Section 14-600 UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER MULTI-CAMERA QUALIFICATION LIST
Section 14-700 INTERCHANGE
Section 14-800 CONFLICT WITH LAWS
Section 14-900 BURDEN OF PROOF
Section 15-100 POLICY
Section 15-200 EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN
Section 15-300 REPORTS
Section 15-400 REPRESENTATIVES
Section 15-500 HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Section 15-600 ARBITRATION
Section 15-700 DIVERSITY MEETINGS
Section 16-100 TERM
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 17-100 COOPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND GUILD
Section 17-200 SCOPE AND INTENT OF THIS BA
Section 17-300 EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED
Section 17-400 RESIDUALS AUDITS
Section 17-500 SAFETY
Theatrical Motion Pictures, the Principal Photography of Which Commences after July 1, 1990 and Released to Free Television
Minimum Salaries and Residual Compensation for Directors of Motion Pictures Produced Mainly for the Pay Television and Videodisc/Videocassette Market
Section 20-100 APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE
Section 20-200 DIRECTORS' MINIMUM SALARIES
Section 20-300 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY TELEVISION AND VIDEODISC/VIDEOCASSETTE EXHIBITION
Section 20-400 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY TELEVISION EXCLUDING (a) PAY-PER-VIEW AND (b) SPORTS AND NON-STAGED EVENT PROGRAMS
Section 20-800 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR EXHIBITION OF COVERED MOTION PICTURES IN OTHER MARKETS
Section 20-900 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 20-1100 APPLICATION OF "FREE TELEVISION" PROVISIONS
Section 21-100 (Not Titled)
Responsibility for Residual Payments
Section 22-100 EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTRIBUTOR'S LIABILITY
Section 22-200 DISTRIBUTOR'S LIABILITY
Section 22-300 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF RESIDUALS -DISTRIBUTOR'S LIABILITY AND EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY
Section 22-400 EMPLOYER'S DISSOLUTION
Section 23-100 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR HIGH BUDGET DRAMATIC PROGRAMS ONE-HALF HOUR OR MORE IN LENGTH MADE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC CABLE MARKET
Section 24-100 (Not Titled)
Section 24-300 TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO DIRECTORS EMPLOYED ON COVERED PROGRAMS
Section 24-400 TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CLASSIFICATIONS OTHER THAN DIRECTORS (i.e., FOR "BELOW-THE-LINE" EMPLOYEES) EMPLOYED ON COVERED PROGRAMS
Section 24-500 ELIGIBILITY FOR PLACEMENT ON MULTI-CAMERA QUALIFICATION LISTS
Section 24-600 PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT
EXHIBIT A-1 QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTOR/BUYER LETTER OF AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A-2 QUALIFIED RESIDUAL PAYOR LETTER OF AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B-1 STANDARD LETTER OF GUARANTY FOR QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTORS/BUYERS
EXHIBIT B-2 STANDARD LETTER OF GUARANTY FOR QUALIFIED RESIDUAL PAYORS
EXHIBIT C-1 FORM FOR DIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM (THEATRICAL)
EXHIBIT C-2 FORM FOR DIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM (TELEVISION)
EXHIBIT C-3 FORM FOR POST-PRODUCTION ADDENDUM TO DIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM (Theatrical and Long-Form Television)
EXHIBIT C-4 FORM FOR UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/TECHNICAL COORDINATOR – WEEK-TO-WEEK OR DAILY DEAL MEMORANDUM
EXHIBIT C-5 FORM FOR UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/TECHNICAL COORDINATOR – TERM DEAL MEMORANDUM
EXHIBIT D INSTRUCTIONS AND EMPLOYMENT DATA REPORT
EXHIBIT E-1 PAY TELEVISION AND VIDEODISC/VIDEOCASSETTE PAYMENTS FUND AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT E-1(A) INSTRUCTIONS TO PAY TV FUND ADMINISTRATOR
EXHIBIT E-3 ACCOUNTABLE RECEIPTS PLATEAUS SIDELETTERS
Sideletter No. 1 re Committee on Unprofessional Practices
Sideletter No. 2 re Editing of Theatrical Motion Pictures by Local Television Stations
Sideletter No. 3 re Definition of "New York Area"
Sideletter No. 9 re New York Area Amendment
Sideletter No. 14 re DGA, Inc.
Sideletter No. 19 re Conservation Collection Sideletter
