BASIC AGREEMENT
 

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.
BASIC AGREEMENT OF 2002
INTRODUCTION
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THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of this first day of July, 2002, by and between the DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC., a California non-profit membership corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Guild") with principal offices at 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90046, and
  • 9255 Productions

  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • Action Productions, Inc.
  • Adelson Entertainment, Inc.
  • Allenford Productions, Inc.
  • Alpine Productions, Inc.
  • Arlington Productions, Inc.
  • Ashland Productions, Inc.
  • The Avnet/Kerner Company
  • Avoca Productions, Inc.

  • The Badham Company
  • Belleville Productions, Inc.
  • Berlin Productions, Inc.
  • Big Ticket Pictures Inc.
  • Big Ticket Productions Inc.
  • Blue Light, Inc.
  • BOT Productions, Inc.
  • Bottom of the Ninth Productions, Inc.
  • Bucks County Pictures, Inc.

  • Califon Productions, Inc.
  • Canterbury Productions, Inc.
  • Carla Singer Productions
  • Castle Rock Features, Inc.
  • Castle Rock Pictures, Inc.
  • Castle Rock Productions Limited
  • Castle Rock Television, Inc.
  • Chester Films, Inc.
  • Cisab Productions, Inc.
  • Coco Productions, Inc.
  • Colony Way Productions, Inc.
  • Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
  • The Colvin Group, Inc.
  • Corapeake Productions, Inc.
  • Corday Productions, Inc.
  • Corky Productions, Inc.
  • Corsica Productions, Inc.
  • Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, Inc.
  • CPT Holdings, Inc.
  • Cumulus Productions, Inc.
  • Cruella Productions, Inc.

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  • DA Productions A division of Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P.
  • Dahl Productions, Inc.
  • dick clark film group, inc.
  • dick clark productions, inc.
  • Direct Court Productions, Inc.
  • Double Divide, Inc.
  • DreamWorks Dramatic Television LLC
  • DreamWorks Productions LLC
  • DreamWorks SKG Television LLC
  • DreamWorks Television LLC

  • Earlham Productions, Inc.
  • Eddieball, Inc.
  • Elizabeth Street Productions, Inc.
  • ELP Communications
  • Emperor Productions, Inc.
  • Enjoy The Ride Productions Ltd.
  • Entrada Productions, Inc.
  • E.O.B. Productions, Inc.
  • Exit 32 Productions, Inc.

  • Fairhurst Productions, Inc.
  • FFS Productions, Inc.
  • Fish Tale Productions, Inc.
  • The FKPS Company
  • Floresta Productions, Inc.
  • Fox Daytime Productions, Inc.
  • Fox Nitetime Productions, Inc.
  • Fox Sports Productions, Inc.
  • Fox Square Productions, Inc.
  • Fox Television Studios, Inc.

  • Get A Life Productions, Inc.
  • Gladiator Productions LLC
  • Glenhill Productions, Inc.
  • The Glore Group Inc.
  • Goldberg & O'Reily
  • Granville Productions, Inc.

  • HEP Series Telpro, Inc.
  • High Productions, Inc.
  • Hillard Productions, Inc.
  • Hollyvista Productions, Inc.
  • Hoover Productions, Inc.
  • Hostage Productions, Inc.
  • Hudson Productions, Inc.

  • Incorrect, Inc.
  • Invader Productions, Inc.

  • January Enterprises, Inc.
  • Jeff Margolis Productions, Inc.
  • The Jerry Frank Company, Inc.
  • Joe Hamilton Productions, Inc.
  • The Jon Avnet Co. II

  • Kelley Productions, Inc. dba David E. Kelley Productions
  • Ken Ehrlich Productions, Inc.
  • King Phoenix Productions, Inc.
  • King Telpro, Inc.

  • La Mesa Productions, Inc.
  • Lafitte Productions, Inc.

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  • Madison Avenue Productions, Inc.
  • Madison Productions, Inc.
  • McFarlane Productions, Inc.
  • Mendocino Productions, Inc.
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.
  • MGM Television Entertainment Inc.
  • Michael Joyce Productions, Inc.
  • Middle Fork Productions
  • Midlantic Films Inc.
  • Monet Lane Productions, Inc.
  • Montrose Productions, Inc.
  • Mrs. America Productions Inc.

  • National Studios, Inc.
  • New Liberty Productions, Inc.
  • No Such Productions, Inc.

  • October Holdings, Inc.
  • Once Again Productions, Inc.
  • Orly Adelson Productions, Inc.
  • OTML Productions, Inc.

  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Paul Brownstein Productions, Inc.
  • Pet II Productions, Inc.
  • Phoenix Pictures Development Corp.

  • Quadra Productions, Inc.

  • Ralph Edwards Productions
  • Red Horizon Productions, Inc.
  • Remote Broadcasting, Inc.
  • Reseda Productions, Inc.
  • Richmel Productions, Inc.
  • RickMill Productions, Inc.
  • River Tower Productions, A Division of Time Warner Entertainment Co. L.P.
  • Ron Ziskin Productions, Inc.
  • Rosecrans Productions, Inc.
  • Rosemont Productions International Ltd.

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  • San Vicente Productions, Inc.
  • Seneca Productions, Inc.
  • Shoot The Horse Productions, Inc.
  • Silverback Productions, Inc.
  • The SKPS Company
  • South Swell, Inc.
  • Spelling Television Inc.
  • Spinnaker Films, Inc.
  • The Stevens Company
  • Studios USA Television LLC

  • Talk Productions, Inc.
  • TDC Productions, Inc.
  • Toluca Holdings, Inc.
  • Top Five Productions, Inc.
  • Topanga Productions, Inc.
  • Touchstone Television Productions, LLC
  • Trackdown Productions, Inc.
  • Trial Productions, Inc.
  • TriStar Television, Inc.
  • Turner Films, Inc.
  • Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

  • United Artists Pictures Inc.
  • The United General Film Corporation
  • Universal City Studios, Inc.
  • Universal Pictures Company, Incorporated
  • Universal Studios Network Development, Inc.
  • Universal Studios Network Programming
  • Utterly Beloved Productions, Inc.

  • Valinda Productions, Inc.
  • Valleycrest Productions, Ltd.
  • Valley Vista Productions, Inc.
  • Vasanta Productions, Inc.
  • Viacom Productions Inc.
  • Victor Television Productions, Inc.

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  • WAD Productions, A Division of Time-Warner Entertainment Co. L.P.
  • Walt Disney Pictures & Television
  • Warner Bros.
  • Warner Bros. Television Production, a Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
  • Water Boy Productions, Inc.
  • West Reef, Inc.
  • Westgate Productions, Inc.
  • Westholme Productions, Inc.
  • Wilshire/Hauser Company
  • Wizmark Entertainment Inc.
  • Woodridge Productions, Inc.
  • Woof Productions, Inc.
  • Wooster Productions, Inc.
  • Working Bear Productions, Inc.

all of which constitute a single multi-employer bargaining unit and each hereinafter referred to as the "Employer" and collectively referred to as "Employers."

WITNESSETH:

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

For convenience, this Agreement may be referred to as the Directors Guild of America Basic Agreement of 2002 (hereinafter the "BA"). This Agreement shall be effective July 1, 2002, and shall be applicable only to motion pictures produced hereunder, the principal photography of which commences on or after July 1, 2002, and to services performed hereunder on and after July 1, 2002 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided).

When this BA is executed by more than one Employer, or by an agent on behalf of a multi-employer bargaining unit or an individual Employer, the BA will nevertheless be binding severally upon each Employer on whose behalf the BA is so executed.