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DGA Magazine VOL 28-3: September 2003

During the final months of 2006, DGA members in New York and
Los Angeles will have the opportunity to attend particular
member screenings followed by Q&As with the films’ directors.
Bill Condon: Dreamgirls
Director Bill Condon - photo by Anna Pocaro - click image for larger view.
Moderator Randal Kleiser with Director Bill Condon - photo by Anna Pocaro - click image for larger view.
Director Bill Condon
Moderator Randal Kleiser with Director Bill Condon
In the DGA's Los Angeles theatre, Director Bill Condon revealed secrets of how he brought to the silver screen the Broadway musical about a trio of black female soul singers who cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s. DGA Special Projects Committee member Randal Kleiser (Grease) served as moderator. - photos by Anna Pocaro - click images for larger view.
Alfonso Cuarón: Children of Men
Director Alfonso Cuarón - photo by Robert Hale - click image for larger view.
Moderator Luis Mandoki with Cuarón - photo by Robert Hale - click image for larger view.
Director Alfonso Cuarón
Moderator Luis Mandoki with Cuarón
Director Alfonso Cuarón was joined onstage in Los Angeles by moderator Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves A Woman) to discuss his futuristic film about the human race on the edge of extinction due to an inability to reproduce. - photos by Robert Hale - click images for larger view.
Marc Forster: Stranger Than Fiction
Director Marc Forster - photo by Elisa Haber - click image for larger view.
Director Marc Forster with moderator Jeremy Kagan - photo by Elisa Haber - click image for larger view.
Director Marc Forster

Forster with moderator Jeremy Kagan.

Director Marc Forster discussed his comedy about a man who finds his life hijacked when his reality begins to be created by a novelist who's planning to kill him with the audience in Los Angeles. DGA Board Member/Special Projects Committee Chair Jeremy Kagan served as moderator. - photos by Elisa Haber - click images for larger view.
Roger Michell: Venus
Director  Roger Michell  - photo by Hilary Steffens - click image for larger view.
Michell and moderator David Jones. - photo by Hilary Steffens - click image for larger view.
Director Roger Michell
Michell and moderator David Jones.
The New York audience got to hear director Roger Michell discuss his comedic drama about a pair of retired actors whose lives are sent into upheaval by the visit of one's young niece. Director David Jones (Ghost Whisperer) served as moderator. - photos by Hilary Steffens - click images for larger view.
Gabriele Muccino: The Pursuit of Happyness
Director Gabriele. - photo by Robert Hale - click image for larger view.
Director Gabriele Muccino and moderator Penelope Spheeris. - photo by Robert Hale - click image for larger view.
Director Gabriele Muccino
Director Gabriele Muccino and moderator Penelope Spheeris.
Director Gabriele Muccino entertained the Los Angeles audience with behind-the-scenes tales of the making of his film about a struggling salesman who must find a way to balance fatherhood and his dream of a better life via an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm. Director Penelope Spheeris (The Kid & I) served as moderator. - photos by Robert Hale - click images for larger view.
Steven Soderbergh: The Good German
Moderator Tony Gilroy and Director Steven Soderbergh. - photo by Thos Robinson - click image for larger view.
The New York Theater audience hears about the making of The Good German. - photo by Thos Robinson - click image for larger view.
Moderator Tony Gilroy and
Director Steven Soderbergh.

The New York Theater audience hears about the making of The Good German.

Director Steven Soderbergh. - photo by Thos Robinson - click image for larger view.
Director Steven Soderbergh spoke to audiences both in Los Angeles and New York to reveal the making of his WWII era film about an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation involving both his former mistress and his driver in post-war Berlin. Director Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) served as moderator in New York and director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit) served as moderator in Los Angeles. - photos by Thos Robinson - click images for larger view.
Director Steven Soderbergh.

Irwin Winkler: Home of the Brave
Director Irwin Winkler.- photo by Byron Gamarro - click image for larger view.
 Moderator Barry Primus and Director Irwin Winkler.- photo by Byron Gamarro - click image for larger view.
Director Irwin Winkler
Moderator Barry Primus and
Director Irwin Winkler.
Director Irwin Winkler also appeared before audiences both in Los Angeles and New York to discuss his film about soldiers who struggle to readjust to life at home after a lengthy tour of duty in Iraq. Actor/director Barry Primus ("V.I.P.") served as moderator in both locations. - photos by Byron Gamarro - click images for larger view.
Edward Zwick: Blood Diamond
Director Edward Zwick speaks about Blood Diamond in Los Angeles. - photo by Elisa Haber - click image for larger view.
Moderator Steve Zaillian and Director Edward Zwick speak about Blood Diamond in Los Angeles. - photo by Elisa Haber - click image for larger view.
Director Edward Zwick talks about
the making of Blood Diamond.
Moderator Steve Zaillian and
Director Edward Zwick.
Director Edward Zwick spoke to the Los Angeles audience about his socially charged adventure drama regarding a fisherman and a mercenary who attempt to get a priceless diamond out of war torn Sierra Leone. Director Steve Zaillian (All the King's Men) served as moderator.. - photos by Byron Gamarro - click images for larger view.
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