Created to offer a venue for competitively showcasing films about multicultural urban life, the Urbanworld Film Festival has presented almost 300 features, shorts and documentaries over the pas...

It was like no time had passed when director Jerry London and other principles from the landmark miniseries Shogun (based on the novel by James Clavell) gathered at the DGA September 24 for "The Making of Shogun," a combination scree...

The most recent installment of DGA Special Projects series "Master Shots" was a rare screening of William Friedkin's 1975 interview with filmmakin...

On September 16, 2003 the Guild hosted its annual DGA Emmy Nominees Reception honoring the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Award-nominated members. DGA Board member Rod Holcomb, a three-time Emmy nominee and DGA Award-winner, welcomed the nominees and ...

When Paul Mazursky made his directorial debut with Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, he was under the inf...

On August 13, 2003, Filmmakers Alliance (FA) celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. For the fourth consecutive year, the DGA served as a sponsor of this event. The gala featured FA's annual film screening pr...

On Monday, August 4, 2003, the DGA and the IFP Los Angeles presented The Best of IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival 2003. The evening featured screenings of Tracy Droz Tragos' Be Good, Smile Pretty, winner of the Target Doc...

Celebrating the Guild's longstanding relationship with the leading international showcase for gay and lesbian films and videos, Outfest 2003 filmmakers gathered at Pinot Hollywood on July 14 for a DGA sponsored luncheon.

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The DGA held a screening of Gary Ross' film Seabiscuit after which the director sat down with DGA member and...

Ninety-two years never looked better than they do on Ronald Neame. In the spotlight at the July 21st DGA event, "An Evening with Ronald Neame," the British filmmaker strolled to the front of DGA Theater 2 to introduce his classic 1958 film The...

From classics like Cabaret to recent successes such as Chicago and Moulin Rouge, musicals are a recuring theme in American moviemaking history.

Stephen Frears was in an impish mood following the screening of his new prize-winning film Dirty Pretty Things at a July 16 DGA sponsored event held in the Florence Gould Auditorium of the Alliance Française/French Institute in New...

Sports programming is one of the greatest challenges TV directors face, requiring precision timing, a skilled eye for detail, an ability to withstand great pressure, enormous organizational resources, and the creativity to create a compelling st...

On Monday, June 9, 2003, the Women's Steering Committee of the DGA held networking mixer to kick off the 2003-04 television season. The latest in a series of similarly successful events, the 2003 mixer provided the opportunity for DGA members ...

More than 130 players gathered at the Wilshire Country Club on June 16, 2003, to participate in the 7th Annual Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Golf Tournament. The tournament is held annually to raise money for the Directors Guild Foundation, the nonp...

The clouds that drifted over Franco-American geopolitical relations were certainly on the minds of the City of Lights/City of Angels organizers as they kicked off the festival's seventh year [April 8-12]. But they could not dampen the enthusias...

At a packed, occasionally heated May 12 hearing before the Los Angeles City Council Education and Neighborhoods Committee, representatives from the DGA, SAG, IATSE, MPAA, AICP, AFMA, Teamsters Local 399 and most of the studios unanimously raise...

The DGA hosted evenings in New York and Los Angeles to honor the directors of this year's Sundance Film Festival directing awards.

In New York, director Tim Robbins moderated a discussion with Dramatic Directing Award winner Catherin...

Next year may be Visual Communications' (VC) biggest celebration yet with the arrival of the 20th Anniversary of its Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival. But independent filmmakers invited to a VC luncheon hosted by the DGA and ...

The DGA boardroom in Los Angeles was the setting for a recent African American Steering Committee (AASC) event – Emerging Feature Film Directors - moderated by AASC Co-Chair and alternate National Board member LeVar Burton.