Dear Colleagues,

This past year, you and your fellow DGA members have created (and continue to create) a tremendous body of work in feature film, documentary and television. The DGA Awards is our annual opportunity to celebrate these contributions to the craft and I cordially invite you to participate in this year's nomination process.

Viewing, evaluating and acknowledging our peers' accomplishments is a vital part of being a DGA member. So please review the awards schedule below, fill out your ballots and nominate your fellow directors and their teams. I encourage you to be a part of the nomination process and take advantage of our 56-year-old tradition of honoring one another's hard work and creative achievement.

Michael Apted, President
Directors Guild of America.

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Honoring outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Documentary and Television

FEATURE FILM AWARD

• Mail Feature Film Nomination Ballots - Monday, December 8, 2003
  
• Deadline for Returning all Feature Film Nomination Ballots - Monday, January 5, 2004
  
• Announce Five Feature Film Nominees - Tuesday, January 6, 2004
  
• Mail Feature Film Final Ballots - Tuesday, January 6, 2004
  
• Membership Screening of Five Nominated Feature Films - Monday-Friday, January 12-16, 2004
  
• Deadline for Returning all Feature Film Final Ballots - Friday, January 30, 2004

DOCUMENTARY AWARD & TELEVISION AWARDS

• Mail Television, Commercials & Documentary Director Entry Forms - Wednesday, October 1, 2003
  
• Deadline for Submitting Television, Commercials & Documentary Entry Forms and Cassettes - Monday, December 1, 2003
  
• Mail Television Nomination Ballots - Wednesday, December 10, 2003
  
• Deadline for Returning all Television Nomination Ballots - Monday, January 5, 2004
  
• Announce Television Nominees Starting on - Thursday, January 8, 2004

56th ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

• Mail Dinner Reservation Forms - Monday, December15, 2003
  
• Deadline for Returning all Dinner Reservation Forms - Friday, January 30, 2004
  
• DGA Awards Dinner, Century Plaza Hotel - Saturday, February 7, 2004

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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS & SCIENCES PRE-NOMINATION SCREENINGS Dear Member: We are pleased to advise you that the companies listed below have agreed to open their pre-nomination Academy consideration screening to DGA members. These screenings usually take place in commercial theatres. There will also be instances in which DGA members will be invited to attend pre-nomination screenings in studio-operated screening rooms. Each of the companies will advertise in the calendar of its screenings in local newspapers. The majority of the ads will invite DGA and Academy members. Your attendance to these screenings is subject to the RSVP procedures and/or conditions set forth in the advertisements. The companies participating include, but are not limited to, the following: Artisan Entertainment Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures Dreamworks Pictures Fine Line Features First Look Pictures Focus Features Fox Searchlight Pictures Lions Gate Films Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Miramax Films New Line Cinema New Yorker Films Paramount Classics Paramount Pictures Samuel Goldwyn Company Screen Gems Films Sony Pictures Classics Twentieth Century Fox Universal Pictures Walt Disney Pictures Warner Bros. Admission is by DGA membership card only. Card may only be used by the member to whom it is authorized. Members may be accompanied by one guest. Please adhere to the guidelines set forth by each company.

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Should you have any questions regarding the DGA Awards or advance screenings, please contact the Laraine Savelle, the DGA's National Awards Coordinator in the DGA Awards Office at: (310) 289-2038. Or email her at Laraine@dga.org. If calling outside California, please call the Guild's toll free number at (800) 421-4173 and ask for ext. 2038.

National Executive Awards Administration, Marcel Giacusa

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