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The DGA represents Film and Television Directors, Unit
Production Managers, First Assistant Directors, Second Assistant
Directors, Technical Coordinators and Tape Associate Directors, Stage
Managers and Production Associates.
To join in any Guild category, you must obtain
employment with a company that has signed a collective bargaining
agreement with us. While the DGA's Director, Technical Coordinator and
Production Assistant categories don't require members to meet specific
criteria before accepting employment, the following categories do:
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In Film:
- Unit Production Manager
- First Assistant Director
- Second Assistant Director
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To meet the employment criteria for film requires placement on the appropriate Qualification List. Qualification lists are administered by organizations separate from the Director's Guild of America.
For information regarding placement on the Southern California Area and the Third Area Qualification Lists for feature films and television, please contact DGACA at (818) 461-0916. or visit their website at http://www.dgaca.org/dgaca
For information regarding placement on the New York
Area Qualification List for feature films and television, please contact
DGACA EAST at (914) 747-2979.
For information on the film Commercial Qualification List, please call (212) 397-0930, or visit their website at http://www.dga-cql.org
The offices administering the above Qualification Lists
do not have information regarding membership, dues or work availability.
Please contact the DGA Membership Office at (310) 289-2000 for assistance
with these matters.
In Tape:
- Associate Director
- Stage Manager
To meet employment criteria for Associate Directors and Stage Managers see excerpt below from Article 10, Part 3, Section A from the DGA Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement.
Once the signatory company notifies us of your employment, an application for membership will be sent to you. Payment of your initiation fee and admit quarter dues are to be returned with your completed application. Upon approval by your category council, you will receive your DGA membership card along with a new member information packet.
Should you have any additional questions regarding membership, please call the DGA New Membership Representative at (310) 289-2070. We hope that this brief summary will help you in becoming a member of Directors Guild of America.
DGA Freelance Live & Tape TV Agreement
Article 10 Part 3 Section A
Employment Criteria For Associate Directors And Stage
Managers
Any person who has not heretofore been employed as an
Associate Director or Stage Manager by a Company which has consented to be
part of the multi-employer bargaining unit will be eligible for such
employment if such person satisfies one of the following criteria:
- Has been guaranteed thirty
(30) days of employment as an Associate Director or Stage Manager within
ten (10) consecutive production weeks; for prime-time dramatic
programs, Stage Managers must be guaranteed actual work or training
for forty-five (45) days in nine (9) consecutive production weeks. OR
- Has at least three (3)
years of production experience**
in the tape television or commercial production industry (production in a
foreign country does not count if the country has a restriction law or
quota keeping United States ADs or SMs from working there) AND has
been a Director, Associate Director, Stage Manager or Production Associate
of one (1) national program or fifteen (15) tape commercials. OR
- Has been a Director, Associate
Director, Stage Manager or Production Associate of fifteen (15) national
programs or fifty (50) tape commercials. OR
- Is currently on the
Assistant Director/Unit Production Manager Qualifications List and has
satisfactorily completed the Guild-sponsored tape orientation seminar.
**The following are examples of
experience which are and are not considered production experience
for purposes of determining an individual's
eligibility for employment as an Associate Director and Stage Manager.
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