• It is possible to join the DGA by meeting certain employment criteria. Click here if you would like to see more information on this subject. You might also consider applying to the Assistant Directors Training Program, jointly sponsored by the DGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. This exciting program accepts a limited number of nonmembers each year to participate in on-the-job training to become Second Assistant Directors. Candidates compete for a program position through a rigorous selection process. Once accepted, a Trainee completes 400 days of paid, hands-on work experience on actual film and television projects. An HMO is provided. He or she also attends a number of mandatory seminars on various aspects of the industry. Each Trainee who satisfactorily completes the program's requirements is invited to join the Guild. For more information on the West Coast Program visit www.trainingplan.org, or contact them at ADTP, 14724 Ventura Boulevard, Suite #775, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, (818) 386-2545. For more information on the East Coast Program visit www.dgatrainingprogram.org, or contact them at ADTP, 110 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, (212) 397-0930.
  
  
• The following table contains the standard initiation fees for DGA categories

• Also, the ABC/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program seeks to discover and employ ethnic minority and/or women directing talent for half-hour multicamera tape and filmed comedies. The program is open to DGA and non-DGA members with directing experience in television, theatre, short films, commercials, or music videos.
  

Where do I get information on film schools?

• Be sure to visit the Film Schools section of the DGA Links Page.

• A comprehensive list can be found in The Complete Guide to American Film Schools and Cinema and Television Courses written by DGA member, director Ernest Pintoff.

• Check your local bookstore, or contact Samuel French Theatre & Film Book Shops, 7623 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046, (213) 876-0570.

• Visit the extensive CineMedia directory of film schools.

Where do I get information on film festivals?

• Be sure to visit the Film Festivals section of the DGA Links Page.

• The Association for Independent Video and Film publishes the definitive guide, The AIVF Guide to International Film and Video Festivals. For more information, contact: AIVF, 625 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012, or call (212) 473-3400.

• Visit the extensive CineMedia directory of film festivals.

• Check out The Film Festivals Server.

Where can I find funding for my film?

• The DGA does not provide financial assistance for film or video productions.

• The Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards for African-American, Asian-American, Latino, and Women Filmmakers are designed to honor, encourage, and bring attention to outstanding minority and women film students. Over 40 California and national film schools participate in the program. The DGA Student Film Award brings a prize of $2500 from the DGA to the winner in each group and a product grant of 2000 feet of 16mm film provided by Kodak's Worldwide Student Film Program. Applications are distributed to schools in the spring, with the Awards ceremony scheduled each fall. For additional information and an entry form contact film school department heads or write to: DGA Student Film Awards, 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046. You may also call (310) 289-2034 or e-mail Special Projects.

• The DGA does not offer internships. However, the Guild does offer work study opportunities in the Special Projects Department for full-time matriculated students eligible for work study funds from an accredited college or university. Requests for information on availability must come from the responsible faculty member at the institution. Call (310) 289-2034, or e-mail Special Projects.

Are there DGA programs for non-DGA members?

• DGA programs, workshops, and events are generally open only to DGA members. When Special events are open to the public they are publicized in Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

What DGA produced films and videos are available?

• The following titles on filmmaking are available for viewing in the non-theatrical marketplace.

  "DIRECTORS IN ACTION" Short history on the DGA, 1993, 30 minutes

  "THE MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES" - Seven part series, 1970

  "DIRECTORS AT WORK: THE DIRECTOR AND THE ACTOR" 1982, 28 minutes

  "DIRECTORS AT WORK: THE DIRECTOR AND THE IMAGE" 1982, 27 minutes
  "PRECIOUS IMAGES" 1986, 7 minutes

  "THE TELEVISION MAKERS" 1986, 58 minutes

  For distribution information contact:
  

  
  The Museum of Modern Art Circulating Film & Video Library
  11 West 53rd Street
  New York, NY 10019
  (212) 708-9530
  

How do I reach a member?

• DGA members may be researched on the Online Directory of Members posted in the Membership section of this website. DGA Members can access a more detailed version of this database on the DGA Members Only Website.
• DGA members' contact phone numbers may be obtained by calling the DGA's Agency Desk at (323) 851-3671, or by sending an e-mail request to Victoria Cardenas.
• The printed version of the current DGA Directory of Members is available for purchase through DGA Publications.

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