About the DGA Independent Directors Committees

As part of our continuing outreach efforts aimed at independent filmmakers, the DGA was a sponsor of Outfest, the 37th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

The event was designed for East Coast-based independent filmmakers to strengthen ties, establish new ones and discuss their experiences and the challenges of working in the indie world.

The DGA participates in the celebration of Asian Pacific cinema during the 35th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

As part of the Guild's outreach efforts aimed at independent filmmakers, the DGA hosted a luncheon for Directors with entries in the 2018 Urbanworld Film Festival in New York.

For the 24th consecutive year, the DGA was a sponsor of Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival.

As part of our continuing outreach efforts aimed at independent filmmakers, the DGA was a sponsor of Outfest, the 35th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

DGA headquarters joins other venues in playing host to a celebration of Asian Pacific cinema during the 34th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

The DGA recently hosted receptions for Directors with films showing during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

With Lady Bird, her solo debut as a director, Greta Gerwig appeared to be an overnight sensation, but as an actress she’d been studying other directors’ work for more than a decade, and the attention to detail paid off.

Michael Apted's deep documentary experience informs his quest for authenticity, and as the issue of creative rights loomed after Thunderheart, that awareness sparked a decades-long involvement in DGA leadership.

The DGA and Emmy Award winning cinematographer-turned-director fuses the painterly with the emotional on her third feature film.