1999 Honors
DGA members ratify new three-year film, tape and network contracts. The DGA, in conjunction with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), releases the Monitor Company report on The Economic Impact of U.S. Film and Television Runaway Production, and spearheads efforts to pass state and federal runaway production legislation. Over 800 people attend the inaugural DGA Honors in New York, celebrating the value and importance of American film and television production. The first DGA Honors Filmmaker Award given to Martin Scorsese. The Guild’s Independent Directors Committee establishes The Director’s Finder, a screening series of unreleased independent films made under DGA agreements.