August 16, 2011
The DGA Category Councils recently conducted officer and alternate member elections. The Councils are composed as follows:
WESTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL
Taylor Hackford, Presiding Officer
Members: John M. Badham, Paris Barclay, James L. Brooks, Gil Cates, Gil Cates Jr., Jon Favreau, Walter Hill, Lawrence Kasdan, Frank Marshall, Garry K. Marshall, Brad Silberling, John Singleton, Penelope Spheeris, Steven Spielberg, Betty Thomas, Lili Zanuck.
Alternate Members: Norberto Barba, David Cornell, Rod Holcomb,Todd Holland, Jeremy Kagan, Joanna Kerns, Randal Kleiser, Oz Scott, Millicent Shelton, Michael Zinberg.
Past Presidents: Michael Apted, Gil Cates, Martha Coolidge, Arthur Hiller, Gene Reynolds, Jack Shea.
Ex-Officios: Michael Apted, Kathryn Bigelow, Lesli Linka Glatter, Michael Mann, Donald Petrie, Thomas Schlamme, Jesús Treviño.
EASTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL
Steven Soderbergh, Presiding Officer
Members: Jace Alexander, Laura Belsey, Robert Benton, Ted Bogosian, Casey Childs, Zetna Fuentes, Billy Kent, Patricia Lang, Linda Laundra, Rosemary Rodriguez, Max A. Schindler, Barry Sonnenfeld, Sue Ann Staake-Wayne, Sam Weisman, Eames Yates, Al Yellon.
Alternate Members: John Coles, Raymond DeFelitta, Conrad Fink, Alex Gibney, Mary Harron, Brett Holey, John Libretto, Alison MacLean, Don Scardino, Rose Troche.
Ex-Officios: Larry Auerbach, William M. Brady, Gary Donatelli, Vince Misiano, Ed Sherin.
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS/UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS/TECHNICAL COORDINATORS COUNCIL WEST
Marie Cantin, Chair
Cleve Landsberg, 1st Vice Chair
Susan Zwerman, 2nd Vice Chair
Jennie O’Keefe, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Kate Boyle, Darius Carter, Lisa Chu, Alan B. Curtiss, Timothy G. Engle, Katterli Frauenfelder, Mark Hansson, Craig Harris, Victor Hsu, Tom Joyner, Janet Knutsen, Lucille OuYang.
Alternate Members: David Bernstein, Lee Blaine, Leslie Evers, Brian E. Frankish, Peter E. Jackson, Kevin Koster, Marc Newland, Randy Turrow, Dwight Williams, Sally Young.
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS/UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS/TECHNICAL COORDINATORS COUNCIL EAST
Thomas J. Whelan, Chair
Les McDonough, 1st Vice Chair
Rebecca Strickland, 2nd Vice Chair
Alison Rosa, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Trish Adlesic, Nan Bernstein, Richard Brick, Scott Ferguson, Betsy Friedman-Palmieri, Daniel Hank, Debra Kent, Jennifer Loeb, Kathleen McGill, Lyn Pinezich, Mary Rae Thewlis, Glen Trotiner.
Alternate Members: Fred Blankfein, Jamiyl Campbell, Ellen Athena Catsikeas, Paul Epstein, Michael Nickodem, Michael Reichman, Jonathan Siegel.
Ex Officios: Stephen Glanzrock, Jane Schimel.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS/STAGE MANAGERS/PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES COUNCIL WEST
Valdez Flagg, Chair
Julie Gelfand, 1st Vice Chair
Tom McDermott, 2nd Vice Chair
Risa Thomas, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Marian (Mimi) Deaton, Brad Duns, Angela Fairhurst, Linda Hahon, Denise Jackson White Serrette, Don Jacob, Clyde Kaplan, Gary Natoli, Dency Nelson, Scott L. Rindenow, Douglas Smith, Victoria Zika.
Alternate Members: Fran Bellini DeSimone, Matthew Carvette, Roy Friedland, Elizabeth Gonzales Van Hanswyck, Paige Hadley, Erica Meyer, Crystal Sanchez, Jim Tanker, Mark Tragarz, Leslie Vincent.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS/STAGE MANAGERS/PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES COUNCIL EAST
Joan Griffin, Chair
Joyce Thomas, 1st Vice Chair
Arthur Lewis, 2nd Vice Chair
Bill Miller, Secretary-Treasurer
Members: Terry Benson, Scott Berger, Vince DeDario, Lisa Elias, Lynn Finkel, Jeffry Gitter, Kelly Hernacki, Garry Hood, Candy Martinez, Dennis W. Mazzocco, Eulogio Ortiz.
Alternate Members: David Beld, Lauren Class-Schneider, Glenna Meeks, Toni E. Slotkin, Thomas Simpson Jr., David Cooper, Jack McCloy.