The DGA Category Councils recently conducted officer and alternate member elections. The Councils are composed as follows:
Western Directors Council
Michael Apted, Presiding Officer
Members: Paris Barclay, Gilbert Cates, Cameron Crowe, Lesli Linka Glatter, Taylor Hackford, Walter Hill, Arthur Hiller, Joanna Kerns, Michael Mann, Garry Marshall, Mark Rydell, Thomas Schlamme, Steven Spielberg, Betty Thomas, Haskell Wexler.
Alternate Members: Stephen Gyllenhaal, Rod Holcomb, Randal Kleiser, Rob Lieberman, Robert Markowitz, Donald Petrie, Millicent Shelton, Bradley Silberling, J. Rupert Thompson, Jesús Treviño.
Past Presidents: Martha Coolidge, Delbert Mann, Gene Reynolds, Jack Shea, Jud Taylor.
Ex-officios: LeVar Burton, Victoria Hochberg, Jeremy Kagan, John Rich, Lee Shallat Chemel.
Eastern Directors Council
Steven Soderbergh, Presiding Officer
Members: Laura Belsey, William M. Brady, Ted Bogosian, Casey Childs, Gary Donatelli, Conrad Fink, Rolando Hudson, David Jones, Linda Laundra, Karen Prindle, Max Schindler, Sr., JoAnne Sedwick, Stanley Spiro, Sam Weisman, Eames Yates, Al Yellon.
Alternate Members: Dan Algrant, Alex Gibney, Vince Misiano, Michael Pressman, Rose Troche, Gary Winick.
Ex-officios: Larry Auerbach, Tom Donovan, Ed Sherin.
Assistant Directors/Unit Production Managers/Technical Coordinators Council West
Cleve Landsberg - Chairperson
Elena Santaballa - 1st Vice Chairperson
Alan Curtiss - 2nd Vice Chairperson
Liz Ryan - Secretary/Treasurer
Members: Herb Adelman, Melody Beam, D. Scott Easton, Katterli Frauenfelder, Ruben Garcia, David Hakim, Duncan Henderson, Victor Hsu, Tom Joyner, Rob Mendel, Patrick Regan, Susan Zwerman.
Alternate Members: Mark Avery, Lee Blaine, Marie Cantin, Darius Carter, Vince Duque, Jodi Ehlich, Mark Hansson, Janet Knutsen, Bob Lewis, Randy Turrow.
Ex-officio: Kim Kurumada.
Assistant Directors/Unit Production Managers/Technical Coordinators Council East
Louis Guerra - Chairperson
Richard Brick - 1st Vice Chairperson
Les McDonough - 2nd Vice Chairperson
Courtney Wulfe - Secretary/Treasurer
Members: Nan Bernstein, Monty Diamond, Stephen Glanzrock, Daniel Hank, Alex Hapsas, Dana Kuznetzkoff, Jennifer Loeb, Kathleen McGill, Lyn Pinezich, Mary Rae Thewlis, Roni Wheeler, Tom Whelan.
Alternate Members: Trish Adlesic, Kim Cameron, Michael Reichman, Jonathan Siegel, Glen Trotiner, Christian Von Tippelskirch.
Ex-officio: Jane Schimel.
Associate Directors/Stage Managers/Production Associates Council West
Scott L. Rindenow - Chairperson
Don Jacob - 1st Vice Chairperson
Thomas McDermott - 2nd Vice Chairperson
Nora Wade - Secretary/Treasurer
Members: Anita Cooper-Avrick, Linda Hahon, Douglas Hayden, Cathy Lewis-Dougherty, Larry McCain, Sandy Robinson, Barbara Roche, Betty Rothenberg, Tom Shaffery, Jim Tanker, William Vowels, Victor Webb.
Alternate Members: Bob Chic, Mimi Deaton, George Gluvna, Dency Nelson, Gary Stella.
Associate Directors/Stage Managers/Production Associates Council East
Dennis W. Mazzocco - Chairperson
Vincent DeDario - 1st Vice Chairperson
Mark Williams - 2nd Vice Chairperson
Joan Griffin - Secretary/Treasurer
Members: Terence Benson, Scott Berger, David Chernak, Vincent De Dario, Anthony Desanti, Lisa Elias, Mark Hammond, Joan Griffin, Arthur Lewis, Esperanza Martinez, Eulogio Ortiz, Amanda Rybka, Curt Singer, Mark Williams.
Alternate Members: David Bandfield, Craig Bigelow, Tony Caravello, Jim Carroll, Cory Fishman, Nicholas Holowaty, Jack McCloy, Alex Sahlman, Mary Wojcik.
