The Directors Guild of America is moving forward with plans to establish a diversity committee for its Jewish members.
At its most recent meeting in Los Angeles on Feb. 11 (held the day after the 2024 DGA Awards), the national board approved the formation of a provisional Jewish committee, which all guild subgroups pass through before receiving official standing. The most recent diversity groups to gain permanent status are the disability committee, which was created as a provisional committee last May before being officially adopted at the Feb. 11 board meeting, and the LGBTQ+ committee, which was voted in as a provisional group in June 2021 before earning its permanent designation in January 2022.
It was at that meeting officially establishing the LGBTQ+ unit that member Stuart Acher first thought of doing the same for Jewish directors. “Everyone was cheering, and one member said, ‘Now all minorities are represented,’ and I couldn’t help but to feel,...
At its most recent meeting in Los Angeles on Feb. 11 (held the day after the 2024 DGA Awards), the national board approved the formation of a provisional Jewish committee, which all guild subgroups pass through before receiving official standing. The most recent diversity groups to gain permanent status are the disability committee, which was created as a provisional committee last May before being officially adopted at the Feb. 11 board meeting, and the LGBTQ+ committee, which was voted in as a provisional group in June 2021 before earning its permanent designation in January 2022.
It was at that meeting officially establishing the LGBTQ+ unit that member Stuart Acher first thought of doing the same for Jewish directors. “Everyone was cheering, and one member said, ‘Now all minorities are represented,’ and I couldn’t help but to feel,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Members of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have moved to form Jewish committees, finding that recent events demonstrate a need for better representation within the guilds.
In the DGA, members have gathered more than 300 signatures on a petition calling on the board to create a Jewish Diversity Committee, which would address issues like antisemitism and employment equity in Hollywood.
“We want a seat at the table,” said Stuart Acher, a director who is organizing the effort. “The guild looks to these diversity committees as advisers to help protect representation and rights for people of that community. Now, Jews don’t have a voice. No one is speaking for the Jews.”
The DGA has eight diversity committees, including those for Black, Latino, Asian American, women, LGBTQ and disabled members.
In recent weeks, WGA West agreed to create a Jewish Writers Committee, which is co-chaired by Dan Signer and Patrick Moss.
In the DGA, members have gathered more than 300 signatures on a petition calling on the board to create a Jewish Diversity Committee, which would address issues like antisemitism and employment equity in Hollywood.
“We want a seat at the table,” said Stuart Acher, a director who is organizing the effort. “The guild looks to these diversity committees as advisers to help protect representation and rights for people of that community. Now, Jews don’t have a voice. No one is speaking for the Jews.”
The DGA has eight diversity committees, including those for Black, Latino, Asian American, women, LGBTQ and disabled members.
In recent weeks, WGA West agreed to create a Jewish Writers Committee, which is co-chaired by Dan Signer and Patrick Moss.
- 2/5/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Morgan Simon’s completed second feature also stars Félix Lefebvre, and Lubna Azabal and is screening first footage at the Cannes market.
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has boarded French director Morgan Simon’s completed second feature A Free Woman, starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Félix Lefebvre, and Lubna Azabal and is screening first footage at the Cannes market.
A Free Woman is produced by Trois Brigands Productions and Wild Bunch Productions, with Wild Bunch releasing in France.
Inspired by his own mother’s life and shot in the suburb he grew up in, Simon’s film is about the relationship between...
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has boarded French director Morgan Simon’s completed second feature A Free Woman, starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Félix Lefebvre, and Lubna Azabal and is screening first footage at the Cannes market.
A Free Woman is produced by Trois Brigands Productions and Wild Bunch Productions, with Wild Bunch releasing in France.
Inspired by his own mother’s life and shot in the suburb he grew up in, Simon’s film is about the relationship between...
- 5/16/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Twenty-one DGA members have graduated from the guild’s 2021 TV Mentorship Program, which pairs seasoned episodic television directors with members seeking to develop TV directing careers. Read the names below.
The program, which is part of the DGA’s diversity and inclusion initiative, pairs early-career directors (protégés) with veteran TV directors (mentors) who serve as their professional guides to the working world of episodic television.
“Today we shine a light on our graduating class for their talent, commitment and hard work – and extend our heartfelt gratitude to this exceptional group of accomplished mentors who dedicated so much of their time to teach, to listen, and to set their protégés up for success,” said DGA president Thomas Schlamme. “Seeking to build a career as an aspiring episodic television director in the middle of a pandemic couldn’t be more challenging, but every one of our graduates chose to take that time...
The program, which is part of the DGA’s diversity and inclusion initiative, pairs early-career directors (protégés) with veteran TV directors (mentors) who serve as their professional guides to the working world of episodic television.
“Today we shine a light on our graduating class for their talent, commitment and hard work – and extend our heartfelt gratitude to this exceptional group of accomplished mentors who dedicated so much of their time to teach, to listen, and to set their protégés up for success,” said DGA president Thomas Schlamme. “Seeking to build a career as an aspiring episodic television director in the middle of a pandemic couldn’t be more challenging, but every one of our graduates chose to take that time...
- 6/24/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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