Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America
PredecessorRadio and Television Directors Guild
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Headquarters7920 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Location
  • United States
Members
18,000
President
Lesli Linka Glatter
National Vice President
Mary Ray Thewlis
Key people
Paris Barclay, secretary-treasurer
Websitewww.dga.org
Formerly called
Screen Directors Guild (1936–1960)
[1][2]

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America.[3]

  1. ^ "Directors Guild of America". About. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Robb, David (September 18, 2021). "Lesli Linka Glatter Elected DGA President; Second Woman To Hold Post". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Dawes, Amy (2011). "A More Perfect Union". DGA Quarterly. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2016.