Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand | |
| Founded | 1995 |
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| Headquarters | Level 2, 66 Surrey Crescent Auckland, New Zealand |
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Key people | Robyn Paterson, President Tui Ruwhiu, Executive Director |
| Website | www |
The Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (DEGANZ) is a screen-sector trade union that represents the interests of directors and editors within New Zealand's screen and motion picture industry. Initially known as the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand (SDGNZ), it was founded in 1995 when 18 New Zealand (NZ) directors gathered together at an annual industry conference in Wellington to discuss directors' conditions of work and the need for an organization to represent their interests independent of the Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA), which had evolved from the original concept of a guild that represented both producers and directors.[1]