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Short Cuts
Robert Rodriguez vs. the DGA and Paramount
"...Variety, came after the director was informed by the DGA that he would not be able to share directing..."

April 16, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion
"...DGA is the acronym for the recently founded Designer's Guild..."

June 2, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Fall Guy
Funny and fleet, this rom-com/actioner pays tribute to stuntpeople
"...David Leitch co-directed with creative partner Chad Stahelski, but DGA rules meant only one of the two former stuntmen..."

May 3, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival
Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers
"...attendees started to drift home, word came that the DGA leadership had negotiated their own tentative deal, one with..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lights, Camera, Safety: Film and TV Production Is Coming Back to Texas
Now producers and unions are making sure no one gets sick
"...national level between IATSE, the Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), and the Basic Crafts,..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Primer on the Texas Guidelines for Film Production in a Pandemic
The ABCs of lockdown filmmaking
"...by consultation between the main craft unions – the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, and the Teamsters – that builds out..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opie on Top
AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking
"...of the Year from the Directors Guild of America (DGA). Howard and producer Brian Grazer received the first annual..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Order
Mysterious doings in a Catholic sect, on the whole more silly than scary.
"...as though it had been shot not by a DGA member but by a junkie mainlining the smart-alecky ghost..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2002 Hollywood Showcase
"...in Austin before screening later this month at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles. Highlights include Alejandro Gomez’s “Waiting..."

May 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Behind the Screens
Hidden Hollywood and other secret histories
"...their control. Smithee's reign as the only pseudonym the DGA approved for filmmakers fleeing their own films finally ended..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
"...this weekend to receive the award at the annual DGA Honors event, and they're in amazingly good company, to..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Picket Lines: SAG, WGA, and the Austin Industry
Local film professionals explain how they're navigating the strike
"...becoming WGA, and I have my sights set on DGA membership .... I was mostly doing PA work in..."

Aug. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Says Cheers to James Burrows
TV legend to be honored at next year's fest
"...special conversation with the creators and producers of SHOWTIME's DGA-, Emmy-, Golden Globe-, Peabody-, and WGA-winning Cold War thriller,..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Rodriguez Filming Hypnotic in July in Austin
Hitchcockian thriller starring Ben Affleck moves from California
"...production guidelines. Drafted by the Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Brotherhood..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Asks You to Dare Me
USA's new cheerleading drama added to fest's season 8
"...gathering of the presidents of SAG-AFTRA, WGAW, and the DGA...."

March 7, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Adds the Guilds
Blumhouse, Vida, and Men in Trees on the program
"...President Gabrielle Carteris, WGAW President David A. Goodman, and DGA President Thomas Schlamme. Expect these power players of the..."

Nov. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Winning the West
Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order
"...loyalty oath. Joseph Mankiewicz was the president of the DGA. Hand-in-glove with the push for the oath was a..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

International Man of Independents
The wide world of producer Anish Savjani
"...AS: While I was a DGA trainee, I met Lars Knudsen, who was a former..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

After a Fashion
Idol worshipping and Gucci goo.
"...where it will be later. Showcasing the work of DGA members Gail Chovan, Bonnie Barton, Levi Palmer, Brooke Carter,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion
"...beautiful from all aspects of local fashion. Hosted by DGA members Bonnie Barton, Brooke Carter, Gail Chovan, Neil Diaz,..."

June 30, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Short Cuts
"...National Honoree Award by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) at its annual Directors Guild of America Honors to..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts
"...time the package will be presented in the prestigious DGA Theatre. Included in the program are such shorts as..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

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