Associate Directors & Stage Managers Tout Their Support Of New DGA Contract – Watch The Video
deadline.comThe Directors Guild of America has released a new video of associate directors and stage managers touting their support of the guild’s tentative agreement for new film and TV contract.
The pact, which covers directors and members of their teams, is being put to the members for ratification. The new deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, , which was reached on June 4, was unanimously recommended for ratification by the guild’s board, whose members include Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, 2nd Vice President Ron Howard and 5th Vice President Ava DuVernay.
Members’ ratification voting on the pact will be completed on June 23. Click here to watch the video. “I’m really excited about the contract that the DGA negotiated for us this year,” said associate director Crystal Sanchez.
Pointing to the 5% pay raise in the first year of the three-year contract, she said, “That’s major.” Here are some more of the testimonials: “I’m voting ‘yes’ because stage managers finally get a piece of the residuals pie, and that’s important to me.
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