DGA Board Unanimously Approves New Film & TV Contract, Which Is Now Headed To Members For Ratification

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The Directors Guild’s national board voted unanimously tonight to approve a tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract.

The deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which was reached late Saturday night, goes this week to the guild’s membership for ratification with the board’s recommendation to vote “yes.” Prominent members of the guild’s board include Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, 2nd Vice President Ron Howard and 5th Vice President Ava DuVernay.

The deal, which came on the 33rd day of the Writers Guild’s strike – and just four days before tomorrow’s start of SAG-AFTRA’s contract talks – includes significant pay hikes, a 76% increase in foreign residuals for the largest streaming platforms, and assurances that artificial intelligence cannot replace directors or their teams. “We set out to negotiate a contract that would build for the future.

This is a significant deal with gains for every director, assistant director, unit production manager, associate director and stage manager,” said DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. “Our industry is rapidly changing and expanding, and this agreement is what we need to adapt to those changes, break new ground and protect the DGA’s 19,000 directors and directorial team members today, and in the years to come.