The Directors Guild Foundation is contributing $100,000 in new financial assistance to the Motion Picture & Television Fund for industry workers affected by the ongoing strikes.
The Writers Guild has been on strike since May 2 and SAG-AFTRA since July 14. “Our film crews are our work family,” DGF Foundation Chairman Todd Holland said. “We need to help everyone who’s suffering.
The DGA Foundation supports the vital mission of the MPTF to support the crews who work alongside us with crucially important financial assistance.
The need is so great, and we are glad the Directors Guild Foundation can help meet the challenge.” MPTF’s president and CEO Bob Beitcher: “The generous support of MPTF and the community it serves by the DGA and the DGA Foundation is a true blessing to our industry.
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