DGA President Thomas Schlamme Will Step Down Next Month, Bids Heartfelt Farewell

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Thomas Schlamme will be stepping down as president of the DGA when the guild convenes its biennial convention on September 18.

In a heartfelt farewell address to the DGA’s members, he looked back on his four years in office, and forward to new leadership as the industry emerges from the pandemic, which he, in no small part, helped get back on its feet.“I will be stepping down at our upcoming Biennial Convention – and look forward to a new voice leading us,” he said in his farewell address, which was sent out to members and is on the DGA website. “And though this letter is a goodbye of sorts, more than anything it is filled with gratitude to this sacred institution of folks standing up for one another.”It’s traditional that DGA presidents