The Directors Guild of America’s national board of directors has unanimously approved the tentative agreement reached by the guild’s negotiating committee late Saturday, a deal that aim…
The Directors Guild of America’s national board of directors has unanimously approved the tentative agreement reached by the guild’s negotiating committee late Saturday, a deal that aims to set parameters around the use of artificial intelligence and boost streaming residual rates.
With the board’s approval, the contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will be sent to a ratification vote by“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.
The DGA’s progress on a new three-year master contract with Hollywood’s major studios and platforms comes against the backdrop of the Writers Guild of America strike, now in its second month. SAG-AFTRA, meanwhile, begins its negotiations with the AMPTP on June 7. Like the DGA, SAG-AFTRA’s current contract expires June 30.
Among the other gains achieved by the directors are an additional day of shooting for episodic drama series and expanded rights in the editing and post-production of TV. The DGA also hailed the contract provisions “confirming that generative AI cannot replace the duties performed by members.
The DGA talks were led by negotiations committee chair Jon Avnet, co-chairs Karen Gaviola and Todd Holland and DGA national executive director Russell Hollander. Thomas Schlamme and Nicole Kassell led the negotiations to expand directors’ creative rights in television.
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