Jay D. Roth is widely known as the former longtime National Executive Director of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), which protects and extends the economic and creative rights of its more than ...

Stage Manager Leon Robinson discusses his catalogue of work, strategies that have garnered success in his position and his opinions on an ever-changing industry. Leon Robinson was born in Los Angeles, ...

On April 9, DGA members gathered in the Guild’s Los Angeles Theater for the special event, The Craft of the Director: Jon M. Chu, hosted by the Guild’s Special Projects Committee. The evening was ...

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See photos from 68th Annual DGA Awards Arrivals and Cocktail reception. 68th Annual DGA Awards Nominee Breakfast Photo Gallery See photos from 68th Annual DGA Awards Nominee Breakfast.

VERSATILE: (above) For an episode of Almost Human, Leder moved effortlessly from effects-laden sci-fi police drama, to (below) nail-biting action, to wildly comic sex farce on a recent episode of ...

Due to the length of the interviews, they have been divided into chronological chapters for easier viewing. To view a chapter and see its full transcript, click on the thumbnails below.

In 1936, a small group of outstanding motion picture filmmakers, hoping to achieve proper recognition and creative freedom for directors, created the Screen Directors’ Guild (the forerunner of today’s ...

Award winning director Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman, And Now My Love) discusses his long career. The acclaimed French director explains how cinema saved his life from the Nazis as a child, the ...

Veteran director and actor Norman Lloyd discusses his 60-plus year directorial career, highlighting his work on both Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Lloyd also touches upon ...

Director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) discusses his iconic career; beginning in the mailroom of a television station to winning the DGA Feature Film Award and becoming a ...

Richard Donner was born Richard Donald Schwartzberg in the Bronx, New York City in 1930. He joined the Navy after high school and became an aerial photographer for a small carrier. His interest in ...