MARCH 2011 MICK JACKSON MARTINMARTIN SCORSCORSSESEESE MICHAEL SPILLER Movies For Television Dramatic Series Comedy Series and Mini-Series TOM HOOPER Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film GLENN WEISS EYTAN KELLER STACYSTACY WALLWALL Musical Variety Reality Programs Commercials ERIC BROSS CHARLES FERGUSON LARRY CARPENTER WINNERS Children’s Programs Documentary Daytime Serials In this Issue: • DGA 75th Anniversary events featuring Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, Francis Ford Coppola and the game-changing VFX of TRON and TRON: Legacy • March Screenings, Meetings and Events MARCH MONTHLY VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3 Contents 1 29 MARCH MARCH CALENDAR: MEETINGS LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO 4 DGA NEWS 30-34 MEMBERSHIP 6-8 SCREENINGS UPCOMING EVENTS 35 RECENT 9-27 EVENTS DGA AWARDS COVERAGE 36 28 MEMBERSHIP MARCH CALENDAR: REPORT NEW YORK, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, DC DGA COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Morgan Rumpf Assistant Executive Director, Communications Sahar Moridani Director of Media Relations Darrell L. 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DGA NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009–2011 Taylor Hackford President Steven Soderbergh National Vice President Gilbert Cates Secretary-Treasurer Scott Berger Assistant Secretary-Treasurer EXECUTIVE Paris Barclay STAFF First Vice President Jay D. Roth William M. Brady National Executive Director Second Vice President Warren Adler Betty Thomas Associate National Third Vice President Executive Director Gary Donatelli G. Bryan Unger Fourth Vice President Western Executive Director Thomas Schlamme Russell Hollander Fifth Vice President Eastern Executive Director Vincent Misiano Sixth Vice President Daniel J. Moore Midwestern Executive Director BOARD MEMBERS Herb Adelman David Korduner Michael Apted General Counsel Stephen Glanzrock Lesli Linka Glatter Victoria Hochberg Cleve Landsberg DGA Michael Mann COUNCILS Donald Petrie Scott L. Rindenow Western Directors Council Ed Sherin Taylor Hackford Jesús Treviño Presiding Offi cer ASSOCIATES Western AD/UPM Council D uncan Henderson Dennis W. Mazzocco Liz Ryan Barbara Roche Chairperson Liz Ryan Mary Rae Thewlis Western AD/SM/PA Council Valdez Flagg ALTERNATES Chairperson Laura Belsey LeVar Burton Eastern Directors Council Stephen Gyllenhaal Steven Soderbergh Rod Holcomb Todd Holland Presiding Offi cer Jeremy Kagan Randal Kleiser Eastern AD/UPM Council Garry Marshall Louis J. Guerra Max A. Schindler Chairperson Millicent Shelton Eames Yates Eastern AD/SM/PA Council Michael Zinberg Joan Griffi n SECOND Chairperson ALTERNATES Lee Blaine Alan Curtiss Julie Gelfand Joan Griffi n Kathleen McGill Jennie O’Keefe MARCH 2011 I 1 DGA CONTACT INFORMATION OFFICES DGA National Headquarters — Los Angeles: (310) 289-2000 (800) 421-4173 New York: (212) 581-0370 (800) 356-3754 Chicago: (312) 644-5050 (888) 600-6975 DGA Website www.dga.org REPORTING Nothing is Safety Hot Lines (310) 289-5326 (800) 342-3457 taboo Contract Violation Hot Line (310) 289-5300 in OK to Edit Line (310) 289-5300 EVENTS INFORMATION AND RSVP LA Events, Screenings & Programs (310) 289-5300 NY Screenings Hotline (212) 258-0890 FIELD REPS Los Angeles Matt Antonucci (310) 289-2047 Jon Drew (310) 289-5336 Roberta Hutcheson (310) 289-5352 New York Rebecca Blum (212) 258-0812 Joseph Longo (212) 258-0813 Erica Koenig (212) 258-0809 Chicago Midwestern Executive Director Dan Moore (312) 644-5050 DGA WORK REPORT NUMBERS The DGA Work Report Numbers are a way to keep the Guild informed of job assignments so that we might better serve and protect our members. Within one week of any new job assignment DGA members should call the Work Report Line and provide the Guild with the following information: your name and DGA number, your category, the title of the project and name and phone number of the production company, and BEGINS march 29 the names of any fellow DGA members working with you. To utilize the work report numbers please call the number ALL SERVICE CHARGES below that corresponds to your region WAIVED FOR DGA MEMBERS and follow the prompts: For the West Coast call: OFFER CODE: DGATE (310) 289-2040 For the East Coast call: 310.208.5454 (212) 258-0890 GEFFENP YHOUSE.COM For the Midwest call: (312) 644-7520 2 I DGA MONTHLY Associate National Executive Director Warren Adler to Retire After 32 Years of Service DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth recently announced that Warren Adler will retire from his position as Associate National Executive Director as of April 1. “After more than three decades as an executive at this Guild, there’s virtually no department, no function and no initiative that Warren hasn’t personally been involved in and made better through his dedication and his expertise,” said Roth. “He’s been instrumental in our growth and strength as an organization and I know I speak on behalf of our 14,500 members and our entire professional staff when I say we will miss him dearly.” “Warren has been a seminal presence at the Guild for decades, and his commitment to working on behalf of the membership has been exemplary,” said DGA President Taylor Hackford. “He’s contributed tremendously to this organization and we will be forever grateful.” “There’s nothing that’s happened at the Guild in the past 30 years that Warren hasn’t been a part of,” said DGA Secretary-Treasurer Gil Cates. “We have relied on his wise counsel, his historical knowledge and experience, and his steady hand throughout all these years, and we’ve been lucky to do so. He is a wonderfully decent and honorable man, and his contributions are far too numerous to count.” DGA Associate National Executive Director Warren Adler Adler began his DGA career in 1978 as Associate General Counsel, where he focused on contract enforcement. In 1981, he was named Assistant Western Executive Director, working with the AD/UPM Council and handling general contract claims and enforcement, before being promoted to Western Executive Director in 1990, where he was responsible for contract enforcement and special agreements as well as overall supervision of several key Guild departments. In 1998, Adler became the Guild’s second highest ranking executive when he was named Associate National Executive Director, a newly-created position designed to provide expanded membership service by strengthening the Guild’s national management team. “When I came to the DGA, the Guild had roughly a dozen people on staff,” Adler noted. “It’s been wonderful to have been part of the Guild’s transition to a modern, effi cient, fully-functioning labor organization.” During his tenure at the Guild, Adler has been involved in nearly every aspect of the shaking on the deal during DGA negotiations DGA. In addition to participating in 11 Basic Agreement and FLTTA negotiations cycles, serving as a trustee of the DGA Pension & Health Plans and Assistant Directors Training Program, handling grievances and arbitrations, and serving as liaison to the Western AD/ UPM Council and Western AD/SM/PA Council, Adler focused specifi cally on creative rights and diversity issues. Adler has been the primary Guild executive overseeing creative rights issues since the mid-1980s, including the Creative Rights negotiations, which are negotiated at the same time as the BA and FLTTA negotiations. He has worked closely with the Creative Rights Committee, overseeing the emergence of a separate Committee to deal with issues specifi cally pertaining to creative rights in television, as well as the periodic production of the Creative Rights Handbook. Additionally, Adler has long focused on the Guild’s effort to increase diversity. In 1981, Adler was responsible for negotiating the fi rst diversity provisions in Guild history, now codifi ed in Article 15 of the DGA Basic Agreement. He has served as liaison to the Women’s Steering Committee, African American Steering Committee, and Latino with National Executive Director Jay D. Roth Committee, and still oversees the Guild’s diversity policies. Most recently, Adler participated in the Guild’s strategic planning for the recent successful negotiations with the AMPTP and has been a key element in developing the Guild’s research and strategy on new media issues. “I’ve truly enjoyed and appreciated being part of a top-fl ight service organization that is well-led, staffed by expert professionals and bolstered by the strength and unity of an active, involved membership that is proud to be associated with this Guild,” said Adler. “I’ve gotten to work on issues that are complex, challenging and very interesting and built great relationships with members and the Guild’s professional staff along the way. It’s been a very gratifying and fortunate career.” Adler will continue to serve the Guild as a senior counselor, primarily on creative rights and diversity issues. at the 63rd Annual DGA Awards with wife Bobbie 4 I DGA MONTHLY THE MOST HONORED AMERICAN FILM OF THE YEAR BEST DIRECTOR JOEL & ETHAN COEN ROGER EBERT RICHARD CORLISS “THE COEN BROTHERS “THE MOST DISTINCTIVE RETURN US TO AND UNPREDICTABLE THE GLORY AMERICAN THAT WAS ,AND CAN STILL BE, FILMMAKERS THE WESTERN.” OF THEIR TIME”. A COEN BROTHERS FILM THIS IS WHY WE GO TO THE MOVIES ■ 42% TAX INCENTIVE.