The Directors Guild of Great Britain is the only organisation in the UK that represents directors across all media – film, opera, radio, television, theatre, animation and multimedia. It is a Craft Guild, offering unrivalled opportunities for its members to meet and to share and exchange expertise and skills at a wide variety of events. It pursues training at all levels for members and non-members, and promotes and celebrates the craft and art of directing through events, awards, and commemorations.
For 25 years the Guild has campaigned for directors, offering a lead in developing policy to influence the future of the industry and the protection of creative rights in every sector. In recent years it has led action within the television industry, regaining and securing royalty payments for UK television directors and has helped create far-reaching negotiated agreements with the broadcasting companies, covering Contract Guidelines for best practice in the engagement of directors and Codes of Practice in both Fiction and Non-Fiction. It also publishes model contracts, contract advice and other industry guides to members and the public.
HONORARY MEMBERS
The Guild is proud to number amongst its honorary members: Peter Brook CH, Desmond Davis, Bryan Forbes, Sir Peter Hall, Piers Haggard, Paddy Masefield OBE, Wendy Toye CBE, Herbert Wise, Leonard White, Michael Winner
AFFILIATES & PARTNERS
The Guild is a member of or co-operates with various organisations whose aims are to promote and protect the director. These include: FERA (Federation of European Film Directors), AIDAA (International Association of Audiovisual Writers and Directors), the Directors Guild Trust (DGT), the Writers Guild, the Directors & Producers Rights Society (DPRS), Equity, the National Campaign for the Arts (NCA).
The Guild is grateful for the support of Spotlight, Curzon Cinemas, the Soho Theatre, the British Film Institute (BFI), Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, Doc House, Actors Centre, Avid, Adobe.
The Guild is a also a patron of the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.
