Pact also includes diversity program to be developed by AICP
Paris Barclay, president of the Directors Guild of America, today announced that the DGA membership overwhelmingly ratified the new collective bargaining agreement between the DGA and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP).
“With this strong new contract, we have not only secured wage increases, improved pension and health contributions and created new work opportunities for our members, we have also laid the groundwork for the creation of the first-ever commercial diversity program, all while recognizing the flexibility needed to help this important sector of our business flourish,” said Barclay.
Negotiations were led by associate national executive director/Eastern executive director Russ Hollander and a negotiations committee made up of DGA members.
The new agreement includes wage increases of 3% in each year of the contract; a significant increase in contributions to the Pension and Health Plans on behalf of directors employed by companies represented by the AICP, which will allow more directors to qualify for health coverage and increase retirement benefits; and the establishment of a first-ever diversity program, to be developed and administered by the AICP, with the goal of expanding directorial opportunities for women and ethnic minorities.
The agreement also includes new low budget commercial provisions for companies represented by the AICP that will bring more work to DGA members by providing these companies with the flexibility to capture additional commercial projects; and additional provisions to increase work opportunities for members working outside of Los Angeles and New York.
The DGA’s National Board of Directors unanimously approved the contract during the National Board Meeting on October 18, 2014, and ratifications materials were sent to the membership shortly thereafter.
The new contract covers a three-year term from December 1, 2014 through November 30, 2017.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More