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DGA Committee Meeting Events Roundup
On January 18, ahead of their online meeting, the Women's Steering Committee
(WSC) hosted the panel discussion, Navigating Key Collaborations & Our
Creative Rights. The event featured Directors Maggie Kiley, Jessica Lowrey
and Dawn Wilkinson in a conversation moderated by WSC Director Category
Representative Valerie Weiss that covered best practices and how to navigate
questions such as how newly hired Directors can communicate their creative
choices; how to best utilize the Producing Director; and the creative rights of
a Director and the best way to assert them. They also discussed collaborating
with the Writer-Producer; how to handle disagreements; varying approaches
to Director's cuts; and why it is critical to protect the creative rights we have
fought so hard to negotiate and maintain as a Guild.
Image: (Clockwise) Directors Maggie Kiley, Jessica Lowrey,
Dawn Wilkinson and Valerie Weiss (moderator).
Navigating Key Collaborations
A Women's Steering Committee Event
On January 19, the Latino Committee's meeting featured a conversation with
Director Aurora Guerrero, moderated by Director Evelyn Belasco. During the
conversation, Guerrero spoke about how she was inspired to go into directing
through her social justice and activism and shared information about her
upcoming projects. Guerrero is a Chicana, queer identifi ed fi lmmaker who co-
founded Womyn Image Makers, a fi lm collective based out of Los Angeles.
Her directing credits include the feature fi lm Mosquita y Mari; and episodes of
Blindspotting, Little America, Gentefi ed, 13 Reasons Why, Cherish the Day,
Greenleaf, The Red Line and Queen Sugar.
Image: (Top Row) Directors Aurora Guerrero and Evelyn Belasco (moderator),
(Second Row) LC Co-Chairs Edward Ornelas, Jay Torres and Alicia Zaragoza.
A Conversation with Aurora Guerrero
A Latino Committee Event
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