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N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 4 I 2 7 See more detailed descriptions, additional photos and video, where available, online at www.dga.org. DGA Committee Meeting Events Roundup Focus on Women Committee Hosts Panel Discussion Golden Opportunities: A Conversation with DGA Women Who Covered the 2024 Paris Olympics On September 25, the Focus on Women Committee (FOWC) meeting featured the panel discussion, Golden Opportunities: A Conversation with DGA Women Who Covered the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a conversation moderated by Associate Director/FOWC Co-Chair Alanna G.A. Campbell, Director Jen Morrison, Stage Manager/Associate Director Chris Reilly and Associate Director Amanda Rodriguez discussed their roles in bringing the recent competitions to viewers. Image: (Clockwise) Director Jen Morrison, Stage Manager/Associate Director Chris Reilly, Associate Director Amanda Rodriguez and Associate Director Alanna G.A. Campbell (moderator). LGBTQ+ Committee Hosts Panel Discussion LGBTQ+ Health Care Issues On October 9, the LGBTQ+ Committee meeting featured an informational panel discussion designed to address the community's needs with regard to the DGA Pension and Health Plan. In a conversation moderated by Director Alan Poul and co-sponsored by the Proposals and Trans Subcommittees, Directors Todd Holland and Emil Weinstein, 1st AD Marcos Gonzalez Palma, 2nd ADs Maggie Callis & Alex Schwerin and DGA General Counsel David B. Dreyfus addressed family planning, trans health care and retirement issues. Image: (Clockwise) Directors Alan Poul (moderator), Todd Holland and Emil Weinstein, 1st AD Marcos Gonzalez Palma, 2nd ADs Maggie Callis & Alex Schwerin and DGA General Counsel David B. Dreyfus. View more excerpts and interviews in the Visual History Collection via the link on the homepage of www.dga.org. Stage Manager Valdez Flagg discusses his career in variety and live events, his working philosophy and his extensive Guild involvement, including his time as the Western AD/SM/PA Council Chair. Flagg on his working philosophy as a Stage Manager: "When people ask me what I do, I say, 'I make sure all the elements of the stage are coming together so the Director gets his vision met for what people are seeing at home.' So, be that cameras, audio, set, props, Actors, Musicians, lighting, making sure the talent executives are in place so they know what's going on, we oversee it all. And when one person drops the ball, the thing about knowing your job is you know how to pick it up. For people that don't know their jobs, the ball gets dropped and things come to a standstill. But what I tell Producers who are now always squeezing our end of it is, 'Anyone can do the job. Someone that got in the Guild yesterday could do the job long as everything is going right. What you're paying me for is when things go wrong.' When things go wrong on a live show, you have seconds to make the right decision. They're paying you for experience that will save them in a short period of time on a live show." The DGA's Visual History Program website contains hundreds of hours of videotaped interviews with Directors and Director's team members discussing their careers and refl ections on all aspects of the creative process in fi lm, television and other media. These interviews are indexed for quick retrieval of segments pertaining to specifi c topics of interest within a particular interview or across the entire collection. Valdez Flagg interviewed by Ron Paul Recent Visual History Addition

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