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8 I D G A M O N T H L Y • APRIL - UPCOMING EVENTS • The DGA Eastern AD/SM/PA Council presents: Navigating the DGA A Member Orientation for ADs, SMs & PAs Please join us for this opportunity to learn more about your Guild, its governance, contracts and benefits. Key Council and committee members along with DGA staff will guide you through the privileges and responsibilities of membership, collective bargaining agreements and issues affecting your categories. While this orientation will focus on providing this valuable information for new Associate Directors, Stage Managers and Production Associates, veteran members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please RSVP online or to ADSMPAEast@dga.org by Friday, April 4. Participants are also encouraged to attend the Eastern AD/SM/PA Council meeting that will follow this event at 7:00 p.m. Monday, April 7 Registration: 5:30 p.m. Orientation: 5:45 p.m. DGA NY 7th Floor Boardroom See RSVP info below left The Special Projects Committee presents: The Craft of the Director: Jon M. Chu The popular Craft of the Director discussion series continues with in-depth conversations where Directors discuss their personal processes and share how they approach various areas of the craft, from pre-production through post. Please join us for the latest in this series with Director Jon M. Chu. A DGA member since 2007, Chu most recently helmed Wicked, the feature film adaptation of the record-breaking musical sensation. The "Best Picture" Oscar-nominated Wicked brought Chu "Best Director" awards at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards and the 2024 National Board of Review and the film also earned an award for "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" at the 2025 Golden Globes. Prior to his trip to the land of Oz, Chu had directed the critically acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights. He is perhaps best known for directing the worldwide phenomenon, Crazy Rich Asians, the first contemporary studio picture in more than 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast. Some of Chu's other directing credits include the features Step Up, Step Up 2: The Streets, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never; the movie for television Triage; the television special Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho; and episodes of Harmony, Swiss Family Robinson, Home Before Dark, and Good Trouble. As a film student in 2002, Chu was recognized by the DGA's Student Film Awards for his short film Gwai Lo: The Little Foreigner. Wednesday, April 9 7:00 p.m. — DGA Los Angeles Theater 1 To RSVP, please log-in as a member at www.dga.org/Events and click on Upcoming Events. Jon M. Chu Photo by: Sophy Holland DGA San Francisco Coordinating Committee presents: 2025 Annual Membership Meeting The SFCC invites all Bay Area members to the 2025 edition of our annual membership gathering. DGA Assistant Executive Director Vada Hedgeman will deliver a briefing on the state of the Guild. In addition, there will be reports from the SFCC Executive Committee, election nominations to the Executive Committee, and other Guild business. Please RSVP no later than Thursday, April 3, via email to sfcc@dga.org, or call the SFCC Reservation line at (310) 289-2094 to confirm your attendance. Saturday, April 5 12:00 p.m. — SF Broadway Theatre, Marquee Lounge 1182 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 See RSVP information left. SFCC members attend the 2024 event.