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A U G U S T 2 0 2 5 I 1 DGA MONTHLY, AUGUST 2025 — VOLUME 22, NUMBER 8 DGA NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2023-2025 OFFICERS Lesli Linka Glatter, President Laura Belsey, National Vice-President Paris Barclay, Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Thomas, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Todd Holland, First Vice-President Ron Howard, Second Vice-President Gina M. Prince-Bythewood, Third Vice-President Seith Mann, Fourth Vice-President Millicent Shelton, Fifth Vice-President Lily Olszewski, Sixth Vice-President DGA COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Morgan Rumpf, Associate Executive Director Darrell L. Hope, Editor-in-Chief, DGA Monthly & dga.org Mitchell Schwenz, Director of Media Relations Tricia Noble, Graphic Designer Becca Nadler, Senior Communications Manager Mason Kale, Communications Coordinator Nathaniel Wilson, Video & Audio Assets Coordinator Stephen Hassett, Communications/Special Projects Assistant CONTACT INFORMATION 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046-0907 www.dga.org - (310) 289-5333 - Email: darrellh@dga.org PRINT PRODUCTION & ADVERTISING IngleDodd Media (310) 207-4410 Email: DGA@IngleDodd.com - www.IngleDoddMedia.com EXECUTIVE STAFF Russell Hollander National Executive Director Neil J. Dudich Associate National Executive Director/ Eastern Executive Director Rebecca Rhine Associate National Executive Director/ Western Executive Director Sahar Moridani Associate National Executive Director David B. Dreyfus General Counsel DGA COUNCILS Western Directors Council Lesli Linka Glatter, Presiding Officer Eastern Directors Council Laura Belsey, Presiding Officer Western AD/UPM Council Linda Montanti, Chair Eastern AD/UPM Council Canella Williams-Larrabee, Chair Western AD/SM/PA Council Gary Natoli, Chair Eastern AD/SM/PA Council Tony DeSanti, Chair BOARD MEMBERS: Kabir Akhtar • Jon Avnet • Norberto Barba • Valdez Flagg • Courtney M. Franklin • Nicole Kassell • Christopher Nolan • Joseph P. Reidy • Donald L. Sparks • Steven Spielberg • Glenn P. Weiss ALTERNATES: Tessa Blake • Benny Boom • Patricia Cardoso • Hanelle Culpepper • Ava DuVernay • Karen Gaviola • Maggie Greenwald • Phil Lord • Annetta Marion • Lily Mariye • Edward Ornelas • Kimberly A. Peirce • Jason Robert Reitman • Bethany Rooney • Marcos Siega • Alex Stapleton • J. Rupert Thompson ASSOCIATES: Julie Gelfand • Louis J. Guerra • Kevin Koster • Glenna Meeks • Shawn Pipkin-West SECOND ALTERNATES: Alanna G.A. Campbell • Mimi (Marian) Deaton • Joe MJ Moore • Chemen A. Ochoa • Lyn Pinezich • Canella Williams-Larrabee DGA MONTHLY (USPS 24052) is published monthly by the Directors Guild of America, Inc., 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046- 0907. Periodicals Postage paid at Los Angeles, CA 90052. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $6.00 of each Directors Guild of America member's annual dues is allocated for an annual subscription to DGA MONTHLY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DGA MONTHLY, Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046-0907. DGA MEETINGS • AUGUST 2025 • WESTERN MEETINGS • AD/UPM COUNCIL MONDAY, AUGUST 4 - 8:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org AD/SM/PA COUNCIL MONDAY, AUGUST 11 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org SAN FRANCISCO COORDINATING COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email sfcc@dga.org LATINO COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email lc@dga.org • NATIONAL MEETINGS • DISABILITY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 - 6:00/9:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email disability@dga.org JEWISH COMMITTEE MONDAY, AUGUST 25 - 6:00/9:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email jc@dga.org All DGA Meetings are subject to change. As some updates may have occurred after this issue has gone to press, for the most up-to-date information please log-in as a member on www.dga.org and consult the events calendar. The Guild is committed to the full inclusion of its members and as such would like to ensure proper accommodations are provided to all attendees (e.g. people with disabilities) as needed. If you have a need for accommodations to ensure your full participation, please contact access@dga.org to submit your request.