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A U G U S T 2 0 2 5 I 2 5 MEMBERSHIP REPORT IN MEMORIAM Jim S. Abrahams, DIR Earl Barton, DIR Ben Bolt, DIR Mark Brokaw, DIR Thomas R. Buckley, 2AD Bob Caminiti, AD John Clark, DIR Victoria DeShazo, DIR Raymond A. DeTournay, AD Walter L. Gilmore Jr., UPM John L. Haggerty, AD Stuart A. Hersh, DIR Stanley R. Jaffe, DIR Alan I. Kaplan, DIR Kathy M. Krause, 1AD Janice S. Lee, AD Bruce M. Logan, DIR Larry H. Michaels, AD Collin Smith, 2AD Robert A. Uricola, 1AD Anthony C. Verdi, DIR EASTERN REGION ADDITIONS Rebecca Applebaum, DIR Josephine Austin, AD B. Baumgart, DIR Melissa J. Bernier, UPM Erika Christensen, DIR Michael L. Dottin, DIR Farah X. DIR Christopher J. Fortin, AD Patricia E. Gillespie, DIR William L. Graham, 2AD Anne Hollowday, DIR Joseph J. Iuliano Jr., DIR Matt Johnson, DIR Francois Lallier, DIR Clara E. Peterson, UPM William Proctor, DIR Lauren Shaw, DIR Ben J. Shirinian, DIR Gordon von Steiner, DIR Darby Wheeler, DIR WESTERN REGION ADDITIONS Matthew Deegan, PA Susan M. Ehrhart, UPM Anna Steel, UPM J. K. Wallace, 2AD Remembering Schaffner Award recipient Bob Caminiti (1937-2025) The DGA mourns the loss of veteran Associate Director Bob Caminiti, recipient of the 1999 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award. A DGA member since 1966, Caminiti was fi rst elected to the Eastern AD/SM/PA Council in 1986. For three terms, Bob served as a member or alternate on the Council and was a member of the Guild's 1987 Negotiating Committee. He had previously served as a shop steward at NBC in the 1980s. Caminiti's career in the industry began in 1956 when he joined NBC as a mimeograph operator. In the early 1960s he became a Stage Manager on the game show Concentration, followed by stints on The Doctors, Jeopardy and The Tonight Show. Eventually he began fi lling in as an Associate Director on Jeopardy and moved into that post full-time in 1967. He also held that post in 1968 for NBC's presidential primaries and the tumultuous Democratic National Convention. Through the 1970s he worked on most of NBC's game shows including What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, Jackpot, Three on a Match, Winning Streak, and Tom Snyder's late night talk show, Tomorrow. In 1982 he moved to the legendary sketch comedy program, Saturday Night Live, where he served as an Associate Director for nearly 40 years and 270 episodes and was part of six DGA Award-winning directorial teams for episodes directed by Don Roy King and Beth McCarthy-Miller. In recognition of his service to the industry and the Guild, Caminiti was named the recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award in 1999." Follow Us On Social Media Stay connected with the Directors Guild of America! Follow us across social media to learn about events and Guild activities. Join the conversation by following our channels today! • Facebook: www.facebook.com/directorsguildofamericadga • Instagram: www.instagram.com/directorsguild • YouTube: www.youtube.com/@directorsguildofamericaDGA DGA Membership Report PRIMARY CATEGORY CHANGES Dara DiGerolamo to DIR Benjamin Feig to 1AD Brendan Christopher Lynch to 1AD