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O C T O B E R 2 0 2 5 I 1 DGA MONTHLY, OCTOBER 2025 — VOLUME 22, NUMBER 10 DGA NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025-2027 OFFICERS Christopher Nolan, 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 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 Mitchell Schwenz, Executive in Charge of Communications Darrell L. Hope, Editor-in-Chief, DGA Monthly & dga.org 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 Christopher Nolan, Presiding Offi cer Eastern Directors Council Laura Belsey, Presiding Offi cer 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 • Tessa Blake • Valdez Flagg • Courtney M. Franklin • Nicole Kassell • Phil Lord • Joseph P. Reidy • Donald L. Sparks • Steven Spielberg • Glenn Weiss ALTERNATES: Jamie Babbit • Mary Lou Belli • Benny Boom • Nandi Bowe • Hanelle Culpepper • Karen Gaviola • Michael Goi • SJ Main Muñoz • Annetta Marion • Patrick K. McManus • Edward Ornelas • Jason Reitman • Patricia Riggen • Eric Dean Seaton • Alex Stapleton • Eric Stoltz • J. Rupert Thompson ASSOCIATES: Julie Gelfand • Louis J. Guerra • Kevin Koster • Glenna Meeks • Shawn Pipkin-West SECOND ALTERNATES: Joe MJ Moore • Gary Natoli • Chemen A. Ochoa • Lyn Pinezich • Canella Williams-Larrabee • Erika Wortham 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 • OCTOBER 2025 • WESTERN MEETINGS • AD/UPM COUNCIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 8:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org AD/SM/PA COUNCIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 11:00 a.m. A joint meeting with the Eastern AD/SM/PA Council For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org WESTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email wdc@dga.org • EASTERN MEETINGS • AD/UPM COUNCIL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - 7:15 p.m. For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org AD/SM/PA COUNCIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 2:00 p.m. A joint meeting with the Western AD/SM/PA Council For RSVP info please email adsmpaeast@dga.org EASTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email edc@dga.org FOCUS ON WOMEN COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email fowc@dga.org • MIDWEST MEETING • CHICAGO COORDINATING COMMITTEE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 - 7:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email ccc@dga.org • NATIONAL MEETINGS • DISABILITY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 5:00/8:00 p.m. For RSVP info please email disability@dga.org JEWISH COMMITTEE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 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.