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3 2 I D G A M O N T H L Y EASTERN REGION ADDITIONS Lynette D. Barnes, 2AD Molly Burch, 2AD Daniel Dirks, 2AD James "Doc" Hayman, 2AD Amanda Jabes, UPM John E. Mackey, 2AD Mason J. Martin, 2AD Marcus A. Pedro, 2AD Day Permuy, UPM Nick A. Stellon, 2AD Paula M. Stier, UPM Joe Sullivan, 2AD Kelly Ulmer, 2AD MEMBERSHIP REPORT IN MEMORIAM Marc Bennett, DIR Roger S. Christiansen, DIR John G. Hill, DIR Henry Jaglom, DIR Richard F. Stone, DIR WESTERN REGION ADDITIONS Fletcher J. Rodley, 1AD Isabel Sega, 2AD Georgette Turner, UPM Tom T. Turner, 2AD PRIMARY CATEGORY CHANGES Katherine Galow to 1AD John Alexander Leimone to UPM Correction: In the news section of the October 2025 issue of DGA Monthly, Victor Hsu should have been listed as an alternate of the Western AD/UPM Council. View more excerpts and interviews in the Visual History Collection via the link on the homepage of www.dga.org. Director Drew Esocoff discusses his career in sports directing, his experiences directing Sunday Night Football, Super Bowls and the Olympics, and what it means to serve the sports fan. Esocoff on serving the sports fan: "If the announcers are talking about Jim Boeheim and I'm on a shot at John Thompson, that's probably not what they wanna be seeing. If there's a critical measurement in a football game coming up, and it's gonna be Gene Steratore, the referee, putting the index card between the point of the football and the end of the chains, you probably don't wanna be on a shot of the quarterback. It sounds not complicated and easy, but when you're enticed by 30 cameras selling you shots, there's an instinct, 'Boy, there's a lot of good stuff on that monitor wall, but no, wait a second, what the viewer wants to see is the shot here.' If there's a toe tap along the sideline for a critical fi rst down it's not the most exciting shot, but the right shot is to see the referee come into frame and either go like this or like this. And there's quarterback shots, there's coach reaction shots, all that stuff is there for you, but what the viewer wants to see was the guy inbounds or out of bounds, period." 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. Drew Esocoff interviewed by Michael Sheehan Recent Visual History Addition Facebook: www.facebook.com/directorsguildofamericadga Instagram: www.instagram.com/directorsguild YouTube: www.youtube.com/@directorsguildofamericaDGA Send Us Your On Set Photos and Follow Us On Social Media The DGA is looking for a few good stills from your on set experiences for our social media platforms. If you have current photos of yourself and/or fellow members at work, please send them, along with details about the image to: Press@dga.org. And remember to stay connected with the DGA by following us across social media to learn about events and Guild activities. Join the conversation by following our channels today! Photo: UPM Canella Williams-Larrabee, 1st AD Michelle Regina Iacobelli and 2nd AD Heather Verbeke on the set of the limited series I Will Find You in New York City's Times Square.