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DGA Committee Meeting Events
On January 13, DGA members heard how passion projects are not just about
the final product, but about the people you meet along the way when the Asian
American Committee (AAC) meeting featured the discussion, Finding Your
Filmmaking Family: A Panel on Passion Projects & Creative Kinship.
Following a screening of clips from former AAC Co-Chair Kai Kim's 24-minute
film, The Interview — a 22-page action story shot in two punishing days on a
shoestring budget — Kim, UPM Alan Chu, 2nd AD Kevin Huie, 2nd 2nd AD
Chris De Celle, and Stunt Coordinator Arnold Chon shared behind-the-scenes
stories and discussed the irreplaceable value of building a community around
work that matters to you in a conversation moderated by 1st AD Luc OuYang
who served in that capacity on the project.
Photo L-R: 1st AD Lucille OuYang (moderator), Director Kai Kim, 2nd 2nd AD
Chris De Celle, 2nd AD Kevin Huie and UPM/AAC Co-Chair Alan Chu.
Finding Your Filmmaking Family
An Asian American Committee Meeting Discussion
On January 14, the Women's Steering Committee (WSC) meeting was
preceded by the panel discussion, Music & Sound: How They Influence
Storytelling and How Directors Weave Them into the Plot.
During a conversation moderated by Director Drew Ann Rosenberg, WSC
Co-Chair Valerie Weiss and Directors Kay Cannon and Sanaa Hamri and
1st AD Geoffrey Hansen shared how Directors can collaborate with music
and sound, both on set and in post-production to elevate storytelling, as well
as their philosophies, creative practices, and the technical approaches that
shape how music and sound become narrative tools.
Image Clockwise: Directors Kay Cannon, Sanaa Hamri and Valerie Weiss (WSC Co-Chair),
1st AD Geoffrey Hansen and Director Drew Ann Rosenberg (moderator).
Music & Sound: How They Influence Storytelling
A Women's Steering Committee Discussion
On January 27, the Latino Committee (LC) meeting was preceded by the
discussion, Choreographing the Camera — A Conversation with Director
Kenny Ortega.
In a dialogue moderated by Committee Co-Chair Eli Gonda, Ortega — a
visionary Director, Producer, Choreographer and the two-time winner of the
DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs Award for
High School Musical (2007) and Descendants (2016) — shared how his
choreographic eye shapes how he blocks actors, works with DPs, and cuts
a scene. He also discussed his commitment to Latino representation and
how social causes shapes who he hires and what he makes during his four
decades of thinking in movement.
Photo L-R: Latino Committee (moderator) Co-Chair Eli Gonda and Director Kenny Ortega.
A Conversation with Director Kenny Ortega
A Latino Committee Meeting Discussion
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