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M A Y 2 0 2 6 I 3 President Christopher Nolan and National Executive Director Russell Hollander Visit Members at Work in New York DGA Announces Date For 2027 DGA Awards Ceremony On April 16, the DGA announced that the 79th Annual DGA Awards will take place on Saturday, January 30, 2027, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The ceremony will commemorate the artistry and mastery of directorial craft in 2026, while also celebrating the collaborative teams that bring these visionary works to life. Further information, including the voting schedule and key deadlines, will be announced later this year. The 78th Annual DGA Awards ceremony took place on February 7, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where Director Paul Thomas Anderson was honored with the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Film Award for his fi lm One Battle After Another. On March 31, during a trip to Gotham, DGA President Christopher Nolan and National Executive Director Russell Hollander paid a visit to members of the Guild at their work at NBC's studios in New York. Nolan and Hollander visited the sets of The NBC Nightly News, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where they toured the facilities, observed operations, and were able to hear the concerns of DGA members working on these productions. They were joined by the Guild's Network Negotiating Committee leaders, Director/DGA Sixth Vice-President Lily Olszewski (Chair) and Director Brett Holey and Associate Director/DGA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Thomas (Vice-Chairs), as well as National Associate Executive Director/Eastern Executive Director Neil Dudich and Field Representative Meghan Brophy. Photos L-R: 1. With the Network Negotiating Committee leaders in Saturday Night Live's studio on the 8th Floor of 30 Rock: Director Brett Holey (Vice Chair), DGA President Christopher Nolan, Associate Director/DGA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Thomas (Vice-Chair) and Director/DGA Sixth Vice- President Lily Olszewski (Chair). 2. In Studio 1A on the set of The Today Show: Lily Olszewski, Stage Managers Zachary Schiffman, Michael Avitable and Yosef Herzog, Director Jim Gaines, Stage Manager Julie Lorusso, President Nolan, Brett Holey, Director Sarah Brooke, National Associate Executive Director/Eastern Executive Director Neil Dudich, Joyce Thomas, National Executive Director Russell Hollander and Associate Directors Alexandra Paez and Jacqueline Twohie. 3. In Studio 3A on the set of The NBC Nightly News: DGA Field Representative Meghan Brophy, Lily Olszewski, Joyce Thomas, Neil Dudich, President Nolan, Directors Marc Greenstein and Christian Alicea, Associate Director Jacqueline Twohie, Brett Holey, Russell Hollander and Stage Manager Anne Wallace. 4. In The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon studio on the 6th Floor of 30 Rock: Neil Dudich, Director Tyler Kirk, Lily Olszewski, Meghan Brophy, Director David Diomedi, Joyce Thomas, President Nolan, Brett Holey and Russell Hollander. 1 2 3 4