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DGA
MONTHLY,
OCTOBER
2026
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VOLUME
23,
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
Nathaniel Wilson, Digital Communications Manager
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
Kevin Koster, Chair
Eastern AD/UPM Council
Joe Guest, Chair
Western AD/SM/PA Council
David Charles, Chair
Eastern AD/SM/PA Council
Erika Wortham, 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 2026
• WESTERN MEETINGS •
AD/UPM COUNCIL • MON., OCT. 5 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmwest@dga.org
WOMEN'S STEERING COMMITTEE • TUES., OCT. 6 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email wsc@dga.org
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL • MON., OCT. 12 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpawest@dga.org
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE • TUES., OCT. 13 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email aac@dga.org
SAN FRANCISCO COORDINATING COMMITTEE
WED., OCT. 21 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email sfcc@dga.org
WESTERN DIRECTORS COUNCIL • THU., OCT. 29 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email wdc@dga.org
• EASTERN MEETINGS •
DGA HEALTH PLAN UPDATE MEETING • MON., OCT. 5 – 6:30 p.m.
NY Boardroom - RSVP on www.dga.org. See more information on page 3.
AD/UPM COUNCIL • TUES., OCT. 6 – 7:15 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adupmeast@dga.org
EASTERN DIVERSITY STEERING COMMITTEE
WED., OCT. 7 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email edsc@dga.org
BOSTON-AREA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
THU., OCT. 8 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email RSVP@dga.org. See more information on page 15.
AD/SM/PA COUNCIL • MON., OCT. 12 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email adsmpaeast@dga.org
NEW YORK-AREA PENSION & HEALTH MEETINGS
WED., OCT. 14 & THU., OCT. 15 – 9:00 a.m.
Pension & Health half-hour private sessions at the DGA NY Offi ces
For RSVP email PSeger@dgaplans.org. See more information on page 14.
NATIONAL BOARD MEETING • SAT., OCT. 17 – 9:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Breakfast - 9:00 a.m. Meeting - Boardroom
For RSVP info please email Boardmeetingrsvp@dga.org
FOCUS ON WOMEN COMMITTEE • WED., OCT. 28 – 7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info please email fowc@dga.org
• NATIONAL MEETINGS •
DGA HEALTH PLAN UPDATE MEETING
THU., OCT. 8 – 5:00 PT/8:00 p.m. ET. - Online
RSVP on www.dga.org. See more information on page 3.
DISABILITY COMMITTEE
TUE., OCT. 20 – 6:00 PT/9:00 p.m. ET
For RSVP info please email disability@dga.org.
AFRICAN AMERICAN STEERING COMMITTEE &
JEWISH COMMITTEE JOINT MEETING
MON., OCT. 26 – 6:00 PT/9:00 p.m. ET
For RSVP info please email aasc@dga.org or 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.
