Directors Guild of America
Introduction
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. Founded as the "Screen Directors Guild" in 1936, the group became the DGA in 1960.
As a union that seeks to organize an individual profession, rather than multiple professions across an industry, the DGA is a craft union. It represents directors, associate directors, unit production managers, stage managers, and production assistants in television, and directors, assistant directors, and stage managers in film.
The Guild has various training programs whereby successful applicants are placed in various productions and can gain experience working in the film or television industry.
The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D.W. Griffith.
Awards
- Alfred Hitchcock
- awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1968
Nominations
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- Dial M for Murder (1954)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- Rear Window (1954)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- Vertigo (1958)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
- Psycho (1960)
- nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Alfred Hitchcock)
