The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) has reached a tentative four-year deal with the studios and streamers represented in negotiations by Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
The deal means all three of Hollywood’s major guilds have now agreed to new four-year deals, in sharp contrast to back in 2023 when WGA and SAG-AFTRA authorised bruising strikes that brought the studios to their knees while the streamers leveraged their global footprints to focus on production outside the US, and forged ahead with unscripted shows.
DGA national executive director Russell Hollander, chair Jon Avnet, and vice-chair Karen Gaviola led the 70-member negotiating committee. Talks began on May 11 ahead of the June 30 end to the current agreement.
The guild, led by Christopher Nolan, will take the agreement to the national board for approval, after which point terms will be presented to membership for ratification.
It is understood that employment terms, the health plan, and AI guardrails were among the top items under negotiation.
SAG-AFTRA’s members ratified that guild’s new deal last week, and WGA membership did so in late April.
Nolan’s The Odyssey opens through Universal on July 17.
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