Also playing into the speculation was the DGA’s absence from the WGA West’s large “Unions Strike Back” rally on May 26 in DTLA. With the scheduled SAG-AFTRA talks getting closer and closer, whispers that the DGA and AMPTP were nearing an agreement increased around town this week, with chatter on Friday that a deal could be reached over the weekend.
In many ways, tonight’s deal is a surprise more for its midnight hour timing than its actuality. The agreement also achieved increased studio transparency in residuals reporting, improvements in diversity and inclusion, the addition of Juneteenth as a paid holiday and many other gains for all categories, the DGA says.
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Episodic Directors: For Pay TV and SVOD, Episodic Directors won expanded paid post-production creative rights and gained an additional guaranteed shoot day for one-hour programs – the first additional day added in more than 40 years.
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Feature Directors: Historic first-time compensation for the months of “soft prep” Feature Directors currently perform for free prior to the start of the director’s official prep period.Unit Production Managers and Assistant Directors will share in the residuals. High Budget AVOD Terms and Conditions. Achieved the industry’s first-ever terms, creative rights protections, working conditions and residuals for scripted dramatic projects made for free to the consumer streaming services such as Freevee, Tubi and Roku.Improved residuals and for the first time, Associate Directors and Stage Managers will now share in the residuals. Non-Dramatic Programs: Established the industry’s first-ever terms and conditions for directors and their teams on non-dramatic (Variety and Reality) programs made for SVOD.Artificial Intelligence:Groundbreaking agreement confirming that AI is not a person and that generative AI cannot replace the duties performed by members.The result is a 76% increase in foreign residuals for the largest platforms so that residuals for a one-hour episode will now be roughly $90,000 for the first three exhibition years. Global Streaming Residuals: Substantial increase in the residuals for dramatic programs made for SVOD by securing a new residual structure to pay foreign residuals.Additional 0.5% to fund a new parental leave benefit. Wages and Benefits:Groundbreaking gains in wages and benefits including a 5% increase in the first year of the contract, 4% in the second year and 3.5% in the third year.This deal would not have been possible without the unity of the DGA membership, and we are grateful for the strong support of union members across the industry.”Īccording to the DGA, the new agreement includes the following: In these negotiations we made advances on wages, streaming residuals, safety, creative rights and diversity, as well as securing essential protections for our members on new key issues like artificial intelligence – ensuring DGA members will not be replaced by technological advances. “It provides significant improvements for every Director, Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager, Associate Director and Stage Manager in our Guild. “We have concluded a truly historic deal,” said Jon Avnet, chair of the DGA’s Negotiations Committee tonight. At that point, further details of the deal with the AMPTP will be made public.
The tentative agreement will be submitted to the Guild’s National Board for approval at a special board meeting scheduled for June 6. RELATED: Writers & Others React To Directors Guild-AMPTP Contract Deal: “WGA Takes A Stand, DGA Reaps The Rewards” In a late night statement, the DGA said the new deal with the AMPTP “achieves major breakthroughs in addressing the international growth of the entertainment industry and makes significant gains across key economic and creative rights while reaffirming the critical role of DGA directors and their teams.” DGA Deal On New Contract Changes Dynamics For WGA, But Won’t End Strike – Analysis
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