Christopher Nolan Elected As The New DGA President

This weekend, the Directors’ Guild of America (DGA) announced Christopher Nolan as its new president during their Biennial National Convention. A new slate of officers, as well as a series of new members of the DGA’s National Board of Directors, were also chosen by the 167 delegates who represented the 19,500-strong union of directors.

On Saturday, other elections included Laura Belsey as National Vice President, Paris Barclay re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer, Todd Holland as First Vice-President, Ron Howard as Second Vice-President, Gina Prince-Bythewood as Third Vice-President, Seith Mann as Fourth Vice-President, Millicent Shelton as Fifth Vice-President, Lily Olszewski as Sixth Vice-President, and Joyce Thomas as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer.

In a statement on the results of the election, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said, “The AMPTP congratulates Christopher Nolan on his election as President of the Directors Guild of America. We look forward to partnering with President Nolan to address the issues most important to DGA members while ensuring our member companies remain competitive in a rapidly changing industry.”

Nolan has been a DGA member since 2001 and has served on its National Board and Western Directors Council since 2015. He also chairs the Theatrical Creative Rights Committee and its Artificial Intelligence Committee. Upon being elected the new President, Nolan called the position “one of the greatest honours of my career,” before adding, “Our industry is experiencing tremendous change, and I thank the Guild’s membership for entrusting me with this responsibility. I also want to thank President Glatter for her leadership over the past four years. I look forward to collaborating with her and the newly elected Board to achieve important creative and economic protections for our members”.

Nolan will release his next film, The Odyssey, on 17th July with Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, Mia Goth, Elliot Page, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Samantha Morton and Robert Pattinson amongst the cast.

SUPPORT US! WE ARE A SMALL, INDEPENDENT FILM WEBSITE WITH NO BIG BACKERS, SO IF YOU LOVE OUR SITE AND OUR WRITERS, PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US TO KEEP FILM JOURNALISM ALIVE!