DGACA

DIRECTORS GUILD of AMERICA CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

Multi-Camera Requirements - 1st Assistant Director

REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACEMENT ON THE MULTI-CAMERA QUALIFICATION LIST: FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
(Excerpted from Article 24 of the 2014 Basic Agreement between the DGA and the AMPTP)

24-504 The following persons shall be eligible for placement on the First Assistant Directors Multi-Camera Qualification List:
  (a) Any Key Second Assistant Director on a Qualification List or any Associate Director who works an additional 200 days as an Assistant Director, Stage Manager, Associate Director, Technical Coordinator and/or UPM on multi-camera programs other than sports or news programs;
  (b) Any individual who has worked at least 400 days as an Assistant Director, Stage Manager, Associate Director, Technical Coordinator and/or Unit Production Manager on multi-camera programs other than sports or news programs;
  (c) Any individual who has worked at least 275 days as a First Assistant Director or as a First Stage Manager on multi-camera news and sports programs; and
  (d) Any individual who has worked at least 500 days as an Associate Director or Stage Manager on multi-camera news and sports programs.