REQUIREMENTS SCQL: MULTI-CAMERA FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
(Excerpted from Article 14 of the 2014 Basic Agreement between the DGA and the AMPTP)

14-303

(e)

An individual qualifies for the Southern California First Assistant Director Qualification List from which First Assistant Directors may be employed only on multi-camera stage shows if the person has been employed and completed at least five hundred twenty (520) working days either as a Second Assistant Director in the production of motion pictures of the type covered hereunder or as an Associate Director or Stage Manager in the production of dramatic and/or variety programs of the type covered hereunder with at least one hundred twenty (120) days worked as a First Stage Manager in the production of multi-camera dramatic motion pictures of the type covered hereunder.

Of the working days described above, at least seventy-five percent (75%) must be spent with the actual shooting company. For the purposes of this provision, employment on a multi-camera stage show will be deemed to be with the shooting company on every workday of a week in which shooting occurs.

DGACA shall maintain a list of individuals who are qualified for employment under this provision.