ORGANIZATION

Founded 1938 as the Screen Directors Guild.

Official Website:
http://www.dga.org/

Founding Date:
1938

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Apted	Film Director	10-Feb-1941		Gorillas in the Mist
Jon Avnet	Film/TV Producer	17-Nov-1949		Fried Green Tomatoes
Herbert J. Biberman	Screenwriter	4-Mar-1900	30-Jun-1971	Blacklisted screenwriter
Gilbert Cates	Film Director	6-Jun-1934	1-Nov-2011	I Never Sang for My Father
Martha Coolidge	Film Director	17-Aug-1946		Valley Girl
Cecil B. DeMille	Film Director	12-Aug-1881	21-Jan-1959	Pioneering film director
Rob Epstein	Film Director	6-Apr-1955		The Times of Harvey Milk
Arthur Hiller	Film Director	22-Nov-1923		An Alan Smithee Film
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Business	21-Dec-1950		Produced Shrek
Joan W. Konner	Journalist	c. 1929		Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97
Ted Lange	Actor	5-Jan-1947		Isaac the bartender on Love Boat
Sheldon Leonard	Actor	22-Feb-1907	10-Jan-1997	Nick the Bartender
Gene Reynolds	Actor	4-Apr-1923		Child actor, later TV director/producer
George Schaefer	Film Director	16-Dec-1920	10-Sep-1997	The Bunker
Steven Soderbergh	Film Director	14-Jan-1963		Traffic

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