The Production Guild
Formed in 1999 and based at Pinewood Studios, the Production Guild is the leading association representing senior physical production management and production accounting grades engaged in major feature film and TV drama production in the United Kingdom.The Guild's membership covers Producers, Line Producers, Production Managers, Production Co-ordinators, 1st & 2nd Assistant Directors, Location Managers, Post-Production Supervisors, Financial Controllers, Production Accountants, Key & Assistant Accountants.
With over 600 individual members and 51 Company Affiliates, the Production Guild works ON behalf of its members to achieve the following aims:
- Improve members' employment opportunities across all available incoming and domestic feature film and television drama production through the maintenance, development and promotion of the Guild Members' Availability and Production Tracking Services.
- Inform, advise and Guild members on all current legal, financial, fiscal, and commercial developments within the US, UK and European production environments.
- Provide both general and individual industrial, legal and fiscal advice, information and guidance through members' seminars, on-line and printed publications and training and development initiatives.
- Encourage, develop and sustain recognition of members as being best practice practitioners in feature film and television production across the world by upholding the Guild's Code of Practice.
- Lobby and campaign Government and its Executives, in partnership with the Film Council and other key UK Industry bodies, on issues which may impact on the competitiveness of the UK as a global feature film and television drama production centre.
- Encourage and foster new producing and accounting talent to adopt the same level of professional practice in the United Kingdom through delivery of industry-recognised skills training and access to supplementary membership OF the Guild.
- Continue to increase and diversify the number and scale of Production Guild membership across all relevant grades and constituencies of membership in pursuit of achieving the above objectives.
The Production Guild is renowned for its high quality, industry training initiatives which have been funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund and the UK production industry. These include the Assistant Production Accountant Training Scheme, PG Progress - Production and the Skillset Film Trainee Network.
Please see the website for further information on the Production Guild's services, activities and membership.
