Directors Guild of Great Britain
The Directors Guild Trust is the only organisation in the UK for directors across all media - film, opera, radio, television, theatre, animation and multimedia. It is a charity and a Craft Guild offering unrivalled opportunities for its members to meet and to share and exchange expertise and skills at a wide variety of events. It pursues training at all levels for members and non-members alike, and promotes and celebrates the craft and art of directing through events, awards, and commemorations. The Trust is administered by the Directors Guild of Great Britain (Community Interest Company Limited)The Guild has an illustrious past history as a professional organisation and as a trade union. Since 2008, the Guild no longer represents directors industrially, though we can still make available model contracts, contract advice and other industry guides to members and to the public.
UK Film and television directors are represented industrially by Directors UK and theatre directors by the trade union Equity.
