Overview
- The Directors Guild of America announced a tentative four-year collective bargaining agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after roughly a month of talks concluded Tuesday.
- The DGA will keep terms confidential while its National Board reviews the pact and then sends the full agreement to about 19,500 members for a ratification vote.
- The deal completes four-year contracts between studios and the three major above-the-line guilds, following WGA and SAG-AFTRA agreements earlier this year and reducing the near-term risk of major work stoppages.
- Negotiators focused on shoring up the DGA health plan and securing limits on generative AI, with the health fund recorded as losing $38.8 million in 2024 and $4.6 million in 2023, which drove the union to seek higher employer contributions and benefit changes.
- The AMPTP said it was pleased to reach a tentative agreement and studios sought a four-year term to give production plans more predictability and labor stability through the contract period.