Lights, Camera, Action!
If you want to be a Director of movies… Then this is where you want to be… The Directors Guild (DGA), lead by the newly elected president Thomas Schlamme, who is notably the 26th to hold this mos prestigious seat in Hollywood. is a union for over 16,000 film and television directors.
Located on Sunset Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue in Hollywood, California, and listed in Socialbilitty Places, this magnificent building was originally designed by RBB Architects, Inc. Completed in the year of 1988, this 120,000 square foot building includes a 600 and 150 seat screening theatre a 50 seat video theatre, and also television viewing rooms.
The building exterior features color schemes of mauve and burgundy colored granite and rose-colored glass with a reflective, copper bronze. The building reminds you of a camera lends standing on its end, which leads to wonder if that’s not a coincidence.
The beautiful center chandelier, which is reminiscent of many ice sickles, or the almost non-existent southern California rain falling from the sky, hangs from above the guild’s Security console. The directors guild is not open to the public however, and Security is strictly enforced. It’s designed for directors to screen films and television shows for screenings for various artistic reasons, focusing on career endeavors of the entertainment industry.
On a nice bright sunny day in Cali, the building can appear to have a blue hue, believe it or not. It’s truly a beautiful landmark tower of LA.
Many famous film directors are members of the guild, and many are not, but they have training programs to get aspiring filmmakers a chance to learn the craft. Just to get a chance to meet, and perhaps work side by side with great visionary directors like Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, F. Gary Gray, John Singleton and many more, is indeed an honor and a privilege no matter what side of the camera you may face.
Inside the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, California there are theatres located inside, where Directors can screen video to see if an actor or actress of any given film in that is in production can make the final cut. This is one of the most important steps in cinema. Long before the film makes it to the AMC Theaters, DVD and or streaming movies like with companies like Netflix. This photo of the day of the Directors Guild building, also stars on Socialbilitty’s front homepage featuring Gaussian blur version.