DGACA-East

DIRECTORS GUILD of AMERICA CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION - EAST

980 BROADWAY • SUITE 221 • THORNWOOD, NEW YORK • 10594 • 914.747.2979

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APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLACEMENT ON THE NEW YORK AREA QUALIFICATION LIST

DGACA-EAST REQUIRES ALL APPLICANTS TO CALL THE OFFICE AT 914.747.2979 TO DISCUSS THEIR APPLICATION PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.

Every applicant must submit an Application Form and Production Header/Summary Sheet, as well as the supporting documentation listed below. Each applicant is also asked to submit an Additional Data Form indicating his or her sex and ethnicity. The Additional Data Form is optional and the information is for administrative use only.

Documentation required for each project:

(You do not need to reduce legal-sized documents to letter-sized. Simply fold the bottom of the page up to fit the binder.)
  • Deal Memo or Start Slip
  • Pay documents substantiating payment for every workday claimed
  • Production Reports* for each workday claimed with the shooting company
  • Call Sheets* for each workday claimed with the shooting company
  • Crew Lists
  * Stage Managers/Associate Directors: If Production Reports and Call Sheets are not available, please submit rehearsal, blocking and taping schedules. If none of these is available, and you were employed by a station, submit weekly schedules or Associate Director/Stage Manager Assignment Sheets along with a letter from the Station Executive verifying your job title, duties and dates of employment.

It is the applicant's responsibility to demonstrate to the DGACA-East's satisfaction that he or she has met the requirements for placement. The DGACA-East reserves the right to request original documents if they are needed to verify the application claim; however, applicants are urged to submit photocopies of their documents. The DGACA-East assumes no responsibility for the loss and/or damage to any documents (original or duplicate) that are submitted.

Applicants are expected to organize documents chronologically (day 1, 2, 3 etc.), by production. Many applicants use 3-ring binders or corrugated file boxes to compile their documents. If documentation is not organized, it will not be reviewed.

The DGACA-East staff reviews all submitted documentation. Please highlight your name on each document submitted (front and back). Check that photocopies are legible; they should not be too light, and reductions to size should not make documents unreadable.

To receive credit for days worked, the applicant must prove he or she was compensated. In most cases, pay stubs are sufficient evidence of payment. When pay stubs are not available, the DGACA-East will consider copies of cancelled checks, earning summaries, W-2 or 1099 forms, wire transfers and/or bank statements. Invoices and letters from production companies are not accepted as proof of payment.

Applications for placement or upgrade on the New York Area Qualification List must be submitted to the DGACA-East within six months of the last qualifying work assignment.

All work qualifying applicants for placement on the New York Area Qualification List must be performed in the United States except that work performed in a foreign country will be credited if an American First Assistant Director worked on the project or if there are no labor restrictions, laws or quotas that would have prevented an American First Assistant Director from working on the project.

Send the completed application forms and documentation to:

Directors Guild of America Contract Administration – East
980 Broadway – Suite 221
Thornwood, New York  10594