Directors UK Competitors

The Directors Guild of America is a labor organization that represents the creative and economic rights of directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, documentaries, news, sports and new media. Founded in 1936 when a small group of the best-known directors of the time joined together to protect the economic and creative rights of directors in motion pictures, the DGA is the world’s preeminent organization representing directors and members of the directorial team, including Directors, Assistant Directors, Unit Production Managers, Associate Directors, Stage Managers and Production Associates – over 19,000 strong worldwide.

We are BAFTA – a world famous independent arts charity. Supporting careers, driving progressive industry culture, celebrating excellence and inspiring the future of film, games and TV is what we do. Find out more at www.bafta.org/about

Educating the best creative talent to the highest professional standard for tomorrow's screen industries.The NFTS is the only film school in the UK which boasts its own film and television studios, and post-production facilities rivalling those of professional companies. Its talented community of students makes around a hundred films a year on courses that are still over 90% practical and unlike anything offered at any other UK film school.