DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.

Lobbying for DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 17, 2026

Expenses

$90,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 4840
CREATE Act
S 2530
CREATE Act

Lobbying activity 5

General discussions around intellectual property protections

Science/Technology

General discussions related to a draft artificial intelligence bill concerning rights of attribution and integrity

Trade (domestic/foreign)

General discussions related to the cultural exception trade rule and how it pertains to the film industry

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

General discussions related to incentivizing domestic film and television production, including creating a federal film and television tax incentive program H.R. 4840 & S. 2530; CREATE ACT; provisions related to extending and enhancing the existing Section 181 tax deduction for film and television production

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

General discussions pertaining to antitrust enforcement in the Film and Television industry.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.