DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.

Lobbying for DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 9, 2026

Expenses

$100,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method 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 3

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

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. 10582 & S. 5552; MPTERA; provisions related to the creation of 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

General discussions around intellectual property protections. H.R.10575 & S.5529; DEFEND IP Act; provisions related to combating foreign piracy.

Science/Technology

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

Bills named in this filing 6

H.R. 10582
Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act
S. 5552
Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act
H.R. 4840
CREATE Act
S. 2530
CREATE Act
H.R. 10575
Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property (DEFEND IP) Act of 2026
S. 5529
DEFEND IP Act

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