(Updated December 12, 2024) Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) has become a key issue for the Guild and the entertainment industry broadly, with potential implications for the employment and compensation of many creative workers.

3 making of the motion picture. The only excluded costs are interest payments and contingent payments to talent; and costs incurred on account of force majeure events1 or reshooting caused by technical problems outside the Company’s control.

The WGAW has created a standard writing services contract, which can be tailored to reflect the negotiated terms of any writing services contract you negotiate. We encourage you to use it in place of deal memos or those quickly jotted notes you write to confirm the terms just negotiated.

Meredith Stiehm has been a Guild member since 1994, and served on the Board of Directors for six years before becoming WGAW President. She was a writer and executive producer of Homeland (Showtime) for five years—winning the Emmy, Golden Globe, Writers Guild, and Peabody Awards for drama series. She was the co-creator and executive producer of The Bridge (FX), winner of a 2013 Peabody Award ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Los Angeles – Iconic screenwriter and director David Lynch—writer of Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and more—has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. The Guild’s lifetime achievement award is presented to members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and ...

The WGA has received reports that companies have misclassified television/episodic series writers as “freelancers” to avoid paying weekly fees. This misclassification typically happens after the company prematurely closes the writers’ room, even though the writing for the season has not been completed.

We are the Writers Guild of America West, a labor union composed of the thousands of writers who write the content for television shows, movies, news programs, documentaries, animation, and digital media that keep audiences constantly entertained and informed.

Los Angeles and New York – Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announce the winners of the 2024 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional categories during concurrent ceremonies.. SCREENPLAY WINNERS. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson ...

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1 STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE STATEMENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCE COMMITTEE June 29, 2023 Dear Fellow Members: We are pleased to present the Guild’s annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2023.