The National Directors Division (NDD) Meet Your Match initiative facilitates between 600-800 individual elevated networking meetings a year. These meetings are between DGC Directors who have been selected by industry Decision Makers: CMPA Producers, Documentary Producers/Distributors/Funders, Talent Agents/Managers, Showrunners. Every year a call-out is placed for Decision Makers and Directors interested in meeting new collaborators. Decision Makers participate with the proviso that they must select at least 10 DGC Directors they’ve never met before, for ten-minute meetings that we facilitate. These meetings are only intended to make initial introductions and when interest is sparked, the conversations continue offline. Over the years, these meetings have generated gigs, relationships, representation, development deals, shows and feature projects that otherwise likely wouldn’t have happened.

“It is a hugely valuable way to get us in front of decision makers. It is one of the most important things the Guild offers Directors.”

DGC Director

 

"I've had success at Meet Your Match in the past and have booked a DGC Director for an episode as a direct result of us meeting at the event."

Amy Cameron, Executive Producer, Cameron Pictures