There is new footage coming out from the set of Rust, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tragically accidentally shot with a gun held by producer Alec Baldwin.
07.04.2022 - 22:23 / deadline.com
DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter has appointed a new safety committee “to ensure that safety concerns remain at the forefront of our guild.”
The move comes in the wake of the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of Rust in October. DGA officials stress, however, that their safety concerns “extend far beyond firearms,” noting that “entertainment workers are regularly exposed to explosions, vehicles, aircraft, falling objects, dangerous animals, or countless other hazardous environments.”
“Safety has been and continues to be a top priority for the DGA,” said a guild spokesperson. “For decades, we have been leading advocates for mandatory safety training and for demanding increased safety precautions on sets. To ensure that safety concerns remain at the forefront of our guild, President Lesli Linka Glatter recently appointed a new Guild-wide Safety Committee of leading directors, assistant directors, unit production managers, associate directors and stage managers in both feature film and television to recommend and advance a broad range of important safety measures for our members and our industry. Most recently, the Committee has been working with sister guilds and onions and government leaders in California on new legislation to address set safety concerns which we anticipate will be introduced shortly. We look forward to the studios’ support of these critical measures.”
That legislation, SB 831, is pending in California’s Senate and would require “a motion picture production employer to hire a qualified set safety supervisor for all motion picture productions to perform an overall risk assessment to be completed prior to the first day of
There is new footage coming out from the set of Rust, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tragically accidentally shot with a gun held by producer Alec Baldwin.
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The Directors Guild of America, which represents more than 19,000 members, has launched a review committee to improve on-set safety following the Alec Baldwin "Rust" movie shooting that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza wounded in October. The new team will be led by director Karen Gaviola, who is also involved in an upcoming round of studio contract negotiations, according to the Los Angeles Times. "We have been leading advocates for mandatory safety training and for demanding increased safety precautions on sets," the guild told the paper.
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