Membership to the Directors Guild of Canada is at the sole discretion of the DGC.

In order to be considered towards eligibility, Directorial work must have been completed within the last 5 years.

1. You have a signed Director’s contract from a DGC Signatory production.

OR

2. You have Directed at least one feature film that is a minimum of 75 minutes long or 75 minutes worth of short films that have been programmed in at least two film festivals that are on the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Eligible Festivals & Online Platforms list. Click here to find the list.

OR

3. You have a Director credit for at least 75 minutes of commercially exhibited or theatrically released content. In order to be considered commercially exhibited, the work must have been broadcast by a national broadcaster that is licensed by the CRTC or a streamer (click here to find the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television list of Eligible Festivals & Online Platforms), and you have either a licensing agreement or commissioning agreement with them. In the case of a theatrical release, the work must have been released through a recognized distributor into theatres to a paying audience within the last 5 years. In either case, the production(s) must be in either scripted drama or comedy, or documentary formats. Program categories that do not qualify include: News, music videos, sports, reality tv, variety, game shows, human interest, corporate videos, etc. Click here for program category descriptions.

AND

4. You are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.