Directors Guild Promotes Mitchell Schwenz to Executive in Charge of Communications

Directors Guild Promotes Mitchell Schwenz to Executive in Charge of Communications

The Directors Guild of America is elevating its in-house public relations staffer ahead of the union’s 2026 negotiations with top studios and streamers. The union announced that it was appointing Mitchell Schwenz its executive in charge of communications on Monday. Schwenz, who joined the guild in 2024, was previously the union’s public relations director. In…

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Sean Astin Elected SAG-AFTRA President

Sean Astin Elected SAG-AFTRA President

Sean Astin followed in the footsteps of his mother Patty Duke on Friday as he was elected SAG-AFTRA president 37 years after she left the post. The Lord of the Rings actor will preside over the sprawling 160,000-member union alongside his running mate Michelle Hurd, who was appointed secretary-treasurer. Astin won nearly 80 percent of…

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David White, Former SAG-AFTRA Leader, Elected Interim Exec Director of NFL Players Association

David White, Former SAG-AFTRA Leader, Elected Interim Exec Director of NFL Players Association

The NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor figure as its interim leader after former executive director Lloyd Howell resigned in July. On Sunday the players’ union announced that they had appointed former SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White to the vacant leadership position following a “a comprehensive, player-led process.” The move follows…

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