Labor Issues Facing Hollywood-s Creative Guilds
There's a confluence of issues on the table for Hollywood's creative unions right now, and its outcome will have long-range implications for writers, actors, directors and the unity of labor itself. A rank-and-file look at what's going on at the Guilds, hosted by Variety's Claude Brodesser.
By Sarah Spitz • • 1 min readToday's guests are:
Daniel Petrie is interim president of the Writers Guild (also past president, 1997-1999), the Guild-s third in as many months. He will only serve until a special election in September when he may run again.
Screenwriter Eric Hughes (White Nights, Against All Odds), who set in motion a chain of resignations at the Writers Guild, and a future candidate for the presidency of the Guild.
ActressMorgan Fairchild is an elected leader of the Screen Actors Guild.
Jeff Shaffer and Alec Berg: Jeff Shaffer is the co-writer and sole credited director of EuroTrip, but it was really co-written and co-directed by both Jeff and Alec Berg.