Trainees are a screened and trained addition to your production team and can perform DGA duties. All trainees have had classroom-based curriculum that includes: Production forms, call sheets, first aid, SAG, IATSE & Basic Crafts contracts, Safety on set, and staging background action. We also offer several incentive programs to you that may help alleviate some of the costs of hiring a trainee (or multiple!) on your production. Our programs include:
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Earlier this week we received the heartbreaking news that our Board Chair and dear friend Steven Knauss passed away at the age of 42. Steven became a DGPTP Trustee in 2015 and has since been a vital part of this program. In addition to serving as Chair, Steven worked on several committees and had recently been promoted to Associate Western Executive Director for the DGA. Our staff, board and trainees had a great deal of respect for Steven and will remember him fondly.
