D'Works first to court DGA with screeners

December 20, 2006 DreamWorks' decision to take the expensive step of sending screeners of "Dreamgirls" to the entire membership of the DGA in hopes of snaring a best director nomination for Bill Condon has caught rival studios off guard. Not only had no other studio ever sent screeners to the DGA, but also it was widely assumed within the industry that the guild prohibited sending screeners to its members, preferring that they view films at DGA-sponsored screenings. People are free to send screeners out, but if they do, then we send a note to all the other studios notifying them of the request.

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