Membership Fees
New members must pay joining fee + annual fee. Existing member only need to pay annual fee upon renewing their membership
Fee listed below is the current fee as per 1 July 2017
ADG members includes directors of feature film, television, documentary, animation, commercials, music videos, shorts, light entertainment, reality and all digital media. Students and screen practitioners from a variety of disciplines make up our Associate membership base.
When you're a member of the ADG, you'll be able to log in using your email and a password you have chosen. You'll be able to update your contact information, login details and access members only resources. Please note: It is up to ALL MEMBERS to ensure that their membership is up to date and their fees are paid when due. Your membership will be considered Lapsed for 2 months following the date your membership status is no longer current, and Expired past that point when you will no longer be a member of the Guild and unable to access its resources. If former members wish to have their membership reinstated, they will be required to go through the application process again.*Eligibility to different categories of the ADG Awards depends on membership level
- Voting rights at annual AGM (Annual General Meeting) and eligibility to nominate for the ADG board
- Access to industrial and legal advice for individual directors (1 hour free legal advice and if needed continuing legal advice from a qualified entertainment lawyer)
- Right to participate on policy sub-committees
Full Membership
Full Membership is open to any screen director with a minimum of twenty minutes of credited screen time. In the case of directors of music clips, advertising, animation, or any other medium where each work is of short duration, ADG takes a flexible attitude to the screen time requirement. Applicants must include a resume listing their credits and a reference from a screen industry practitioner for the ADG Board to review before they are invited to become full members of the ADG.
Associate Membership
Associate Membership is open to all individual, industry professionals working in any area of film and television production and those sympathetic to the aims and objectives of ADG. Associate membership is also open to emerging filmmakers who have not yet acquired their twenty-minute screen time required to join as a Full Member. Associates are eligible for all membership benefits, except industrial and legal advice, participation on policy subcommittees and voting rights.
Student Membership
Student Membership is only available to full time students. Applicants must enclose a photocopy of their current student identification card.
Fee listed below is the current fee as per 1 July 2017
The ADG Production Levy is a legitimate budget item, and is eligible for QAPE under the Producer Offset. The levy is inclusive in the standard A-Z Screen Australia budget as SPA / ADG levy as a separate item under the finance/marketing section.
Benefits for Directors
- Complimentary membership for the year the levy is received
- Complimentary entry into ADG Awards (all eligible categories)
- Promotion of production and screenings in ADG eNEWS
- Featured Production report in eNEWS
ADG Production Levy
0.25% of production budget exclusive of indirect costs (Finance, Insurance, Legals, brokerage, marketing) payable on first day of principal photography. Legitimate expense listed in Screen Australia A-Z budget form is eligible for QAPE under the Producer Offset.