The Directors Guild of America has elected Paris Barclay president. The Emmy winner is the DGA’s first African-American, and first openly gay, president.
TV director Paris Barclay has been elected president of the Directors Guild of America, the DGA announced Saturday.
He was chosen at the Guild’s National Biennial Convention held at DGA National Headquarters in Los Angeles. Barclay was unopposed. In addition, 147 delegates representing more than 15,000 DGA members elected new officers and members of the National Board of Directors.
Barclay is the first African-American to serve as president of the DGA, and is also the guild’s first openly gay president. He has been a member of the Guild since 1992, and has received 10 DGA Award nominations for outstanding direction in comedy and drama television. He won a DGA Award in 1998 for the NYPD Blue episode “Heart and Souls,” which featured the death of Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits). He also won two Emmys for his direction on NYPD Blue. Barclay’s other credits include Sons of Anarchy, Glee, Smash, House, Cold Case and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
