This came in via Mark Mayerson, and seems to be on the up and up. Basically, the DRCC collects foreign royalties on behalf of Canadian directors, and is affiliated with the Directors Guild of Canada. There’s a very long list of directors they are trying to reach, and quite a few are very recognizable(Kaj Pindal, Wendy Tilby, Vic Atkinson, Richard Condie, heck, even the estate of Norman McLaren is on there). Please have a read and if you know anyone on there, tell them to check it out.
The Directors Rights Collective of Canada (DRCC) is currently holding royalties for the attached list of directors derived from foreign broadcasts of their work. We have been unable to make contact with them in order to send them these funds. The attached list is comprehensive and includes directors for whom we are holding very little funds, to those for whom we are holding a substantial amount. The list includes estates for those directors who have passed as well as those for whom we believe we have contact information but have not responded. It is also possible that due to the small amount of royalties owing, we have not yet made efforts to contact them.
It is important for all audiovisual directors to be members of the DRCC, regardless of whether a director’s work has received foreign broadcasts or not, and whether or not any royalties are currently owing. Membership ensures that they and their works are registered with us and the centralized collecting society database in Europe allowing for identification and subsequent distribution of royalties.
Membership to the DRCC is free with the proviso that once sufficient royalties are collected, a one-time $50 fee is deducted from those royalties. The membership form is also attached and can be submitted via email, fax or regular mail.
The DRCC has over 900 director members, working in all genres, living in Canada and abroad. The DRCC has agreements with 24 foreign collecting societies in Europe and Latin America. In 2012 alone the DRCC will distribute more than $620,000 worth of royalties to its membership. It pays to have rights.
We would appreciate any help you can provide in tracking down these directors so that we can be sure to pay out what is owing to them currently as well as any future royalties collected. Please have a look at the list and let us know of any contact information you may have. Also, feel free to pass the list on to others who may know or who may themselves be on the list. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Also, if you are receiving royalties from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) but are not a member of the DGA nor a resident of the USA, please contact us as there may be avoidable deductions to your payments taking place.
Sincerely,
Hans Engel
Manager
National Directors Division &
Directors Rights Collective of Canada
Directors Guild of Canada
111 Peter Street, #600
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H1 Canada
Tel: (416) 482-3825
Fax: (416) 482-6639
Toll Free: 1-888-972-0098
E-Mail: hengel@dgc.ca
Website: www.dgc.ca
The DRCC is currrently holding royalties for the following directors. Whether it is $5 or $5000 it is important to become a member of the DRCC to ensure that you are receiving royalties owed to you from foreign broadcasts. Please contact DRCC Manager Hans Engel at 416-482-6640 or hengel@dgc.ca.
DRCC Missing Directors List – Updated August 2012
Agala, Jeff
Aitken, Sally
Alcala, Wincat
Alk, Howard
Allen, Richard
Amar, Georges
Amber Tang, Christine
Andersen, Jon
Andrews, Austin
Antier, Paul
Arioli, Don (Estate)
Atkinson, Vic
Bahari, Maziar
Baillargeon, Paule
Baird, Tab
Barbeau, Manon
Barker, Jordan
Barnard, Mark
Barry, Martin
Barto, David
Baumander, Lewis
Baxter, Greg
Beecroft, Stu
Belateche, Irving
Belhumeur, Alain
Bell, Linda
Benner, Richard (Estate)
Bennett, Davlin
Bennett, Rick
Bergman, Robert
Bergthorson, Barry
Berman, Brigitte
Berquist, Douglas
Berry, Michael
Berz, Michael
Bobbio, Gianni
Boivin, Denis
Bouchard, Patrick
Bouvier, Francois
Bowie, Geoff
Boyd, Robert
Braidwood, Tom
Britton, George
Brockoff, Gene
Brophey, Sue
Brown, Tim
Browne, Colin
Budgell, Jack
Burdett, Richard
Burke, Martyn
Burley, Ray
Burroughs, Jackie (Estate)
Caine, Rick
Callan-Jones, Christie
Capelle, Gerry
Carle, Gilles (Estate)
Carpenter, Phil
Carroll, Patrick
Carvalho, Paul
Casey, Mik
Cemalovic, Faruk
Cerminara, Donovan
Cernetig, Miro
Chabrol, Claude
Chang, Yung
Chehak, Tom
Chetwynd, Lionel
Chouinard, Marie
Cizek, Katerina
Clark, Dan
Clark, Lawrence Gordon
Clattenburg, Mike
Cloutier, Claude
Cobban, William
Cohen, Sheldon
Coldewey, Michael
Cole, Frank
Coleman, Tony
Collins, Jesse
Collinson, Greg
Condie, Richard
Coneybeare, Wilson
Cooper, Stephen
Coppola, Sandra
Cornellier, Robert
Corsi, Gio
Costa, Italo
Cote, Luc
Cote, Zabelle
Cottam, Kevin
Cournoyer, Michele
Cowan, Paul
Crandall, Susan
Cristiani, Gabriella
Cummins, Kathleen
Cutting, Michael
Daalder, Rene
Daddo, Cameron
D’Aix, Alain
Dalpe, Pierre
Dalton-Smith, Michael
Dane, Lawrence
Darling-Kovanic, Gillian
Davis, Peter
Day, Dennis
Delaney, Chris
D’Entremont, Peter
Desclez, Henri
Diaz, Jamie
Donnelly, Eddie
Donovan, Richard
D’Ornellas, Gian
Drew, Les
Ducharme, Carole
Duchemin, Remy
Duffield, Benjamin
Duke, William
Dumont, Bernard
Ellis, Stephen
Escanilla, Claudia Morgado
Evangelatos, Steve
Fan, Lixin
Fazio, Jeff
Fedorenko, Eugene
Feiss, David
Ferraro, Michael
Fine, David
Flacks, Diane
Forbis, Amanda
Forcier, Andre
Forestier, Frederic
Forward, Bob
Foss, Eric
Foster, Janet
Foster, John
Fountain, John
Franchi, Alexandre
Francis, David
Frank, Robert
Freedman, Ian
Fried, Myra
Friedenberg, Richard
Fromm, Christel
Gadziola, Stan
Gantillon, Bruno
Garneau, Kathy
Garrity, Sean
Gaug, John R.
Gaylor, Brett
Gedda, Francisco
Geertsen, George
Georgiades, Evan
Gerretsen, Peter
Gladu, Andre
Godbout, Jacques
Goldberg, Harris
Goldberg, Sid
Gorinstein, Emmanuel
Granofsky, Anais
Grant, Michael
Greco, Tony
Green, Laurence
Gregg, Andrew
Grewal, Rav
Grimshaw, Mike
Gruner, Marion
Grunstra, Sebastian
Gudino, Rodrigo
Guerard, Andre
Guzman, Patricio
Habros, Bob
Hall, Stephen
Halpern, Eliott
Hansen, William
Harper, Scott
Harris, Harold
Harris, Jonathan
Hart, Robbie
Hayes, Lisa
Head, Martin
Hebb, Brian
Hebert, Bernar
Helliker, John
Henault, Stephanie
Henricks, Nelson
Henriquez, Patricio
Heroux, Denys
Hewlett, David
Hobbes, H.P.
Holden, Pat
Hope, Leslie
Howald, Brian
Hudecki, Peter
Hutton, Lori
Hylands, Scott
Inch, Kevin
Issermann, Aline
Itier, Emmanuel
Ivanova, Julia
James, Sheila
Jarvis, Michael
Jasny, Vojta
Jenkins, Walt
Jerrett, Shereen
Jobin, P.
Johns, Tara
Johnston, Mark
Jorgensen, Michael
Kalina, Jon
Karvonen, Albert
Kastner, John
Kaufmann, Gisela
Kelly, Greg
Kent, Larry
Kernochan, Sarah
Kerr, Ian
Khurana, Kireet
Klein, Judith
Koenig, Wolf
Konowal, Charles
Koster, Andrew
Kove, Torill
Kroitor, Roman
Kuchmij, Halya
Kuzmickas, Nijole
Kybartas, Sandra
Lamb, Derek
Lambart, Evelyn
Lamsweerde, Pino Van
Landesman, Francois
Landry, Jean-Yves
Laros, John
Lavis, Chris
Lawrence, Greg
Leaf, Caroline
LeBlanc, Lorette
Leblanc, Stefan
Leduc, Jacques
Leichliter, Larry
Lente, Miklos (Estate)
Leong, Po-Chih
Lester, Mark
Lewis, Mary
Lightfoot, Norm
Linaae, Karethe
Lishman, Eda
Loakman, Jeanette
Lock, Edouard
Lom, Petr
Longley, Richard
Lorenzi, Jean-Louis
Lundy, Thomas
Lunn, Johanna
MacIvor, Daniel
Mackay, Clarke
Magny, Pierre
Majoury, Steve
Maladrewicz, Chris
Malakian, Patrick
Mannix, Veronica Alice
Manske, Andrew
Manzor, Rene
Marcuse, Gary
Marjanovic, Davor
Markiw, Gabriel
Markiw, Jancarlo
Marks, Bill
Martin, Susan
Martishius, Walter
Martyn, Richard
Mason, Jamie
Mason, Michelle
Mawhood, Susan
Maxwell, Claire
May, John
Mayer, Gerald
McFadyen, Scot
McKay, Jeff
McKenna, Brian
McKenna, Terence
McLaglen, Josh
McLaren, Norman (Estate)
McLeod, David
Allen McLeod, Ian
McLuhan, Teri
McMahon, Kevin
McNamara, Michael
Medekova-Klein, Luba
Melnyk, Debbie
Meraska, Ron
Mercier, Jean
Mhyrstad, Stein
Micale, Maryvonne
Mirman, Brad
Misserey, Herve
Mitchell, Peter
Mitchell, Phil
Molina, Claudia
Momani, Firas
Monfrey, Dominique
Moosmann, Daniel
Morris, Maryl
Morrison, Richard
Mossanen, Moze
Mozer, Richard
Muller, Dieter
Murray, Andrew
Murray, David
Muspratt, Victoria
Mustain, Minor
Myhrstad, Stein
Nadler, Eric
Naim, Omar
Newlove, Rose
Niles, Ben
Nisker, Andrew
Novaro, Maria
O’Brien, Shelagh
O’Grady, Laura
Older, John
Olsen, Stan
Ord, Wendy
Palmer, Maureen
Paonessa, Donald
Paperny, David
Pappas, Alexander (1978)
Parent, Karl
Patel, Ishu
Payette, Jacques
Pearson, Ian
Pearson, Peter
Peill, Edward
Pelletier, Vic
Peperny, David
Pepin, Richard
Perlman, Janet
Perrault, Pierre (Estate)
Peters, Scott
Peterson, Todd
Pettigrew, Damian
Philip, Bruno
Phillips, Robin
Piantanida, Thjierry
Pilon, Victor
Pilote, Sebastien
Pindal, Kai
Plaxton, Gary
Podorieszach, Stephane
Poon, Bruce
Portman, Beth
Prevost, Tali
Pronovost, Michel
Proulx-Cloutier, Emile
Prowse, Joan
Puchniak, Tom
Puerta, Ramiro (Estate)
Purdy, Jim
Pustil, Jeff
Puttkamer, Peter von
Radclyffe, Curtis
Radford, Tom
Rahme, John
Ranowicz, Stefan
Raouf, Maoud
Rashid, Ian Iqbal
Ratner, Benjamin
Redford, Ryan
Reeves, Richard
Reid, Ernest
Reynolds, Stephen
Richey, Christine
Rideout, Sue
Riesenfeld, Daniel
Ritchie, John
Roberts, Cynthia
Robertson, Bill
Rodman, Howard
Rogobert, Thierry
Ronowicz, Stefan
Rose, Les
Rose, Richard
Rosemond, Perry
Rosensweet, Jesse
Rosenthal, Rick
Rotundo, Nick (Estate)
Rouleau, Mario
Rowe, Tom
Rowley, Christopher
Ruggi, Steve
Ruth, Billy
Safran, Henri
Salfati, Pierre Henry
Saltzman, Paul
Salvador, Paula
Salzman, Glen
Sarault, Jean (Estate)
Sarwer-Foner, Henry
Sauve, Patrick
Schiner, Steve
Schliesler, Martin
Schorr, Daniel
Schuster, Aaron
Schwartz, Nadine
Schwartz, Roslyn
Seguin, Pierre
Sehr, Kai
Seitz, David
Sekulich, Daniel
Senecal, Kelly
Sevier, Marc
Shah, Sebastien
Shandel, Tom
Sharp, Peter
Sherman, Gary
Shock, Michael
Shuster, Aaron
Simmonds, Garner
Simmons, Blair
Simpson, Alan
Simpson, Brock
Sims, Patricia
Singer, Gail
Sisam, Patrick
Smets, Christopher
Smith, Bob
Smith, Bruce
Snowden, Alison
Spangler, Bruce
Spry, Robin (Estate)
Stacey, Bruce
Steinberg, David
Sterk, Ela
Stern, Reva
Stevenson, Angela
Stewart, Barney
Stewart, Rob Thomas
Stoller, Bryan Michael
Stoneman, John
Strange, Marc
Surnow, Joel
Swan, James
Swan, Stan
Sweeney, Bruce
Sylvester, Glenn
Szczerbowski, Maciek
Taler, Laura
Tali
Taylor, Alan
Terlesky, John
Teskey, Susan
Thompson, Jack Lee
Thompson, Jerry
Tilby, Wendy
Torossian, Garine
Travis, Jamie
Treibicz, Dawna
Trent, John (Estate)
Trevor, Richard
Troake, Anne
Trudeau, Alexandre
Trudeau, Pierre M.
Tucker, Paul R.
Turner, Robert
Uloth, David
Uloth, Geoffrey
Underwood, Caroline
Ushev, Theodore
Vandelac, Louise
Vaillot, Bernard
Vaucher, Philippe
Veron, Nathalie
Vesak, A.J.
Vidal, Philippe
Vigne, Daniel
Vogler, Peter
Wahid, Wahida
Walsh, Bradley
Wang, Shuibo
Warwicker, John
Wasyk, Darrell
Watson, Wendy
Weber, Ross
Weldon, John
Whyman, J.H.
Wiener, Charles
Wild, Nettie
Willey, Tom
Williams, Steve
Williams, Stuart
Williamson, Neil
Winkler, David
Wintonick, Peter
Withrow, Stephen
Wolfond, Henry
Wong, Gordon
Wood, Adam
Wurlitzer, Rudy
Wyatt, Andy
Wyles, David
Wyman, J.H.
Yates, Rebecca
Young, Robert
Zabranska, Michaela
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