The National Directors Division (NDD) Meet Your Match initiative facilitates between 600-800 individual elevated networking meetings a year. These meetings are between DGC Directors who have been selected by industry Decision Makers: CMPA Producers, Documentary Producers/Distributors/Funders, Talent Agents/Managers, Showrunners. Every year a call-out is placed for Decision Makers and Directors interested in meeting new collaborators. Decision Makers participate with the proviso that they must select at least 10 DGC Directors they’ve never met before, for ten-minute meetings that we facilitate. These meetings are only intended to make initial introductions and when interest is sparked, the conversations continue offline. Over the years, these meetings have generated gigs, relationships, representation, development deals, shows and feature projects that otherwise likely wouldn’t have happened.

"I made some really meaningful connections through Meet Your Match — I have developed new collaborations, landed paid work, and even found representation because of it. The DGC supports directors in so many ways, but this program has truly been a highlight for me."

- DGC Director, Stephanie Joline

 

"I've had success at Meet Your Match in the past and have booked a DGC Director for an episode as a direct result of us meeting at the event."

- Amy Cameron, Executive Producer, Cameron Pictures

 

“I just wanted to pass along a quick thank you—I’ve officially signed with one of the U.S. reps I connected with through the Meet Your Match program. I really appreciate the work that went into setting it up. It’s already made a big impact.”

- DGC Director, Dylan Pearce