HELEN MIRREN - HACKFORD NAMED NEW DIRECTORS GUILD PRESIDENT

HACKFORD NAMED NEW DIRECTORS GUILD PRESIDENT

HELEN MIRREN's director husband TAYLOR HACKFORD has landed the role of president of the Directors Guild of America.
The Ray auteur has taken over from Michael Apted to represent the union for film and TV directors across the U.S. after he was voted in by his fellow members at the Hollywood headquarters on Saturday (25Jul09).
Hackford takes over the union at a difficult time, after a four-month writers' strike crippled the industry last year (08). There is expected to be new contract negotiations with studios in 2011.
Other movies Hackford has helmed include An Officer and a Gentleman and Dolores Claiborne.