The Director's Guide to AI: DGA Protections, Copyright & Production

Hosted by a TOP entertainment attorney who understands the tools themselves—bridging IP law and creative technology so you can use AI without risking your rights!

Walk away with a DOWNLOADABLE Filmmaker's AI Use Risk Guide so you can protect your film from day one of production!

PLEASE NOTE: This exclusive Stage 32 webinar is now available to watch on-demand and no longer live.

AI isn't a distant hypothetical anymore - it's already sitting in your development meetings, your VFX pipeline, and your post-production suite. As a director, you're the one making the calls on how these tools shape your film, which means you're also the one exposed if something goes wrong with rights, ownership, or credit. Getting ahead of this now means you can use these tools with more confidence instead of discovering the risks after the fact.

Here's where most directors get caught off guard: the technology is moving faster than the contracts, laws, and guild protections built to keep pace with it. You might not realize how AI touches your copyright ownership, your chain of title, your insurance, or your distribution deal until you're already knee-deep in a dispute and by then, your options are limited. Add in the layers of DGA, WGA, and SAG-AFTRA protections, digital replica consent requirements, and the fine print in your own production agreements, and it's easy to see why so many directors feel like they're navigating this blind.

That's exactly why you'll want Anthony Glukhov leading this webinar. As a business and legal affairs expert working with production companies like Boardwalk Pictures, Image Nation, Imagine Documentaries, and Park Pictures, Glukhov sits at the exact intersection of content creation and genAI dealmaking—advising genAI-native studios like Promise Studios and negotiating with foundational model providers like Google and Adobe on groundbreaking projects. Because he understands the tools themselves, he can guide you through the legal questions—IP, data protection, security—alongside the practical realities of production, all while teaching genAI's copyright implications at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. You won't find many people who understand both the legal side and the technology this deeply.

During the webinar, you'll get practical answers to the questions that matter when you're actually making a film with AI. You'll learn what your DGA protections cover heading into 2026, who owns an AI-assisted film when the credits roll, how digital replica and performer consent rules work, and what to consider when negotiating AI language into your production agreements. You'll also learn practical steps for keeping your project insurable and distributable from day one!

PLUS! You will receive this handout to help you:

• The Filmmaker's AI Use Risk Guide

Praise from students of Anthony: 

“Great presentation.” — Rodgers W.

“I am recommending my co-worker to take this course. He uses too much AI.” — Sheryl D.

“I thought Anthony was very knowledgeable about this subject of AI — both the issues with authors using it as well as authors protecting their work.” — Nick C.

“I was grateful to have my question answered.” — Martha C.