How to Join

Please complete the appropriate application form and submit with your application fee, a copy of your current CV, completed bank mandate and contact info for your referees. Your application can be submitted online by e-mail to alison@productionguild.com with a cheque to follow in the post or alternatively hard copies can be sent to Sham Whittaker, The Production Guild, Room 329, Main Admin Building, Pinewood Studios, Studios Road, Iver Heath, Bucks, SL0 0NH 

Application Forms

PG Membership Application Form for Production Grades
PG Membership Application Form for Accounting Grades
PG Membership Application Form for Permanently Employed
PG Membership Application Form for Overseas Production
PG Membership Application Form for Overseas Accounting
PG Membership Application Form for Supplementary Production Grades
PG Membership Application Form for Supplementary Accounting Grades 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CV

Your CV should include full details of your previous production experience: date, title, production company or financier, and your credit. In order to gain full membership you must have at least 3 credits in the capacity for which you are applying. The credits should be on a complete production, this will not include 2nd unit, re-shoots/pick ups or pre-production or post production. Your three credits will need to demonstrate a range of employees i.e. different team or different financier structure. For example, BBC in house productions will count as one credit, franchise films such as Harry Potter will count as one credit.  

Referees

Your 3 referees must be people that you have directly worked for on a complete production in the capacity for which you are applying. If you are unable to nominate three Guild members we will accept references from people you have recently worked with, who are of comparable standing to Guild Members within the industry and that support your application for Guild Membership. However, you must describe your relevant experience in the film and television media to the Membership Committee. The credits provided by your referees will determine whether your experience in that role is adequate for full membership.

Application Fee

There is a one-off £100 application fee for processing new membership with The Production Guild. Please therefore make sure that you attach a cheque made out to "The Production Guild" for this amount along with your application for membership. The cheque will only be cashed upon your acceptance as a member with the Guild and any unsuccessful applications will result in the cheque being returned to you. If you are sending your application by e-mail, please ensure that you also send the cheque to us by post at the address above. 

Annual Subscriptions

Our annual subscriptions run with the tax year, beginning in April of each year. New members are required to complete the standing order mandate linked below, with monthly, quarterly or annual options within the form. Please only fill in your preferred method of payment and attach the completed form with your application.  When completing your standing order mandate, please make sure you put in your banks full postal address, the account name and number and the correct amount as detailed below.

Annual Membership Subscription Rates

  • Full Membership - £275
  • Supplementary Membership - £150
  • Overseas Membership (Exempt from the Availability Service) - £150
  • Retired Membership - £50

 

For further information regarding the different grades of membership, please see the membership grades section.  

Process

Your application will be submitted to The Membership Committee and if successful will be ratified by the Board, we will advise successful applicants of the category to which they have been appointed..The process of application will usually take approx. 6 weeks depending on the return of references.

Supplementary Applications

The process for supplementary applications is the same as full membership applications except you are asked to demonstrate one credit provide one referee. There is no joining fee for supplementary membership. 

 

“I am constantly finding the guild to be an invaluable resource in all stages of production, providing clarity on all manner of issues.. It is equally effective in its capacity of facilitating discourse in many pressing and pertinent production issues such as their discussions with production management and unions in trying to establish a rate card for lower budget films. The Production Guild is also invaluable with their database for the membership availability.
Mark Cooper, Producer”