The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) is an association of European Collective Management Societies representing audiovisual authors.
Through its members SAA represents over 120,000 film and television European screenwriters and directors.
Janine Lorente Elected Chair of SAA Board of Directors
The board of the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) has unanimously elected SACD Deputy General Manager, Janine Lorente, as its new Chair. The election was held as Gerhard Pfennig stepped down from his position as Managing Director at VG Bild-Kunst after 33 years at the German society. As part of the elections Robert Staats, Managing Director of VG Wort, was elected as Vice Chair, as Scam Director General, Hervé Rony, stepped down.
Audiovisual authors call on legislators to link them to the success of their works online
European officials and a variety of actors from across the audiovisual sector came together in Brussels on 29th November 2011 to look at what the digital revolution means for audiovisual authors like directors and screenwriters and came up with concrete ideas for how this revolution could be seized as an opportunity to finally link authors’ remuneration more directly to the success of their works.