Screen Guilds of Ireland

What Screen Guilds of Ireland does

Screen Guilds of Ireland (SGI) is a nonprofit industry association headquartered at Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Founded in 2009 and operating with 1–10 employees, the organization serves as the unified representative body for Irish film and television crew workers across more than 20 departments — including Accounts, Art, Assistant Directors, Camera, Construction, Continuity, Costume, Facilities, Editing, Grips, Hair, Locations, Make Up, Marine, Modelmaking, Production, Prosthetics, Set Decoration, Sound, Special Effects, Sustainability, Transport, and Visual Effects. Each member guild nominates a working crew member to serve as a Director on the SGI board, with peer-elected leadership drawn from roles such as Head Accountant, Script Supervisor, Construction Manager, Costume Designer, Production Designer, and Head of Facilities/Catering. The CEO is Jessica Drum; the Chairman is Peter Fitzgerald.

SGI does not develop proprietary technology products. Its core offering is advocacy, representation, and member services: negotiating working conditions and standards, promoting training and upskilling, advancing transparent career-progression frameworks, and serving as a single point of engagement with industry bodies. The organization engages actively with Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland (Ireland's national screen agency), Screen Producers Ireland, SIPTU (Ireland's largest trade union), and Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland's media regulator). It also maintains a resource network spanning wellbeing, inclusion, and training partners such as Safe to Create, National Talent Academy, Women in Film & Television, Raising Films Ireland, and Minding Creative Minds.

The business model is membership-driven rather than commercial: SGI does not publicly disclose pricing or fee schedules, and it derives its operating capacity from member guilds and partnership engagement rather than revenue-generating products. Geographic scope is domestic (Ireland), and the organization's stated ambition is to become "fully inclusive of the Industry as a whole." There is no evidence of funding rounds, acquisitions, product launches, technology platforms, or AI/ML capability development; SGI functions as a labor-representative federation rather than a technology or commercial enterprise.

Name

Screen Guilds of Ireland

Legal name

Screen Guilds of Ireland

Website

https://sgi.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Screen Guilds of Ireland is a nonprofit industry association headquartered at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Ireland, representing Irish film and television crew workers across more than 20 departments through member guilds, advocating for fair working conditions, training, and unified engagement with Screen Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland, and SIPTU.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Industry Workforce Representation

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (711410)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Production Design & Art Department Services (Sets, Props, Scenic) (MPADAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Media Arts & Film/Photography Nonprofits (BPAGAHAJ)

Keywords

• Film crew representation
• Industry guild advocacy
• Workforce training programs
• Trade union representation
• Screen industry standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Bray

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Representation Services: SGI operates as a membership organization representing Irish film and television crew workers across various departments. The organization focuses on advocacy, negotiating working conditions, training, upskilling, and protecting member interests rather than generating commercial revenue.

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Core offering

Screen Guilds of Ireland is a nonprofit industry association that represents Irish film and television crew across more than 20 departments, including Accounts, Art, Assistant Directors, Camera, Construction, Continuity, Costume, Editing, Grips, Hair, Make Up, Production, Set Decoration, Sound, Visual Effects and others. It provides advocacy and collective representation in negotiations with industry bodies such as Screen Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland, and SIPTU, alongside training, upskilling, and promotion of fair and transparent working conditions and career progression processes.

Product overview

Screen Guilds of Ireland is a professional association and trade organization that represents Irish film and television workers across various departments within the Irish film and television industry. Rather than offering a technology product, the organization provides representation, advocacy, and support services for its member guilds, which span departments including Accounts, Art, Assistant Directors, Camera, Construction, Continuity, Costume, Facilities, Editing, Grips, Hair, Locations, Make Up, Marine, Modelmaking, Production, Prosthetics, Set Decoration, Sound, Special Effects, Sustainability, Transport, and Visual Effects. SGI engages with industry bodies such as Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland, and SIPTU on matters concerning its members.

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Products and services

• Production and Accounts Guild of Ireland A member guild under SGI representing more than 100 film and television professionals in production accounts and related production-finance roles within the Irish screen industry.
• Art Directors Guild of Ireland A member guild under SGI representing art department workers in the Irish film and television industry, including art directors and related creative roles.
• Irish Society of Cinematographers A member guild under SGI promoting the highest standards in cinematography among Irish film and television professionals.
• Irish Screen Editors A non-profit member guild under SGI for professional editors and assistant editors working in the Irish screen industry.
• VFX Guild Ireland A member guild under SGI representing the growing number of On-Set VFX shooting crew in the Irish film industry.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Fís Eireann/Screen IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary Irish national screen agency that funds and develops the Irish film, television and digital media industry. SGI engages actively with Screen Ireland on all matters concerning Irish film crew.
• Screen Producers IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresents and promotes the interests of screen production companies in Ireland. SGI engages with them on all matters concerning crew members.
• SIPTUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIreland's largest trade union representing over 190,000 members across public and private sectors. SGI works closely with SIPTU on film crew representation and has resources for joining SIPTU for film crew.
• Coimisiún na MeánsupportingOthersIreland's media regulator that oversees broadcasting, streaming and online video safety.
• BATUsupportingOthersSupporting industry partner organization.
• OPATSIsupportingOthersSupporting industry partner organization.
• Safe to CreatesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWellbeing and safety organization for the creative industries referenced in SGI's resources.
• National Talent AcademysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides training and job share resources for the creative industry, referenced in SGI's resources section.
• Women in Film & TelevisionsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvocacy organization for women in film and television, referenced in SGI's resources.
• Raising Films IrelandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting parents and carers in the screen industries, referenced in SGI's resources.
• Minding Creative MindssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health and wellbeing support resource for creative industry workers, referenced in SGI's resources.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BECTU: UK trade union representing broadcasting, entertainment, communications and theatre workers — the closest functional peer to SGI in a neighboring market, covering similar crew roles and engaging with UK industry bodies on training, pay, and working conditions.
• Equity (UK): UK trade union for performers and creative practitioners. While focused on performers rather than crew, it negotiates industry-wide agreements with producers that shape working conditions similar to those SGI addresses in Ireland.
• ACTRA: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists — Canadian union representing performers and media professionals, with analogous bargaining, training, and member advocacy functions in a comparable English-speaking market.
• Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839): US-based guild representing animation writers, artists, and technicians — a specialized example of a department-specific film/TV guild, structurally analogous to SGI's individual member guilds.
• IATSE: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees — North American union representing technicians, artisans, and craftspersons across film, television, and live performance. Highly comparable structure to SGI with department-based craft representation and collective bargaining with producers.
• Cinema Audio Society: US organization representing production sound mixers in film and TV — analogous in scope and craft-specific advocacy function to one of SGI's department guilds, focused on professional standards and member recognition.
• Writers Guild of Great Britain: UK trade union representing screenwriters and other writers in film, TV, theatre, and publishing. Operates as a craft-specific guild negotiating minimum terms with producers, directly comparable to SGI's craft-based representation model.
• Art Directors Guild (US): US labor union (IATSE Local 800) representing art directors, production designers, set designers, and illustrators in film and TV — a craft-specific guild directly mirroring the function of SGI's Art Directors Guild of Ireland member guild.

Broad incumbents

• SAG-AFTRA: US labor union representing performers and media professionals across film, television, radio, and new media. A broader, more powerful incumbent whose representational scope overlaps meaningfully with SGI's crew-and-talent advocacy.

Regional players

• MEAA: Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance — Australian union covering media, entertainment, and arts workers. Comparable member-driven representation model for crew across film and TV in a similarly-sized English-speaking market in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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