Spirit Awards Give Top Honors to ‘Birdman’
It was looking a lot like the Oscars Saturday at the Film Independent Spirit Awards –which have become less independent and more studio-centric in recent years. Also up for best picture at the Academy Awards, and considered to be the front runner, “Birdman” was the big winner at the Spirits, taking the best feature prize and the male lead trophy for Michael Keaton. Richard Linklater was awarded the best director trophy for his...
Directors Guild Lauds Iñárritu for Helming ‘Birdman,’ Women Directors Rule at DGA
Birdman soared again Saturday night when the Directors Guild of America awarded its director, Alejandro González Iñárritu with its top honor, the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. “I never expected to be here,” he said in his acceptance speech for the medallion, which was presented by director Michael Mann. Yet it was actually Iñárritu’s second DGA award, and he’d been previously nominated for Babel in...
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