Gerwig, Nolan, Scorsese, Lanthimos & Payne Land DGA Awards Film Nominations
Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan will compete for the DGA’s top film directing title Awards season came into clearer focus with today’s announcement of the DGA’s best theatrical feature film directing nominees announced by Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter. As expected, only one woman, Barbie’s Greta Gerwig, was among the five contenders for the top feature film prize. “In a year full of so many...
The Daniels Take Top DGA Prize for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan emerged triumphant at the 75th annual DGA Awards held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton. The duo topped a field that included Todd Field, Steven Spielberg, Joseph Kosinski and Martin McDonagh. The award to the Daniels for their “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was presented by Chloe Zhao, who took home the top prize for “Nomadland”in 2020. Judd Apatow hosted the show for the fourth...
One for the History Books! Chloe Zhao Scores Biggest Prize at DGA Awards
Everybody in Hollywood knows that if you’re a female film director you have maybe a little more than a snowball’s chance in hell of winning an award for your work. But Chloé Zhao continues to break that mold by racking up reams of hardware, her latest being at the Directors Guild Awards Sunday night. Zhao took home the top award for directing Nomandland, starring Frances McDormand and a cast of mostly non-actors she also wrote the...
Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Rules at Directors Guild Awards
A look at Alfonso Cuarón’s IMDb page reveals almost as much about the state of his career as his Netflix film ”Roma’ does about his childhood in that Mexico City neighborhood. His page enumerates two Academy Award wins (for directing and editing 2013’s “Gravity”), 170 nominations and another 183 wins. Cuarón’s latest trophy was delivered Saturday night at the 71st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in ceremonies at the Ray Dolby...
Inclusion is the Name of the Game in Directors Guild Noms for DGA Awards
Natalie Portman will not have to do any scolding on this one, as she did at the Golden Globe Awards when announcing the nominees for best film director. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) just released its nominations for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film– their top prize– and a woman finally made the list. Greta Gerwig is nominated for her semi-autobiographical film Lady Bird and Jordan Peele, who has...
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