PTA wins DGA, Becomes Oscar Front-Runner as Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another continued its awards-season surge at the 78th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, where the Warner Bros. drama claimed the top theatrical prize Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in a ceremony hosted by Kumail Nanjiani before 1,000 guests. The win keeps Anderson squarely in the center of the Oscar conversation, with the DGA’s best-director recipient having missed the...
‘Anora’ Director Sean Baker Pulls Off Surprise Win at Directors Guild Awards
Sean Baker and Anora star MIkey Madison To many experienced awards season experts, including this one, throwing some surprises into the game as it heads for the finish line of the Oscars makes things a lot more interesting. That’s exactly what happened with Anora, Neon’s indie black comedy that had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last May and thus garnered tons of buzz going into the summer and fall screenings. But it...
Directors of ‘The Brutalist’ And ‘A Complete Unknown’ Among DGA Awards Nominees
One of these men, and yes, they are all men, will win the top trophy at the DGA Awards. Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave), Golden Globe winner Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) are the nominees for the marquee Theatrical Film Award announced January 8 by the Directors Guild. They will be awarded February 8 in non-televised ceremonies taking place at the...
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...
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