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...
Directors Guild Reveals Nominations for DGA Awards
Some big surprises as the Directors Guild of America announced its nominations for the 69th Annual DGA Awards, which will be handed out on February 4 at the Beverly Hilton. Director Nate Parker was nominated in the category of best first feature film for “The Birth of a Nation.” In addition to it being his first DGA nomination, it’s the first major acknowledgement of the film, which a year ago, seemed poised to pick up a raft of...
Iñárritu Doubles the Pleasure at the DGA Awards
Even as the controversy over the second year of #OscarsSoWhite simmers down a few notches with the Academy’s accelerated efforts to diversify its membership, Hollywood’s major professional guilds continue to make clear statements that could be termed #NotSoWhite. The Screen Actors Guild recently anointed actor Idris Elba with two SAG awards after he was left out of Oscar nominations, and Saturday night, it was the Directors...
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