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...
Directors Guild Noms: Iñárritu, McCarthy, McKay, Miller and Scott Vie for Top Honor
“The Revenant” helmer Alejandro G. Iñárritu stands in the enviable position of winning the coveted DGA Award two years in a row, after taking the trophy for last year’s “Birdman.” He’s competing against Tom McCarthy, Adam McKay, George Miller and Ridley Scott. The Directors Guild of America announced its nominees for its 2016 awards recognizing directorial excellence in film and television, to be handed out February 6 in Los Angeles...
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...
DGA Awards Honor Gravity’s Alfonso Cuarón and Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan
Alfonso Cuarón may not be a master of the art of speaking English, according to his “Gravity” leading lady Sandra Bullock, but he clearly demonstrated his proficiency in directing by taking the prestigious top prize at the 66th Annual DGA Awards. With Bullock encased in a 9’ x 9’ lightbox for hours on end to shoot her astronaut scenes in the blockbuster drama, she had only Cuarón’s voice to guide her. “But I didn’t understand...
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