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...
A Controversial Show Vindicated (Again) by Awards Gold
It was Michel Hazanavicius’ night at the DGA Awards. Yes, you better learn how to pronounce the French director’s six syllable name of Lithuanian origin already. More on that in a moment. It would be an understatement to say that “The Kennedys” began as a very rough road for Jon Cassar and everyone else involved in the production of the mini-series about the presidency of JFK, starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as...
‘The King’s Speech’ Coronated at DGA and SAG Awards
“I have a voice,” proclaims Colin Firth as King George VI in the film, and it was heard loudly and clearly by members of the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild as they awarded top honors to the drama in ceremonies over the weekend. Director Tom Hooper won the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Saturday night, topping the field that included Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan,” David...
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