Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild Agrees: Ben Affleck Is the Man and 'Argo' Is the Movie

Awards | Oscars
 February 2, 2013 By Steve Pond 15 weeks ago

Ben Affleck wins DGA Award on top of recent PGA and SAG victories; "Searching for Sugar Man," "Breaking Bad," "Girls" also win awards

  

Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee Land Directors Guild Nominations

Awards | Oscars
 January 8, 2013 By Steve Pond 18 weeks ago

Steven Spielberg heads field of DGA Award nominees heavy with past winners, including Tom Hooper; award is one of the most reliable Oscar predictors

  

Milos Forman Lands DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award

Awards
 November 28, 2012 By Steve Pond 24 weeks ago

Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Czech-born director Milos Forman, a two-time Oscar winner for "Amadeus" and "Cuckoo's Nest"

  

Directors Guild Changes Nomination Date to Get Out of Oscar's Way

Awards | Oscars
 September 18, 2012 By Steve Pond 34 weeks ago

On the heels of the Academy moving its nominations to Jan. 10, the DGA abandons that date for a Jan. 8 announcement

  

DGA Names Daniel Bush Assistant Executive Director

Movies
 August 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 40 weeks ago

Contract enforcement and organizing will be the focus for Daniel Bush, new assistant executive director for the Directors Guild of America

  

Directors Guild Awards Set for February 2, 2013

Awards
 July 25, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 42 weeks ago

The DGA will host is annual awards dinner on Feb. 2, 2013. Members will vote online for the first time

  

Martin Scorsese Receives His 2nd DGA Nomination This Week

Awards
 January 12, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Director nominated for his George Harrison documentary; DGA also nominates "The Interrupters," "Project Nim"

  

'Modern Family,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Top DGA TV Nominations

Awards
 January 10, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Alicia Keys and Fred Savage nominated for TV directing work

  

Woody Allen, Michel Hazanavicius, Martin Scorsese Nominated by Directors Guild

Awards | Oscars
 January 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

David Fincher and Alexander Payne also receive nominations; Steven Spielberg and Terrence Malick passed over

  

Kelsey Grammer, Not Carl Reiner, to Host DGA Awards

Awards
 December 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

TV star and occasional director takes over from Reiner, who has hosted 23 previous DGA shows

  

DGA to Honor 'Law & Order' Director Ed Sherin at Awards Show

Media
 December 14, 2011 By Kurt Orzeck 1 year ago

Ed Sherin, Katy Garretson and Dennis Mazzocco are latest DGA honorees

  

Oscar Producer Gilbert Cates Dead at 77

Movies
 November 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The producer-director was found on the UCLA campus

  

Entertainment Groups Unite in Opposition to Iranian Treatment of Filmmakers

Movies
 October 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Nine organizations speak up against imprisonment of actress Marzieh Vafamehr and director Jafar Panahi

  

Directors Guild Taps Richard Belzer, Meryl Streep for DGA Honors Show

Awards
 October 10, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

DGA books Belzer to host Thursday's event in New York; Streep, Helen Mirren, Martin Scorsese among presenters

  

DGA Promotes 3 to Associate National Executive Director

Movies
 August 16, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Russ Hollander, David Korduner and Bryan Unger take on additional roles for the union

  

Directors Guild to Honor Nora Ephron, Sen. Patrick Leahy

Movies
 August 12, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The DGA also will honor IATSE President Matthew Loeb and HBO Documentary Films President Sheila Nevins at an October gala in New York

  

Taylor Hackford Re-Elected as DGA President

Movies
 June 25, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

DGA delegates also select new slate of guild officers and board of directors

  

Directors Guild Crowns 'King's Speech'

Awards
 January 29, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Tom Hooper's victory over David Fincher gives his film a commanding lead in Oscar race

  

DGA, SAG Awards to Take Place January 29 and 30

Awards
 January 28, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Social Network," "King's Speech," "The Fighter" in contention at both ceremonies

  

DGA Picks Carl Reiner to Host, Of Course

Awards
 January 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Director/writer to host DGA Awards for 23rd time; presenters to include Kathryn Bigelow, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth and James Cameron

  

DGA's Doc Noms Honor 'Inside Job,' 'Waiting for Superman'

Awards
 January 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Restrepo," "Client 9" and "Last Train Home" also receive directing nominations

  

'Modern Family,' 'Boardwalk Empire' Top DGA's TV Nominees

Awards
 January 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson among directors nominated for TV work

  

Fincher, Aronofsky, Hooper Top DGA Nominees

Awards
 January 10, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

David O. Russell, Christopher Nolan also included in nominees for crucial guild award; Coen Brothers snubbed

  

DGA Awards Move to Hollywood & Highland

Awards | Oscars
 December 1, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Ongoing labor dispute at a Century City hotel causes the Directors Guild to move to Hollywood

  

WGAE, IFTA Warn About Dangers in Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Plan

Media
 October 12, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Hollywood guild and independent film and TV producers warn that pact will impact the way users consume content

  

Hollywood Unites to Beat Down Anti-Videogame Law

Media
 September 17, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

WGA, DGA, SAG, AFTRA, NATO, others, make plea to Supreme Court, fearing it could eventually extend to movies

  
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