The Directors Guild has nominated Richard Linklater, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Morten Tyldum, Wes Anderson and Clint Eastwood as the best feature-film directors of 2014, the DGA announced on Tuesday.
Linklater was nominated for “Boyhood,” Inarritu for “Birdman,” Tyldum for “The Imitation Game,” Anderson for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and Eastwood for “American Sniper.”
The Eastwood nomination was the most surprising of the group, with the veteran director and four-time DGA nominee beating out David Fincher for “Gone Girl,” James Marsh for “The Theory of Everything,” Christopher Nolan for “Interstellar” and, most notably, Ava DuVernay for “Selma,” a late-breaking film that has had a tough run as guild awards have been announced.
Eastwood and Inarritu are the only previous DGA nominees in the group, and Eastwood is the only past winner. Anderson, Linklater and Tyldum are all receiving their first nominations.
The DGA is the last of the four major Hollywood guilds — the Directors Guild, Producers Guild, Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild — to announce its feature-film nominations. “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” have now been nominated for all four, with “Birdman” nominated for three, but ineligible for the Writers Guild Awards.
“American Sniper” was nominated by the DGA, PGA and WGA, but not by SAG.
Four of the five DGA nominees typically go on to receive Oscar nominations, with five-for-five matches occurring only twice since 2000, and a strange two-for-five year coming in 2012.
When it comes to predicting Oscar winners, the DGA is one of the most reliable guilds. In the 66 years of the DGA Awards, its winner has also won the Oscar for Best Director 59 times. The winning director’s film has won the Best Picture Oscar 52 times.
The 67th annual DGA Awards will take place on Feb. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Mr. Eastwood’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Tim Moore
First Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein
Second Assistant Director: Paula Case
Second Second Assistant Director: Clark Credle
First Assistant Director (Morocco Unit): Ahmed Hatimi
Second Assistant Director (Morocco Unit): Yann Mari Faget
Second Second Assistant Directors (Morocco Unit): Andrew Madden, Khalil Zghayou
This is Mr. Eastwood’s fourth DGA Award nomination, all in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Million Dollar Baby in 2004 and for Unforgiven in 1992. He was also nominated in this same category for Mystic River in 2003. Mr. Eastwood was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006.
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mr. Iñárritu’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: James W. Skotchdopole, Robert Graf
First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen
Second Second Assistant Director: Catherine Feeny
Location Manager: Joaquin Prange
This is Mr. Iñárritu’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for Babel in 2006. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for “Best Job” (Proctor and Gamble) in 2012.
Mr. Linklater’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Cathleen Sutherland
First Assistant Director: Vince Palmo Jr.
Second Assistant Directors: Susana Jasso, Kathleen Tull
Second Second Assistant Directors: Mary Beth Chambers, Brian Franklin
This is Mr. Linklater’s first DGA Award nomination.
MORTEN TYLDUM
“The Imitation Game”
(The Weinstein Company)
Mr. Tyldum’s Directorial Team:
Production Manager: Suzie Shearer
First Assistant Director: Phil Booth
Second Assistant Director: James Manning
This is Mr. Tyldum’s first DGA Award nomination.
Inside Golden Globes After-Parties: Jennifer Aniston, Jared Leto, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and Gold Trophy 'Plus Ones' (Photos)
Jennifer Aniston reaches out to meet Matthew McConaughey at HBO. Their significant others Camila Alves and Justin Theroux, would pose for a four shot ...
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... right away. Someone attempted to spoil it by repeating Lupita Nyong'o's brother Peter's Oscar selfie photobomb.
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HBO was hot immediately. Three women that define pop music strike a pose that will end up in coffee table books about the 2010s ... if books still exist: Taylor Swift, Lorde and Selena Gomez.
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Meanwhile at Weinstein/Netflix, a rival posse of power women: Cara Delevingne, designer Georgina Chapman, J. Lo (after a wardrobe change) and Rita Ora.
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Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum had no fear of the dance floor at WB/InStyle. A new DJ at Weinstein/Netflix got a full dance floor, too, spinning old-school Salt-N-Pepa, Michael Jackson and even Guns 'N' Roses.
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Amy Adams pulled some couch to go with her gold and "Big Eyes" co-star Christoph Waltz at the Weinstein bash.
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With a new location, a few lucky guests had the option taking a golf cart ride down the lit carpet after the show to reach the old Robinson's May parking lot. Weinstein and Fox were in side-by-side tents on what was a dirt patch just days ago.
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Chrissy Teigen, who got memed earlier in the night, peeks in on two winners at HBO's pool-covering party at Circa 55: Julianne Moore and Teigen's husband John Legend.
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Gayle King was one of many keeping Jake Gyllenhaal out late at Weinstein. The "Nightcrawler" contender was scheduled for an awards season lunch event in his honor in Brentwood on Monday, mere hours after the Globes.
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50 Cent was another Jake pal at the Fiji Water-sponsored party (even for the Vitamin Water mogul).
At the same time that "Girls" premiered on the West Coast, the girls were kissing their boys at HBO's party at the Hilton. Lena Dunham put lips on Jack Antonoff, while Jemima Kirke and Mike Mosberg started to swallow each other's faces.
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Inside the massive two-tent, split level Weinstein/Netflix party (built, and defended from the elements by producer/engineer/magician Jeffrey Best), Ted Sarandos, Will Arnett and Ricky Gervais huddled up for the second straight night.
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Jeremy Renner and Gabrielle Union, still strong 10 years after topping the billing block as stars of a never-discussed film called "Neo Ned."
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Harvey always has lots of friends. On Sunday night, they included Swift, Este Haim, Jaime King and Lorde, plus corporate partners Marie Claire, Lexus and Laura Mercier, who brought 10,000 pieces of cosmetics to use and hand out to guests like these.
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More music at the Globes: Selena Gomez did not just hang with the pop girls, but also saddled up to EDM sensation Zedd at HBO ...
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... and Jennifer Aniston at WB/InStyle.
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J.K. Simmons had one new friend and one old, in the form of longtime co-star Paul Rudd. The two caught up at Warner Bros. and InStyle's party.
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Amazon tied Showtime and FX to lead all TV networks with two wins. Jeffrey Tambor showed off the new hardware for his "Transparent" win.
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Meanwhile, at the 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight and FX tent next door to the Weinstein/Netflix mega-bash, the victorious "Birdman" team celebrated.
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Nearby "Foxcatcher" and "The Normal Heart" main man Mark Ruffalo embraced Fox Searchlight co-president Steve Gilula.
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Ruffalo's "Normal Heart" director Ryan Murphy was back at HBO with Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson, returning to awards season after last year's run with "12 Years a Slave."
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Speaking of ... Lupita Nyong'o paired with the monochromatic Alan Cumming at HBO.
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Kate Hudson knelt on the floor of the International Ballroom during the show to talk to friends. At Weinstein, she was fully upright, chatting with Marie Claire Editor in Chief Anne Fulenwider and Fashion Director Nina Garcia.
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Jeffrey and Marilyn (not pictured) Katzenberg came to Harvey Weinstein's party early.
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Reese Witherspoon with the woman she has shined a light on all season, "Wild" writer Cheryl Strayed. The two embraced at the Fox party.
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After signing off, Tina Fey spent time with the boss, Robert Greenblatt and also the star of her new show and fellow NBC alum, Ellie Kemper.
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Katie Holmes rolled into the Weinstein/Netflix party that had a packed carpet and line extending up the hill. Thankfully, all was tented at the Heineken and Meiomi Wines-sponsored event.
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"SNL" always has afterparties, and the tradition continues with this crew. Tina and Amy's afterparty at the Chateau was the hot invite late. Inside, Samantha Ronson and Rashida Jones greet the thrice victorious, double-host at her second hosting gig of the night.
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Poehler, casual after the show, with Jared Leto at the Chateau late on Sunday night.
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HBO and Weinstein/Netflix drew huge names, huge crowds and dominated the Hilton. Later, CAA’s Sunset Tower soiree and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Chateau hideaway had all the heat
Jennifer Aniston reaches out to meet Matthew McConaughey at HBO. Their significant others Camila Alves and Justin Theroux, would pose for a four shot ...