Ron Howard, Tyler Perry to Receive 2015 DGA Honors

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) will honor Ron Howard, Tyler Perry, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Teamsters Local 817 President Thomas J. O’Donnell and film editor Thelma Shoonmaker at the 2015 DGA Honors, the guild announced today.

DGA Honors, held this year at the DGA Theater in New York City on October 15, celebrates individuals and institutions that have made contributions to American culture through film and television.

“As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Directors Guild of America, it is with great pride that we pause to express our appreciation of five incredible leaders who have shaped the direction of the entertainment community,” DGA President Paris Barclay said in a statement.

“From an influential DGA and Academy Award-winning master filmmaker like Ron Howard, to a multi-hyphenate entertainment powerhouse and Atlanta business leader like Tyler Perry, to a renowned legislator and advocate for production incentives and job creation like Senator Chuck Schumer, DGA Honors recognizes both the visionary artists who create media as well as leaders in government and beyond.”

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Renowned filmmaker Howard is receiving the honor for his contributions to American film and television — he has directed films like “The Da Vinci Code,” “Apollo 13” and “A Beautiful Mind,” for which he won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement.

O’Donnell is the President of Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union. He is being recognized by the guild for his labor rights efforts.

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Perry is being honored for his contributions to film after directing, producing and starring in films like “The Single Moms Club” and “Why Did I Get Married Too.” He is currently filming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.”

Shoonmaker is receiving an honor for her trailblazing film editing career. Her credits include “Raging Bull,” “The Departed,” “Shutter Island” and “Wolf of Wall Street.”

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Schumer, a Democrat from New York, is being recognized for being a champion of job creation.

Past DGA Honors recipients have included filmmakers Nora Ephron, Spike Lee, Mike Nichols and Martin Scorsese, as well as people like “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf, “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels, Robert De Niro, Danny Glover, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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Past presenters and hosts have included Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ellen DeGeneres.

The DGA represents nearly 16,000 directors and members of directorial teams working in film, TV, commercials and new media.

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Snub: "Empire," Fox
Drama Series
"Empire" skyrocketed to become TV's top-rated drama in its freshman year, but apparently that wasn't good enough for the Academy.
Fox
Surprise: Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black,"
Lead Actress - Drama
Tatiana Maslany finally got an Emmy nod, and it only took her playing eight characters on one show to get it.
BBC America
Snub: "The Big Bang Theory," CBS
Comedy Series
"The Big Bang Theory" has become almost an automatic nomination, and while it's nice to see new blood, we didn't necessarily expect it.
CBS
Surprise: Anthony Anderson (pictured left), "Black-ish"
Lead Actor - Comedy
Fresh off hosting the "BET Awards," Anthony Anderson scored his first Primetime Emmy nomination for the breakout ABC comedy. To be fair, "Hang Time" was on Saturday mornings.
ABC
Snub: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Lead Actress - Drama
It's 2013 all over again for last year's Best Actress winner Juliana Margulies. The Golden Globes didn't forget her -- what's up, TV Academy?
CBS
Snub: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Lead Actor - Comedy
Rough one for "BBT" and its resident all-star Jim Parsons and four-time winner. His six-year nomination streak ends exactly right there.
CBS
Snub: Terrence Howard, "Empire"
Lead Actor - Drama
Voters showed the love for Taraji P. Henson's Cookie, but nothing for Lucious? Terrence Howard had a super-busy year -- he has two TV shows on Fox alone -- but he's still seeking his first Emmy recognition.
Fox
Surprise: Keegan-Michael Key (pictured left), "Key & Peele"
Supporting Actor - Comedy
The chrome-domed comic gained fame for playing Luther, President Obama's "anger translator," and now he has an Emmy nod to show for it.
Comedy Central
Snub: Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Supporting Actress - Drama
The veteran actress won the award for the first two seasons of the historical drama and earned noms for the last two -- but her Dowager Countess was abandoned after season 5.
Masterpiece
Snub: Mandy Patinkin (pictured right), "Homeland"
Supporting Actor - Drama
Though "Homeland" returned to the Best Drama race, Patinkin was passed over after getting nominations for the last two years.
Showtime
Surprise: Michael Kelly, "House of Cards"
Supporting Actor - Drama
The character actor scored his first Emmy nomination for playing political fixer Doug Stamper in Netflix's Washington, D.C.-set drama.
Netflix
Snub: "Survivor's Remorse," Starz
Drama Series
Starz had high hopes for the LeBron James-produced drama about a rookie NBA player -- but fell short of the rim.
Starz
Snub: "Jane The Virgin," The CW
Comedy Series
The rookie series earned recognition from the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Television Awards, but the Emmys continue to have a bias against CW shows.
The CW
Snub: Judith Light, "Transparent"
Supporting Actress - Comedy
While "Transparent" stars Jeffrey Tambor and Gaby Hoffman both got noms, the Academy overlooked the former "Ugly Betty" nominee who plays the ex-wife of Tambor's late-in-life transgender woman.
Amazon Instant Video
Surprise: Niecy Nash, "Getting On"
Supporting Actress - Comedy
The actress is the lone nomination for the critically acclaimed but low-buzz HBO sitcom, which is set in a hospital's geriatric care unit.
HBO
Surprise: Gaby Hoffman, "Transparent"
Supporting Actress - Comedy
The actress scored two nominations, for her guest role on HBO's "Girls" as the sister of Adam Driver's character as well as her role as the dysfunctional youngest daughter of transgender professor Maura Pfefferman
Amazon Instant Video
Snub: Jesse Tyler Ferguson (pictured right) and Eric Stonestreet (left), "Modern Family"
Supporting Actor - Comedy
Though "Modern Family" scored its sixth straight nom for Best Comedy, several members of its much-honored cast got the could shoulder, including five-time nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and three-time nominee (and two-time winner) Eric Stonestreet.
ABC
Surprise: Emmy's new "Two Percent Rule" leads to eight nominations instead of usual six
Supporting Actress - Comedy
Under Academy rules, the number of nominees can grow if additional contenders are within 2 percent of the votes of the sixth (and final) nominee. So an already competitive category is bursting with familiar names (Julie Bowen, Mayim Bialik, Allison Janney) as well as newcomers (Niedy Nash, Gaby Hoffman, Kate McKinnon).
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