I vincitori dei DGA solitamente influenzano la corsa all'ambita statuetta
Sono state annunciate le candidature per l'edizione numero sessantanove dei DGA Awards. i premi della Directors Guild of America, il sindacato dei registi. Tra i candidati c'è il regista di La La Land, film rivelazione, Damie Chazelle ma anche quelli di Moonlight, Arrival e Manchester by the Sea, tra i papabili per l'Oscar nonostante non siano ancora state rese note le short list delle varie categorie. Da segnalare anche l'esordiente Nate Parker per The Birth of a Nation - Il risveglio di un popolo, soazio anche per Tim Miller, regista di Deadpool. Le premiazioni avranno luogo il 4 febbraio a Los Angeles.
DGA Awards nominations
Ecco tutte le nomination dei DGA:
Miglior Regista
Damien Chazelle - La La Land (Lionsgate)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
Second Assistant Director: Paula Case
Assistant Unit Production Manager: Bart Lipton
Second Second Assistant Director: Brett Robinson
Additional Second Assistant Director: Dodi Rubenstein
Garth Davis - Lion - La strada verso casa (The Weinstein Company) Directorial Team:
First Assistant Director: Chris Webb
First Assistant Director: Ananya Rane (India Unit)
Second Assistant Directors: Mark Ingram (Australia Unit), Sunny Tiku (India Unit), KP Singh (India Unit), Shaunak Kapur (India Unit)
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight (A24)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Jennifer Radzikowski
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Declan Baldwin
First Assistant Director: Michael J. Moore
Second Assistant Director: David Blazina
Second Second Assistant Directors: Tim LaDue, Scooter Perrotta
Denis Villeneuve - Arrival (Paramount Pictures)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Stan Wlodkowski
First Assistant Director: Donald L. Sparks
Second Assistant Director: Brigitte Goulet
Second Second Assistant Director: Karine P. Labelle
Miglior regista esordiente
Garth Davis - Lion - La strada verso casa (The Weinstein Company)
Directorial Team:
First Assistant Director: Chris Webb
First Assistant Director: Ananya Rane (India Unit)
Second Assistant Directors: Mark Ingram (Australia Unit), Sunny Tiku (India Unit), KP Singh (India Unit), Shaunak Kapur (India Unit)
Kelly Fremon-Craig - The Edge of Seventeen (STX Entertainment)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Brendan Ferguson
Production Manager: Dan Clarke
First Assistant Director: James Bitonti
Second Assistant Director: Daniel Mansfield
Tim Miller - Deadpool (Twentieth Century Fox)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: John J. Kelly
First Assistant Director: James Bitonti
Second Assistant Director: Daniel Mansfield
Nate Parker - The Birth of a Nation (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Mark Moran
First Assistant Director: Tomas Deckaj
Second Assistant Director: Mark C. Stevens
Second Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers
Dan Trachtenberg - 10 Cloverfield Lane (Paramount Pictures)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Robert J. Dohrmann
First Assistant Director: Jason Blumenfeld
Second Assistant Director: Paul B. Uddo
Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan M. Warren
Location Manager: Batou A. Chandler