The 67th Directors Guild of America Award were held last night and while the competition between
Boyhood and
Birdman heated up yet again as
Birdman netted another guild win. With the PGA, the SAG ensemble award and now the DGA Award for Alejandro G. Inarritu, one has to wonder if
Boyhood is saving the best for last, namely the Oscars?
Besides the emergence of an lively Oscar race, another encouraging trend to come out of the DGA Awards was that the rest of the night's winners were all female directors. Laura Poitras won for Edward Snowden documentary
Citizenfour and in the television categories, director Lesli Linka Glatter won best dramatic series director for
Homeland, while Jill Soloway won the comedy series director for
Transparent and Lisa Cholodenko for HBO’s miniseries
Olive Kitteridge. After the continued debate this past year on why no female director were nominated in the feature film category, this emphatic seal of approval of female power behind the camera was extremely heartening to see.
Feature Film
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
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