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- 10/16/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
"Mad Men" has grabbed a gong at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards which was held on Saturday, January 30. Earning one nom each in Dramatic Series category for three episodic directors Jennifer Getzinger, Lesli Linka Glatter and Matthew Weiner, this AMC's drama has given the prize to Glatter.
In Comedy Series category, "Modern Family" has aided its pilot director, Jason Winer, to take home an award. Also among the winners was "Taking Chance" helmer Ross Katz who won best directing prize in TV Movie category.
In movie categories, meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow has beaten her ex-husband James Cameron for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award. Thus, "The Hurt Locker" helmer has set her name as the first woman ever to win the top award from the awards event.
Later, taking home the gong for Documentary category was "The Cove" director Louie Psihoyos. At the ceremony, DGA also handed...
In Comedy Series category, "Modern Family" has aided its pilot director, Jason Winer, to take home an award. Also among the winners was "Taking Chance" helmer Ross Katz who won best directing prize in TV Movie category.
In movie categories, meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow has beaten her ex-husband James Cameron for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award. Thus, "The Hurt Locker" helmer has set her name as the first woman ever to win the top award from the awards event.
Later, taking home the gong for Documentary category was "The Cove" director Louie Psihoyos. At the ceremony, DGA also handed...
- 2/1/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Kathryn Bigelow has nabbed the Directors Guild of America award for her work on "The Hurt Locker."
The feature film award and other directorial achievement awards were announced during the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 30 in Los Angeles, hosted by Carl Reiner.
In the past, the DGA's feature film award winner has been a decent predictor of who will win the best director Oscar. Since 1948, the DGA and Academy have only differed six times in that category.
Bigelow beat out fellow directors James Cameron ("Avatar"), Lee Daniels ( "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds").
The other awards in directorial achievement follow:
Documentary
Louie Psihoyos, "The Cove"
Dramatic Series Night
Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men" episode "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (AMC)
Comedy Series
Jason Winer, "Modern Family" "Pilot" episode (ABC)
Movies for Television/Mini-series
Ross Katz,...
The feature film award and other directorial achievement awards were announced during the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 30 in Los Angeles, hosted by Carl Reiner.
In the past, the DGA's feature film award winner has been a decent predictor of who will win the best director Oscar. Since 1948, the DGA and Academy have only differed six times in that category.
Bigelow beat out fellow directors James Cameron ("Avatar"), Lee Daniels ( "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds").
The other awards in directorial achievement follow:
Documentary
Louie Psihoyos, "The Cove"
Dramatic Series Night
Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men" episode "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (AMC)
Comedy Series
Jason Winer, "Modern Family" "Pilot" episode (ABC)
Movies for Television/Mini-series
Ross Katz,...
- 1/31/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In an historic win, Kathryn Bigelow and her tense Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" from Summit Entertainment copped the DGA Award for best-directed feature film Saturday.
The win drew cheers from a packed ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, where throughout the night it was clear many were pulling for Bigelow to deliver a dramatic victory for female filmmakers. The DGA feature film win was a first-ever by a woman.
"This is the most incredible moment of my life," Bigelow said.
Bigelow overcame competition including Fox-distributed "Avatar," directed by her ex-husband James Cameron; Lee Daniels and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" from Lionsgate; Jason Reitman and "Up in the Air" from Paramount; and Quentin Tarantino and "Inglourious Basterds" from the Weinstein Co.
The DGA's feature-film award is one of the best gauges of likely success in Oscar's best-director category. The Academy Award for directing...
The win drew cheers from a packed ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, where throughout the night it was clear many were pulling for Bigelow to deliver a dramatic victory for female filmmakers. The DGA feature film win was a first-ever by a woman.
"This is the most incredible moment of my life," Bigelow said.
Bigelow overcame competition including Fox-distributed "Avatar," directed by her ex-husband James Cameron; Lee Daniels and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" from Lionsgate; Jason Reitman and "Up in the Air" from Paramount; and Quentin Tarantino and "Inglourious Basterds" from the Weinstein Co.
The DGA's feature-film award is one of the best gauges of likely success in Oscar's best-director category. The Academy Award for directing...
- 1/31/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Director's Guild Awards were held last night, and they're pretty much useless as awards go, but they do seem to be the last of the major awards before the Oscar nominations are announced on Tuesday. The "major shocker" here, apparently, is that Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) beat out her ex-husband James Cameron for best director, although it's only a "major shocker" if the Golden Globes were the only awards this season you're familiar with. In fact, the bigger shock would've been if Cameron had won, since of the 9 major awards for director so far this awards season, Bigelow has won seven now, to Cameron's one (Golden Globes) and Clint Eastwood's one (The National Board). So, please, La Times, "shocking" is the last fucking word you could use to describe Bigelow's victory, which you should know since you're the goddamn "Awards Insider." I have no idea why this bothers me,...
- 1/31/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
"The Hurt Locker's" Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America award, and mark my words, she will also be the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar award!
Bigelow's triumphant win was announced at the DGA awards ceremonies at the Century Plaza. She defeated her ex-husband, James Cameron, for "Avatar," Lee Daniels ("Precious"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"), and Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds."
Other DGA Award winners were:
Leslie Linka Glatter -- Drama Series Award for the "Guy Walks into any Advertising Agency" for AMC's "Mad Men"
Jason Winer -- Comedy Series Award for the pilot of ABC's "Modern Family"
Ross Katz -- TV-miniseries Award for HBO's "Taking Chance"
Louis Psihoyos -- Documentary Award for "The Cove" (this will win Best Documentary Oscar!)
Don Mischer -- Musical-Variety Award for HBO's "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial...
Bigelow's triumphant win was announced at the DGA awards ceremonies at the Century Plaza. She defeated her ex-husband, James Cameron, for "Avatar," Lee Daniels ("Precious"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"), and Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds."
Other DGA Award winners were:
Leslie Linka Glatter -- Drama Series Award for the "Guy Walks into any Advertising Agency" for AMC's "Mad Men"
Jason Winer -- Comedy Series Award for the pilot of ABC's "Modern Family"
Ross Katz -- TV-miniseries Award for HBO's "Taking Chance"
Louis Psihoyos -- Documentary Award for "The Cove" (this will win Best Documentary Oscar!)
Don Mischer -- Musical-Variety Award for HBO's "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial...
- 1/31/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The DGA, which unveiled the small-screen nominations in eight categories last Friday, will announce the winners Jan. 30 at its 62nd annual awards ceremonies at the Century Plaza Hotel. AMC’s Mad Men received three Directors Guild of America TV nominations for drama series and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Fox’s Glee each got a pair for comedy. The nominations included a trio of season finales in Mad Men, Curb and ABC’s Lost. In the comedy category, two shows — the pilot for ABC’s Modern Family and Glee — also received nominations.
Thomas Carter scored a nomination in the TV movie-miniseries category for TNT’s Gifted Hands — The Ben Carson Story along with Bob Balaban for Liftetime’s George O’Keefe, John Kent Harrison for CBS’s The Courageous Heart of Irene Sandler, Ross Katz for HBO’s Taking Chance and Michael Sucsy for HBO’s Grey Gardens.
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Thomas Carter scored a nomination in the TV movie-miniseries category for TNT’s Gifted Hands — The Ben Carson Story along with Bob Balaban for Liftetime’s George O’Keefe, John Kent Harrison for CBS’s The Courageous Heart of Irene Sandler, Ross Katz for HBO’s Taking Chance and Michael Sucsy for HBO’s Grey Gardens.
Here...
- 1/11/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
"Mad Men" crew prove themselves that they work with the best. The AMC drama has just received three nominations at 2010 Directors Guild Awards. Three episodic directors, Jennifer Getzinger, Lesli Linka Glatter and Matthew Weiner, will compete against each other in Dramatic Series category.
The domination by "Mad Men" is almost being toppled by Fox's new series, "Glee", which nabs two under the category of Comedy Series. Similarly, HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" also has two candidates under Comedy, Jeff Schaffer and Larry Charles, who are both known as executive producers as well.
"Television directors play a crucial role in eliciting performance, advancing the story and establishing the look and feel in all genres of television," said DGA President Taylor Hackford. "The DGA Awards highlight the most outstanding examples of excellence in television each year, and our 41 nominees in eight categories have distinguished themselves with creative, compelling projects that entertained and informed a diverse worldwide audience.
The domination by "Mad Men" is almost being toppled by Fox's new series, "Glee", which nabs two under the category of Comedy Series. Similarly, HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" also has two candidates under Comedy, Jeff Schaffer and Larry Charles, who are both known as executive producers as well.
"Television directors play a crucial role in eliciting performance, advancing the story and establishing the look and feel in all genres of television," said DGA President Taylor Hackford. "The DGA Awards highlight the most outstanding examples of excellence in television each year, and our 41 nominees in eight categories have distinguished themselves with creative, compelling projects that entertained and informed a diverse worldwide audience.
- 1/9/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Directors Guild of America has released its list of TV nominees.
While usual favorites "The Office" and "30 Rock" are conspicuously absent from the Comedy category, AMC drama "Mad Men" dominates the Drama category with three nominations. "Lost" and "In Treatment" nab the other two slots.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Movies for Television
Bob Balaban, "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Thomas Carter, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
John Kent Harrison, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Ross Katz, "Taking Chance"
Michael Sucsy, "Grey Gardens"
Dramatic Series
Paris Barclay, "In Treatment"
Jack Bender, "Lost"
Jennifer Getzinger, "Mad Men"
Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men"
Matthew Weiner, "Mad Men"
Comedy Series
Paris Barclay, "Glee"
Larry Charles, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Ryan Murphy, "Glee"
Jeff Schaffer, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Jason Winer, "Modern Family"
Musical Variety
Joel Gallen, "The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert"
Roger Goodman, "81st Annual Academy Awards"
Louis Horvitz,...
While usual favorites "The Office" and "30 Rock" are conspicuously absent from the Comedy category, AMC drama "Mad Men" dominates the Drama category with three nominations. "Lost" and "In Treatment" nab the other two slots.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Movies for Television
Bob Balaban, "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Thomas Carter, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
John Kent Harrison, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Ross Katz, "Taking Chance"
Michael Sucsy, "Grey Gardens"
Dramatic Series
Paris Barclay, "In Treatment"
Jack Bender, "Lost"
Jennifer Getzinger, "Mad Men"
Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men"
Matthew Weiner, "Mad Men"
Comedy Series
Paris Barclay, "Glee"
Larry Charles, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Ryan Murphy, "Glee"
Jeff Schaffer, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Jason Winer, "Modern Family"
Musical Variety
Joel Gallen, "The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert"
Roger Goodman, "81st Annual Academy Awards"
Louis Horvitz,...
- 1/8/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Directors Guild of America on Friday announced its annual TV noms, which featured multiple mentions for "Mad Men," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Glee."
For the second time in three years, Paris Barclay landed two DGA nominations.
Barclay, a winner in 1998 for "NYPD Blue," was nominated in the drama series category for the "Gina: Week 4" episode of HBO's "In Treatment" and the comedy field for the "Wheels" episode of Fox's "Glee."
In 2008, he was nominated for "In Treatment" and Showtime comedy "Weeds."
AMC's awards powerhouse "Mad Men" was the most nominated program with three noms in the drama series category: to creator Matthew Weiner for the third-season finale, "Shut the door. Have a seat," to Jennifer Getzinger for "The Gypsy and the Hobo" episode and to Lesli Linka Glatter for the "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency."
Resident "Lost" director Jack Bender, nominated for the show's fifth-season finale, "The Incident,...
For the second time in three years, Paris Barclay landed two DGA nominations.
Barclay, a winner in 1998 for "NYPD Blue," was nominated in the drama series category for the "Gina: Week 4" episode of HBO's "In Treatment" and the comedy field for the "Wheels" episode of Fox's "Glee."
In 2008, he was nominated for "In Treatment" and Showtime comedy "Weeds."
AMC's awards powerhouse "Mad Men" was the most nominated program with three noms in the drama series category: to creator Matthew Weiner for the third-season finale, "Shut the door. Have a seat," to Jennifer Getzinger for "The Gypsy and the Hobo" episode and to Lesli Linka Glatter for the "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency."
Resident "Lost" director Jack Bender, nominated for the show's fifth-season finale, "The Incident,...
- 1/8/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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