On the night of Saturday 18 February, the annual awards ceremony of the Directors Guild was held at the Beverly Hilton in California, the Directors Guild Awards, which this year celebrated its 75th edition. The artistic couple formed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Daniels (or the Javis of Hollywood), they took the great triumph of the evening by snatching the best director award with ‘All at once everywhere’ Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”, Todd Field (“Tár”), Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) and Martin McDonagh (“Inisherin’s Banshees”).
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win Best Theatrical Feature at #DGAAwards pic.twitter.com/Sbn52OnR1I
? DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 19, 2023
After two editions in which women had won in this category (Jane Campion in 2022 with ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘Chloé Zhao’ in 2020 with ‘Nomadland’), this year only men were eligible for the prize, exactly the same as at the Oscar, ignoring Sarah Polley with ‘They talk’, Gina Prince-Bythewood with ‘The Woman King’ or Chinonye Chukwu with ‘Till – The crime that changed everything’. Of course, not even James Cameron made it past the cut for ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ or Baz Luhrmann with his ‘Elvis’.
The most curious thing is that in the new director category, of the five nominations, four were for women: Alice Diop (‘Saint Omer, the people against Laurence Coly’), Audrey Diwan (‘The Event’), Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic (‘murin ‘) and the winner: Charlotte Wells for ‘Aftersun’. John Patton Ford completed the list with (‘Emily the Criminal’).
Historically, this syndicate’s awards are a good way to predict what will happen at the Oscars. and in its 74-year history, they have not coincided on only 8 occasions, so the Daniels can now start preparing their speech for next March 12th.
Complete list of awards in film and television fiction
BEST DIRECTOR
– Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “All at Once Everywhere”
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
-Charlotte Wells for ‘Aftersun’
BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTION
– Sara Dosa for ‘Fire of love’
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES
– Sam Levinson for “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” from “Euphoria”.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES
– Bill Hader for ‘710N’ from ‘Barry’
BEST DIRECTION IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
– Helen Shaver for ‘Who’s There?’ from “Station Eleven”
Source: E Cartelera
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