Michel Hazanavicius wins the Directors Guild of America award for The Artist
Following the welcome by DGA President Taylor Hackford to an audience of more than 1,600 guests, director/producer/actor Kelsey Grammer hosted the ceremony.
Presenters included (in alphabetical order): DGA Secretary-Treasurer Michael Apted; Bérénice Bejo (The Artist); George Clooney (The Descendants); Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad); Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men); Laura Dern (Enlightened); Jean Dujardin (The Artist); DGA President Taylor Hackford; 2010 DGA Feature Film Award winner Tom Hooper (The King's Speech); Stana Katic (Castle); Ben Kingsley (Hugo); Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy); Kathleen Robertson (Boss); Octavia Spencer (The Help); DGA Third Vice President Betty Thomas; Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn); and Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood).
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
- Jon Cassar, The Kennedys (Reelz Channel)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
- Neil DeGroot, The Biggest Loser - Episode #1115 (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials
- William Ludel, General Hospital - "Intervention" (ABC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
- Amy Schatz, A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO)
Special Awards
The recipients of the Directors Guild of America Service and Achievement Awards for 2012 are:
DGA Honorary Life Member Award
- Edwin Sherin, Given in recognition of outstanding creative achievement, contribution to the DGA or to the profession of directing.
Frank Capra Achievement Award
- Katy Garretson, Given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of their career and service to the industry and the DGA.
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
- Dennis W. Mazzocco, Given to an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of their service to the industry and DGA.
The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been one of the industry's most accurate barometers for who will win the Best Director Academy Award.
Only six times since the DGA Awards began in 1948 has the Feature Film winner not gone on to win the corresponding Academy Award.
The six exceptions are as follows:
- 1968: Anthony Harvey won the DGA Award for The Lion in Winter while Carol Reed took home the Oscar for Oliver!
- 1972: Francis Ford Coppola received the DGA's nod for The Godfather while the Academy selected Bob Fosse for Cabaret.
- 1985: Steven Spielberg received his first DGA Award for The Color Purple while the Oscar went to Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa.
- 1995: Ron Howard was chosen by the DGA for his direction of Apollo 13 while Academy voters selected Mel Gibson for Braveheart.
- 2000: Ang Lee won the DGA Award for his direction of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon while Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for Traffic.
- 2002: Rob Marshall won the DGA Award for Chicago while Roman Polanski received the Academy Award for The Pianist.
The Artist was released November 25th, 2011 and stars Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle, Beth Grant, Ed Lauter. The film is directed by Michel Hazanavicius.
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Daveactor7
its funny how Spielberg wasnt even nominated for the color purple for best director by the academy....
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