Directors Guild Awards: Nominations

January 8th, 2013, 01:27 pm

Directors Guild Awards: Nominations

Ben Affleck, Argo
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

BEN AFFLECK
Argo
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mr. Affleck’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Second Assistant Director: Ian Calip
Second Second Assistant Directors: Clark Credle, Gavin Kleintop
First Assistant Director (Turkey Unit): Belkis Turan

This is Mr. Affleck’s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

KATHRYN BIGELOW
Zero Dark Thirty
(Columbia Pictures)

Ms. Bigelow’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson
First Assistant Director: David A. Ticotin
Second Assistant Directors: Ben Lanning, Sarah Hood
First Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Scott Robertson
Second Assistant Directors (Jordan Unit): Jonas Spaccarotelli, Yanal Kassay
Second Second Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Tarek Afifi
Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Rajeev Mehra

This is Ms. Bigelow’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film fo The Hurt Locker n 2009.

TOM HOOPER

Les Misérables

(Universal Pictures)

Mr. Hooper’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Patrick Schweitzer
First Assistant Director: Ben Howarth
Second Assistant Director: Harriet Worth
Second Second Assistant Director: Dan Channing Williams

This is Mr. Hooper’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film fo The King’s Speech 2010) and was previously nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series fo John Adams n 2008.

ANG LEE

Life of Pi

(Twentieth Century Fox)

Mr. Lee’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Michael J. Malone
Unit Production Manager (Taiwan): Leo Chen
First Assistant Directors: William M. Connor, Cliff Lanning
Second Assistant Directors: Robert Burgess, Ben Lanning
Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Sanjay Kumar
First Assistant Director (India Unit): Nitya Mehra
Second Assistant Director (India Unit): Ananya Rane
Second Second Assistant Directors (India Unit): Namra Parikh, Freya Parekh
Second Assistant Directors (Montreal Unit): Derek Wimble, Renato De Cotiis

This is Mr. Lee’s fourth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film fo Brokeback Mountain 2005) an Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000) and was nominated fo Sense and Sensibility n 1995.

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Lincoln

(DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox)

Mr. Spielberg’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Assistant Director: Ian Stone
Second Second Assistant Directors: Eric Lasko, Trevor Tavares

So proud of Kathryn Bigelow. Even if she doesn't win this is a huge achievement, being the first woman to be nominated twice!!! Also, props to Ang Lee, the first poc to win an oscar for best direction, getting his 4th DGA nomination. Crossing my fingers for him as well.

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I haven't seen Les Mis yet but was Hooper's directing really that bad?

Yes tbh

It was pretty weird. I wasn't into it at all and it really took you out of a lot of scenes.

It honestly was, to the point where it was very distracting and took away from the emotional impact of certain scenes. And this is from someone who never notices when directing is bad.

Yes- I saw Les Mis Sunday and I hated it. His choices were terrible and really detracted from good performances.

I love the musical, cried at the movie and even through all the emotional moments I was thinking "really? you go with that shot?"

I loved Les Miz and I hated the direction so much.

No, not in my opinion. It's a very bold stylistic choice, so a lot of people were turned off by it, but I thought it worked really well.

It's the worst thing about the movie.

Really? Tom Hooper?

The direction was the worst part by farrrrr.

lol @ Hooper

What are your thoughts on Zero Dark Thirty? At least as I've received the marketing, it's being sold as almost a documentary of the assassination of Bin Laden but in interviews after the Senate opened a commission looking into their intel, they're upselling the fact that it's a documentary. It all seems really skeevy to me how much the entire 9/11 et al situation has been sensationalized and commercialized. I hate that shit and am giving 0 stars to the entire project.

Am I being too harsh or missing something?

I think it's something that could have waited a few more years before being made.

yeah, that also bothers me. btw, your un is flawless

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I've never got the impression that it's a documentary though Bigelow/Boal are certainly playing up the fact that a lot of their intel was gleaned from good sources.

assassination of Bin Laden

From what I've heard about the movie it's more a meditation of a national obsession with revenge as seen through this one woman who hunts down this one man and whether it was, in all, worth it.

I'm still highly interested in seeing it, but I guess I understand where other people are coming from when they aren't.

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The raid on the compound was the best part, even though I feared the whole time it was going to get too exploitative.

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Ugh Hooper. As long as he doesn't win tbh.

wtf @ Hooper being on this. I'm sorry but he should not be rewarded at all for Les Mis.

ben <3

GO HER

really need to watch it (ZD30 I mean)

Tom Hooper should get nothing. What about David O. Russell? Or anyone other than Tom Hooper?

bummed for Joe Wright :( Anna Karenina was flawless

btw is it eligible for the contests?

Edited at 2013-01-08 07:02 pm (UTC)

What contests?

I mean for Golden Globe, Oscars etc. I guess I should have said 'awards' my mistake :D

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Anna Karenina is flawless indeed! After watching it, I can't believe it didn't get anything anywhere :(

oh man, he should've gotten something. I saw AK twice in theatres and was so in love with the directing.

For all the people in yesterday's post saying Anjelica Huston looks fine for being 61, apparently Kathryn Bigelow is the same age.

holy shit, that's impressive. especially when she's been in the sun for so long over the years (for film shoots)

Go Ben go.

Since Moonrise Kingdom and Beasts have no chance, Argo is my favorite of the big movies this season. I've seen all of them except Life of Pi.

you should see Life of Pi!

LOL Tom Hooper. Oh well, happy for Bigelow and Lee.

Excited to see Jesusica Christain rock this movie, hope Bigelow snatches the Oscar again too just on principle

Yay for Life of Pi. I love Ang....I was watching the roundtable the other day where Emma Thompson and Michelle Williams were just saying how sweet and nice he is. And I love his movies - Life of Pi was so beautiful.

Nhf Tom getting nominated - the main problem with Les Mis was the direction.

I looooove his movies and he seems like such a sweet man! I hated how during the THR roundtable everyone was talking over him. Like STFU Ben Affleck, I want to hear what Ang Lee has to say.

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