Cameron, Bigelow, Daniels et al. Recognized with Directors Guild of America Award Nominations

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009.

"The DGA Award is especially meaningful to directors because it is decided solely by their peers - the men and women who have been in the same trenches and know exactly what goes into the crafting of a unique motion picture," said Hackford. "The five nominees for this year have each expressed an indelible vision that transported audiences to vivid vistas of cinematic art. My heartiest congratulations to all of the nominees."

The winner will be named at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

2010 DGA Award Nominees:

Kathryn Bigelow

The Hurt Locker

(Summit Entertainment)

Bigelow's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark
First Assistant Director: David Ticotin
First Assistant Director (Canadian Unit): Lee Cleary
This is Bigelow's first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination.

James Cameron

Avatar

(Twentieth Century Fox)

Cameron's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson
First Assistant Director: Josh McLaglen
Second Assistant Director/Additional Unit First Assistant Director: Maria Battle Campbell
This is Cameron's second DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. He previously won the Feature Film Award for Titanic in 1997.

Lee Daniels

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

(Lionsgate)

Daniels' Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Tony Hernandez
First Assistant Director: Chip Signore
Second Assistant Director: Tracey Hinds
Second Second Assistant Director: Michael "Boogie" Pinckney
Additional Unit Production Manager: Patrick D. Gibbons
Additional First Assistant Director: Tom Fatone
Additional Second Assistant Directors: Kim Thompson, Mirashyam Blakeslee
Location Manager: Gregory Routt
This is Daniels' first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination.

Jason Reitman

Up In The Air

(Paramount Pictures)

Reitman's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
First Assistant Director: Jason Blumenfeld
Second Assistant Director: Sonia Bhalla
Assistant Unit Production Manager: Samson Mucke
Second Second Assistant Director: Joseph Payton
Additional Second Assistant Director: Heather L. Hogan
This is Mr. Reitman's first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination.

Quentin Tarantino

Inglourious Basterds

(The Weinstein Company
and Universal Pictures)

Tarantino's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Gregor Wilson
Unit Production Manager (Germany): Michael Scheel
First Assistant Director: Carlos Fidel
Second Assistant Director: Miguel Angelo Pate
Second Second Assistant Directors: Jill Moriarty, Tanja Däberitz
This is Tarantino's second DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for Pulp Fiction in 1994.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

 

 

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