Sean Baker for “Anora,” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist,” James Mangold for “A Full Unknown,” Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” and Edward Berger for “Conclave” have been nominated for the Function Movie directing prize from the DGA Awards on behalf of the Administrators Guild of America.
The winner for the highest prize shall be introduced on the 77th Annual DGA Awards ceremony held on February 8.
Additionally introduced on Wednesday are the 5 nominees for the Michael Apted Award for First-Time Theatrical Function Movie. These nominees are: Payal Kapadia for “All We Think about As Gentle,” Megan Park for “My Previous Ass,” RaMell Ross for “Nickel Boys,” Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for “Armand,” and Sean Wang for “Didi.”
DGA Awards nominees within the TV, actuality, industrial, and documentary classes have been unveiled on Tuesday, with “Shōgun,” “The Bear,” and “The Penguin” main the best way with three directing nominations every. Within the documentary class, the nominees have been the administrators behind “Porcelain Struggle,” “Sugarcane,” “Daughters,” “Hollywoodgate,” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.”
Christopher Nolan received final yr’s Function Movie directing prize for “Oppenheimer,” beating out a discipline that included Greta Gerwig, Yorgos Lanthimos, Alexander Payne, and Martin Scorsese. Whereas the winner of the DGA Award tends to go on to win the Oscar, the extra worldwide voting block of the Academy has opted for a wider group of administrators than the DGA in recent times. Celine Tune for “Previous Lives” received final yr’s Michael Apted prize, and Mstyslav Chernov received the Documentary award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” which additionally received the Oscar.
As IndieWire wrote on Tuesday after the discharge of the documentary nominees, all 5 of the DGA’s nominees additionally landed on the Oscars shortlist for the Greatest Documentary Function race, with “Sugarcane” and “Porcelain Struggle” among the many more than likely nominees to hold over to the Oscars. It suggests a good race that ought to present some readability as soon as the DGA Awards winners are unveiled.
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THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
The nominees for Excellent Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Function Movie for 2024 are (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD – “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
SEAN BAKER – “Anora” (Neon)
Directorial Group:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Olivia Kavanaugh
First Assistant Director: Liza Mann
Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Coleman
Location Supervisor: Ross Brodar
EDWARD BERGER – “Conclave” (Focus Options)
BRADY CORBET – “The Brutalist” (A24)
JAMES MANGOLD – “A Full Unknown” (Searchlight Footage)
Directorial Group:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Michael Bederman
First Assistant Director: Douglas Torres
Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson
Second Second Assistant Administrators: Billy Brennan, Veronica Grant
Location Supervisor: Anthony Pisani
MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
As well as, Glatter additionally introduced 5 nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Excellent Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Function Movie.
PAYAL KAPADIA – “All We Think about as Gentle” (Sideshow & Janus Movies)
MEGAN PARK – “My Previous Ass” (Amazon MGM Studios)
RAMELL ROSS – “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Directorial Group:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Kenneth Yu
First Assistant Director: James Roque
Second Assistant Director: Jonathan M. Warren
Second Second Assistant Director: Thalia Skaleris
Extra Second Assistant Director: Zachery Scherer
Location Supervisor: Batou Chandler
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – “Armand” (IFC Movies)
SEAN WANG – “Dìdi” (Focus Options)
