The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2012 were announced tonight during the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Ben Affleck won the DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Argo.
Director/producer/actor Kelsey Grammer hosted the ceremony before an audience of more than 1,600 guests.
Presenters included (in alphabetical order): Frank Capra III; Cedric the Entertainer; Bryan Cranston;Peter Fonda; Kelsey Grammer; Dave Grohl; DGA President Taylor Hackford;
Anne Hathaway; Michel Hazanavicius; Helen Hunt; Hugh Jackman; Famke
Janssen; Norman Jewison; Suraj Sharma; Martin Short; DGA National Vice
President Steven Soderbergh; Chris Spencer; George Stevens, Jr.; Eric
Stonestreet; Quvenzhané Wallis; and Sam Waterston.
ALL PHOTOS ARE ©2013 MICHAEL GERMANA / SUPERSTAR IMAGES
The winners of the 2012 DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement are:
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
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 win.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIALS
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU
Anonymous Content
Best Job, Proctor and Gamble – Wieden + Kennedy
· First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
· Second Assistant Director: Michelle Schrauwers
· Second Second Assistant Directors: Heather Anderson, Blake Perkinson
This is Mr. Iñárritu’s first DGA Award win and second nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Babel in 2006.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
RIAN JOHNSON
Breaking Bad, “Fifty-One”
(AMC)
Mr. Johnson’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Stewart A. Lyons
· Assistant Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas
· First Assistant Director: Ben Scissors
· Second Assistant Director: Louis Lanni
· Second Second Assistant Director: Anna Ramey
· Additional Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly
This is Mr. Johnson’s first DGA Award win.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS
BRIAN SMITH
Master Chef, “Episode #305”
(FOX)
Mr. Smith’s Directorial Team:
· Associate Director: Anna Moulaison-Moore
· Stage Manager: Drew Lewandowski
This is Mr. Smith’s first DGA Award win and third nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2010 and 2011 for episodes “103” and “201” of Master Chef.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
JAY ROACH
Game Change
(HBO)
Mr. Roach’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Mary Kane
· First Assistant Director: Josh King
· Second Assistant Director: Emily McGovern
· Second Second Assistant Director: Brian F. Relyea
This is Mr. Roach’s second DGA Award win and second nomination. He previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Recount in 2008.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL VARIETY
GLENN WEISS
66th Annual Tony Awards
(CBS)
Mr. Weiss’ Directorial Team:
· Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Stefani Cohen, Ricky Kirshner
· Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Jeffrey M. Markowitz, Joey Meade, Tony Mirante, Cyndi Owgang, Jeff Pearl, Elise Reaves, Lauren Class Schneider
This is Mr. Weiss’ fourth DGA Award win and ninth nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety in 2007, 2010 and 2011 for the 61st, 64th and 65th Annual Tony Awards. He was previously nominated in this category in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008 for the 55th, 56th, 59th, 60th, and 62nd Annual Tony Awards.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME SERIALS
JILL MITWELL
One Life To Live, “Between Heaven and Hell”
(ABC)
Ms. Mitwell’s Directorial Team:
· Associate Directors: Tracy Casper Lang, Teresa Cicala, Michael Sweeney, Paul S. Glass
· Stage Managers: Alan Needleman, Keith Greer, Tracy Casper Lang, Leah M. Weber
· Production Associates: Nathalie Rodriguez, Kevin Brush
This is Ms. Mitwell’s fourth DGA Award and ninth nomination and all for her direction of One Life to Live. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials three times for One Life to Live, “Episode #9779” in 2006, “Episode #8295” in 2000 and “Episode #6356” in 1993. She was nominated five additional times for One Life to Live episodes “Starr X’d Lovers, The Musical, Part Three” in 2010, “Episode #8691” in 2002, “Episode #8012” in 1999, “Episode #7761” in 1998, and “Episode #7285” in 1996.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
PAUL HOEN
Let it Shine
(Disney Channel)
Mr. Hoen’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Katie Willard Troebs
· First Assistant Director: Daniel Coffie
· Second Assistant Director: Todd Turner
· Second Second Assistant Director: D. Scott Kirkley
This is Mr. Hoen’s second DGA Award win and sixth nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Program in 2007 for Jump In and was previously nominated in this category in 2000 for the Even Stevens episode “Take My Sister... Please,” in 2004 for Searching for David's Heart, in 2008 for Cheetah Girls: One World and in 2010 for Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
MALIK BENDJELLOUL
Searching For Sugar Man
Sony Pictures Classics
Passion Pictures Production
Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company
Red Box Films
This is Mr. Bendjelloul’s first DGA Award win.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
LENA DUNHAMGirls, “Pilot”
(HBO)
Ms. Dunham’s Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: Regina Heyman, Ilene S. Landress
· First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
· Second Assistant Director: Jason Ivey
· Second Second Assistant Director: Marcos Gonzalez Palma
This is Ms. Dunham’s first DGA Award win.
SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Milos Forman – Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of distinguished achievement in Motion Picture Direction
Michael Apted – Robert B. Aldrich Award
In recognition of extraordinary service to the Directors Guild of America and to its membership.
Eric Shapiro – Lifetime Achievement Award in News Direction
In recognition of distinguished achievement in News Direction
Susan Zwerman – Frank Capra Achievement Award
Given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.
Dency Nelson – Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement AwardGiven to an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.
ALL PHOTOS ARE ©2013 MICHAEL GERMANA / SUPERSTAR IMAGES
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