LOS ANGELES, CA - The Directors Guild of America (DGA) President Taylor Hackford announced today the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2012.
Ben Affleck ("Argo"), Ang Lee ("Life of Pi"), Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty"), Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln") and Tom Hooper ("Les Misérables") were the five directors nominated for the award.
"DGA members have chosen an incredibly rich and varied group of filmmakers to nominate for this year's Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award. These directors represent the highest standard of filmmaking, and their films are a testament to artistic achievement, innovative storytelling and the passion that filmmakers share with their audiences," said Hackford. "Being nominated by their peers is what makes this award particularly meaningful for directors, and I congratulate all of the nominees for their outstanding work."
The winner will be named at the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The DGA Awards will be hosted by director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer.
The nomination was Affleck's first DGA Feature Film Award nomination and Bigelow's second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "The Hurt Locker" in 2009.
Hooper previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "The King's Speech" (2010) and was previously nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series for "John Adams" in 2008.
Lee's "Life of Pi" earned him his fourth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) and was nominated for "Sense and Sensibility" in 1995.
For Spielberg, it will be his eleventh DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Schindler’s List" (1993) and "The Color Purple" (1985). He was also nominated in that category for "Munich" (2005), "Amistad" (1997), "Empire of the Sun" (1987), "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" (1982), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and "Jaws" (1975). He was also honored with the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
According to organizers, the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has 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."
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Source: DGA publicity
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