DGA Award Winners

The Director’s Guild of America presented their awards tonight:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Co.)

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

Mick Jackson, Temple Grandin (HBO)

DRAMA SERIES

Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

Michael Spiller, Modern Family (ABC)

DOCUMENTARY

Charles Ferguson, Inside job (Representational Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics)

MUSICAL VARIETY

Glenn Weiss, 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

DAYTIME SERIALS

Larry Carpenter, One Life to Live, “Episode #10,687”

REALITY PROGRAMS

Eytan Keller, The Next Iron Chef, “Episode #301” (Food Network)

COMMERCIALS

Stacy Wall (Imperial Woodpecker)
“Rise,” Nike; “Really?,” Microsoft; “Slim Chin & D Rose,” Adidas; “Handshake,” Nike

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

Eric Bross, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Nickelodeon)

I liked The King’s Speech, but I don’t think that Tom Hooper really should have beat out Christopher Nolan, David O. Russel, and Darren Aronofsky. All of the other awards are spot on, though.

What does Christopher Nolan have to do to get award in this town though? If Inception can’t get him an award, what actually will?

DGA Nominations!!!

This morning, the Director’s Guild of America announced their nominations for Best Director of a Feature Film. The nominees are:

• Christopher Nolan for Inception
• David Fincher for The Social Network
• Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
• David O. Russell for The Fighter
• Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

Out of all these films, the only one I haven’t seen is The Fighter, so I can’t speak on that. However, the rest of these directors deserve their nominations.

Obviously, I’m Team Nolan. He’s been nominated for this award twice before for Memento and The Dark Knight, losing both times to Ang Lee and Danny Boyle, respectively. I do believe (and hope) that the DGA will finally give him this award this year, which he really, really deserves.

If for any reason Nolan does not win, I’ll be happy for David Fincher and maybe even Darren Aronofsky.

But Christopher Nolan better win.

I should also note that the DGA usually predicts the nominees for Best Director at the Academy Awards as well, and the winner of this award usually wins the Oscar as well.

This award will be announced on January 29th.