Alfonso Cuarón Wins DGA Feature Film Award for Gravity

The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2013 were announced tonight during the 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Alfonso Cuarón won the DGA?s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Gravity. Actor Jane Lynch hosted the ceremony before an audience of more than 1,600 guests. Presenters included (in alphabetical order): Ben Affleck, Debbie Allen, DGA Secretary-Treasurer Michael Apted, DGA President Paris Barclay, Sandra Bullock, Nick Cannon, Don Cheadle, Steve Coogan, Bradley Cooper, DGA Fifth Vice President Jon Favreau, DGA Past President Taylor Hackford, Tom Hanks, Keith Jackson, Anna Kendrick, Allison Liddi-Brown, Sarah Paulson, Rob Reiner, and Kerry Washington. The 67th Annual DGA Awards will take place on Saturday, February 7, 2015. The winners of the 2013 DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement are: OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM ALFONSO CUARÓN Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures) Mr. Cuarón’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: David Siegel (Arizona Unit) · First Assistant Directors: Josh Robertson, Stephen Hagen (Arizona Unit) · Second Assistant Director: Ben Howard This is Mr. Cuarón’s first DGA Award. OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES STEVEN SODERBERGH Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Mr. Soderbergh’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: Michael Polaire · First Assistant Director: Gregory Jacobs · Second Assistant Director: Jody Spilkoman · Second Second Assistant Director: Lynn Struiksma This is Mr. Soderbergh’s first DGA Award and third nomination. He was previously nominated in 2000 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for both Erin Brockovich and Traffic. He is also the recipient of this year?s Robert B. Aldrich Service Award for extraordinary service to the DGA and its membership. OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES VINCE GILLIGAN Breaking Bad, ‘Felina’ (AMC) Mr. Gilligan’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: Stewart A. Lyons · Assistant Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas · First Assistant Director: Nina Jack · Second Assistant Directors: Anna Ramey, Louis Lanni · Second Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly · [...]