Directors Guild of America announces the five nominees for the DGA Awards

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2014. “In a year full of excellent films, DGA members have nominated a stellar group of passionate filmmakers,? said Barclay. ?Inspiring and artistic, these five directors made films that left an indelible impact not only on their fellow directors and members of the director’s team, but on audiences around the world. Congratulations to all of the nominees for their terrific work.” The winner will be named at the 67th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The nominees are (in alphabetical order): WES ANDERSON The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. Anderson’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Miki Emmrich First Assistant Director: Josh Robertson Second Assistant Director: Ben Howard This is Mr. Anderson’s first DGA Award nomination. CLINT EASTWOOD American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures) Mr. Eastwood’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Tim Moore First Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein Second Assistant Director: Paula Case Second Second Assistant Director: Clark Credle First Assistant Director (Morocco Unit): Ahmed Hatimi Second Assistant Director (Morocco Unit): Yann Mari Faget Second Second Assistant Directors (Morocco Unit): Andrew Madden, Khalil Zghayou This is Mr. Eastwood’s fourth DGA Award nomination, all in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Million Dollar Baby in 2004 and for Unforgiven in 1992. He was also nominated in this same category for Mystic River in 2003. Mr. Eastwood was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006. ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. Iñárritu’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: James W. Skotchdopole, Robert Graf First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen Second Second Assistant Director: Catherine Feeny Location Manager: Joaquin Prange This is Mr. Iñárritu’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for Babel in 2006. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for ?Best Job? (Proctor and Gamble) in 2012. RICHARD LINKLATER Boyhood(IFC Films) Mr. Linklater’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Cathleen [...]