DGA Awards 2007: Martin Scorsese Wins
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
Well on his way to his first Academy Award, last night Martin Scorsese received the Directors Guild of America’s feature-film top honors for The Departed, Scorsese’s way overrated I-can-smell-a-rat gangster flick that the director himself has referred to as his "B-movie." (And despite the presence of stellar names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson, that’s really what The Departed is — though without the flair of some of the better crime B’s of the ’40s and ’50s.)
Needless to say, Scorsese’s DGA win — much like his by now inevitable Oscar win — should be seen as a career award instead of recognition for a single achievement. It was Scorsese’s seventh DGA nomination, [...]
by Andre Soares | February 4, 2007
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Directors Guild Awards 2007
2007 Directors Guild Awards
2007 Directors Guild of America nominations: feature film nominees on January 9, 2007; made-for-TV movies on January 10, 2007; other television nominees on January 11; and documentary and commercials nominees on January 16, 2007
2007 DGA Award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 3, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Steven Spielberg, DGA winner Martin Scorsese, and Leonardo DiCaprio © DGA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:
BILL CONDON – Dreamgirls (Paramount Pictures)
Bill Condon’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher
First Assistant Director: Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director: Eric Sherman
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet
JONATHAN DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS – Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
First Assistant [...]
by Andre Soares | February 3, 2007
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Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Arunas Matelis, Before Flying Back to the Earth, Bill Condon, Broken Trail, DGA Awards, Film Awards, Jonathan Dayton, Stephen Frears, The Departed, Valerie Faris, Walter Hill
