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2007 DGA Awards, "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film" Nominees Announced

Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2006.

“Each of these five nominees has demonstrated a remarkable ability to blend craft and vision in the pursuit of masterful storytelling,” Apted says. “What makes it truly meaningful to directors is that this award is decided solely by their peers – the men and women who know first hand the passion, sweat and fear that goes into creating feature films. My congratulations to each of the nominees.”

The winner will be named at the 59th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles.

The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Bill Condon, Dreamgirls (Paramount Pictures)

Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher

  • First Assistant Director: Richard Graves
  • Second Assistant Director: Eric Sherman
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet

    This is Mr. Condon''s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

    Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

    Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg

  • First Assistant Director: Thomas Patrick Smith
  • Second Assistant Director: Gregory Smith
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Kate Greenberg

    This is the first DGA Feature Film Award nomination for both Mr. Dayton and Ms. Faris.

    Stephen Frears, The Queen (Miramax Films)

    Directorial Team:

  • Production Manager: Sue Claverly

  • First Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew
  • Second Assistant Director: Rickay Graysmark
  • Third Assistant Director: Lucy Egerton

    This is Mr. Frears'' first DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television for Fail Safe (2000) along with co-director Marty Pasetta.

    Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel (Paramount Vantage)

    Mr. Iñárritu's Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Ann Ruark

  • First Assistant Director: Sebastián Silva

    This is Mr. Iñárritu's first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

    Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Warner Bros. Pictures)

    Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Carol Cuddy

  • First Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy
  • Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen
  • Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri

    This is Mr. Scorsese''s seventh DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for The Aviator (2004), Gangs of New York (2002), The Age of Innocence (1993), Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980), and Taxi Driver (1976). In 1999 Scorsese was presented with the Filmmaker Award at the inaugural DGA Honors Gala and he won the DGA''s highest artistic honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award (for distinguished achievement in film direction) in 2003.

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