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We are currently in the midst of awards season as Hollywood (and tomorrow the UK, courtesy of BAFTA) begins to hurl sculptures at itself with increasing and healing power. Tomorrow night we’ll be celebrating the winners of the Critics Choice Awards, but tonight it’s all about the people in the fancy canvas chairs as the Directors Guild of America convenes to present their annual awards, with Judd Apatow. serve as a host.
While today’s DGAs span both television and film, these particular awards are often the most visible as a guide to the Oscars themselves. Since 1950, the DGA has almost unerringly selected the eventual Best Director winner with only seven exceptions, including Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Ron Howard for Apollo 13, Ben Affleck for Argo and, most recently, Sam Mendes. for “1917”. at the DGA without taking home an Oscar a few weeks later. (This is not surprising since both voting groups are made up of roughly the same number of people.)
For example, this year’s nominees are almost one-to-one between the DGA’s Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film and the Oscar for Best Director; the only change was that Denis Villeneuve was nominated for Dune at the DGA and Ryusuke Hamaguchi got an Oscar spot for Drive My Car. In the end, however, it was Jane Campion, who had been the favorite for a while, who won for her western The Power of the Dog. (She also received our unofficial Most Painful Burn award for her treatment of critic Sam Elliott.)
Meanwhile, Stanley Nelson Jr. (Attica) won the Documentary Directing category, while Maggie Gyllenhaal won the Best New Director award for The Missing Daughter.
On the other hand, in the world of TV, Legacy managed to win over Legacy, Legacy, Legacy, and Legacy as the third-season finale, “The Bells All Ring,” outperformed… four other Legacy episodes. The comedy was at least a little more varied (only three Ted Lassoes!), and Hux came out victorious.
Finishing off today’s holiday: Barry Jenkins (Underground Railroad) wins in Directing a Limited Series, another win for Don Roy King and Saturday Night Live, and Paul Dugdale and Adele: “One Night Only” in ” Variety Series” and “Variety Special” respectively. wins for Adam Vetri (Runaway Driver), Smriti Mundhra (In Our Eyes) and Bradford Young for Reality TV Directing, Children’s Programs and Commercials.