The winners of the 2009 Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and the recipients of the Guild's 2010 Career Achievement Awards were announced last night during the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Kathryn Bigelow won the DGA's Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Hurt Locker.
Following the welcome by DGA President Taylor Hackford to an audience of more than 1,600 guests, director/actor Carl Reiner hosted the ceremony.
Presenters included (in show order): Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison (Glee), DGA Board Member Jesus Trevino, Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington (Avatar), Jodie Foster (The Beaver), DGA Board Member Donald Petrie, Carey Mulligan (An Education), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire), President and CEO of Disney Robert Iger, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Anna Kendrick and Jason Bateman (Up In The Air), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), DGA Secretary/Treasurer Gil Cates, Robert Zemeckis (A Christmas Carol), Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds), Jane Alexander (Terminator Salvation), DGA President Taylor Hackford, and 2008 DGA Feature Film Award winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire).
The DGA's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally served as a near-perfect barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director. Only six times since the DGA Award's inception in 1948 has the winner not gone on to receive the Academy Award for Best Director. (see list at the end of this release)
The winners of the 2009 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the recipients of the Guild's 2010 Career Achievement Awards are:
Movies:
Outstanding Direction of a Feature Film: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Outstanding Direction of a Feature Documentary: Louie Psihoyos, The Cove
Television:
Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series: Lesli Linka Glatter, Mad Men, "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency"
Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series: Jason Winer, Modern Family, "Pilot"
Outstanding Direction of a Musical Variety Program: Don Mischner, "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration"
Outstanding Direction of a Reality Program: Craig Borders, Build It Bigger Season 3: "Hong Kong Bridge"
Outstanding Direction of a Daytime Serial: Christopher Goutman, As The World Turns, "Once Upon A Time"
Outstanding Direction of a Movie for Television: Michael Sucsy, Grey Gardens
Outstanding Direction in Commercials: Tom Kuntz - Eyebrows, Cadbury; Tailor, Skittles; Scents For Gents, Old Spice; Tips, Career Builder
