Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford has announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009.
"The DGA Award is especially meaningful to directors because it is decided solely by their peers - the men and women who have been in the same trenches and know exactly what goes into the crafting of a unique motion picture," said Hackford.
"The five nominees for this year have each expressed an indelible vision that transported audiences to vivid vistas of cinematic art. My heartiest congratulations to all of the nominees."
The winner will be named at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner, Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
Kathryn Bigelow
"The Hurt Locker"
(Summit Entertainment)
James Cameron
"Avatar"
(Twentieth Century Fox)
Lee Daniels
"Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
(Lionsgate)
Jason Reitman
"Up In The Air"
(Paramount Pictures)
Quentin Tarantino
"Inglourious Basterds"
(The Weinstein Company
and Universal Pictures)
"The DGA Award is especially meaningful to directors because it is decided solely by their peers - the men and women who have been in the same trenches and know exactly what goes into the crafting of a unique motion picture," said Hackford.
"The five nominees for this year have each expressed an indelible vision that transported audiences to vivid vistas of cinematic art. My heartiest congratulations to all of the nominees."
The winner will be named at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner, Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
"The Hurt Locker"
(Summit Entertainment)
"Avatar"
(Twentieth Century Fox)
"Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
(Lionsgate)
"Up In The Air"
(Paramount Pictures)
"Inglourious Basterds"
(The Weinstein Company
and Universal Pictures)
