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DGA Awards Could Direct Oscar Attention to New Helmers
The DGA Awards, taking place Feb. 10, could direct Oscar voter attention to new directors such as Celine Song and Cord Jefferson.
After a tumultuous year marked by Hollywood labor strife and cutbacks at major studios, the Directors Guild of America will celebrate helmers, including Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, at its 76th annual DGA Awards on Feb.10. Nominees in the category are Cord Jefferson for the literary satire “American Fiction,” Manuela Martelli for the political thriller “Chile ’76,” Noora Niasari for her semi-autobiographical “Shayda,” A.V. This year’s four female nominees join the 11 women previously nominated for first-time director: Alma Har’el (“Honey Boy”), Radha Blank (“The Forty-Year-Old Version”), Regina King (“One Night in Miami”), Marielle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”), Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Mati Diop (“Atlantics”), Melina Matsoukas (“Queen & Slim”), Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”), Rebecca Hall (“Passing”), Tatiana Huezo (“Prayers for the Stolen”) and Emma Seligman (“Shiva Baby”).
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