Sono state diffuse le nomination alla 69esima edizione dei DGA Awards, i premi della Directors Guild of America, il sindacato dei registi da sempre molto influente quando si tratta dell’Oscar assegnato nella stessa categoria.

Tra i candidati di questa edizione ci sono i registi dei film La La Land, Moonlight, Arrival e Manchester by the Sea, mentre tra gli esordienti anche Nate Parker per The Birth of a Nation e Tim Miller per Deadpool.

Tra i grandi esclusi Martin Scorsese per Silence, Pablo Larraín per Jackie e Clint Eastwood per Sully.

La cerimonia di premiazione si terrà il 4 febbraio.. Di seguito le nomination.

NOMINATION COME MIGLIOR REGISTA

DAMIEN CHAZELLE
La La Land
(Lionsgate)

Mr. Chazelle’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
– First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
– Second Assistant Director: Paula Case
– Assistant Unit Production Manager: Bart Lipton
– Second Second Assistant Director: Brett Robinson
– Additional Second Assistant Director: Dodi Rubenstein

GARTH DAVIS
Lion
(The Weinstein Company)

Mr. Davis’s Directorial Team:
– First Assistant Director: Chris Webb
– First Assistant Director: Ananya Rane (India Unit)
– Second Assistant Directors: Mark Ingram (Australia Unit), Sunny Tiku (India Unit), KP Singh (India Unit), Shaunak Kapur (India Unit)

BARRY JENKINS
Moonlight
(A24)

Mr. Jenkins’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Jennifer Radzikowski

KENNETH LONERGAN
Manchester by the Sea
(Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

Mr. Lonergan’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Declan Baldwin
– First Assistant Director: Michael J. Moore
– Second Assistant Director: David Blazina
– Second Second Assistant Directors: Tim LaDue, Scooter Perrotta

DENIS VILLENEUVE
Arrival
(Paramount Pictures)

Mr. Villeneuve’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Stan Wlodkowski
– First Assistant Director: Donald L. Sparks
– Second Assistant Director: Brigitte Goulet
– Second Second Assistant Director: Karine P. Labelle

NOMINATION COME MIGLIOR REGISTA ESORDIENTE

GARTH DAVIS
Lion
(The Weinstein Company)

Mr. Davis’s Directorial Team:
– First Assistant Director: Chris Webb
– First Assistant Director: Ananya Rane (India Unit)
– Second Assistant Directors: Mark Ingram (Australia Unit), Sunny Tiku (India Unit), KP Singh (India Unit), Shaunak Kapur (India Unit)

KELLY FREMON CRAIG
The Edge of Seventeen
(STX Entertainment)

Ms. Fremon Craig’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Brendan Ferguson
– Production Manager: Dan Clarke
– First Assistant Director: James Bitonti
– Second Assistant Director: Daniel Mansfield

TIM MILLER
Deadpool
(Twentieth Century Fox)

Mr. Miller’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: John J. Kelly
– First Assistant Director: James Bitonti
– Second Assistant Director: Daniel Mansfield

NATE PARKER
The Birth of a Nation
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Mr. Parker’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Mark Moran
– First Assistant Director: Tomas Deckaj
– Second Assistant Director: Mark C. Stevens
– Second Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers

DAN TRACHTENBERG
10 Cloverfield Lane
(Paramount Pictures)

Mr. Trachtenberg’s Directorial Team:
– Unit Production Manager: Robert J. Dohrmann
– First Assistant Director: Jason Blumenfeld
– Second Assistant Director: Paul B. Uddo
– Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan M. Warren
– Location Manager: Batou A. Chandler

Alejandro G. Iñárritu ha vinto ieri sera il secondo DGA consecutivo (lo scorso anno lo aveva preso per Birdman) alla 68esima edizione dei DGA Awards, i premi del sindacato dei registi di Hollywood. I DGA sono dei forti indicatori per quanto riguarda gli Academy Awards, principalmente per quanto riguarda la categoria di miglior regista. E’ la prima volta nella storia dei DGA che un regista viene premiato per due volte di seguito.

Il premio come miglior regista esordiente, Alex Garland lo ha ricevuto per Ex Machina. Matthew Heineman ha invece ricevuto il DGA Award per il documentario Cartel Land.

   MIGLIOR REGISTA IN UN LUNGOMETRAGGIO

ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU
The Revenant
(20th Century Fox)

Unit Production Managers: Drew Locke, James W. Skotchdopole, Doug Jones
First Assistant Director: Scott Robertson
Second Assistant Directors: Megan M. Shank, Matthew Haggerty, Jeremy Marks
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
Second Assistant Directors: Trevor R. Tavares, Jasmine Marie Alhambra (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
Second Second Assistant Directors: Brett Robinson, Kasia Trojak (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)

   MIGLIOR REGISTA IN UN LUNGOMETRAGGIO – OPERA PRIMA

ALEX GARLAND
Ex Machina
(A24)
Unit Production Manager: Sara Desmond
First Assistant Director: Nick Heckstall?Smith
Second Assistant Director: Ray Kenny

  MIGLIOR REGISTA IN UN LUNGOMETRAGGIO – DOCUMENTARIO

MATTHEW HEINEMAN
  Cartel Land
The Orchard; A&E Indie Films, Our Time Projects, The Documentary Group, Whitewater Films