“Mi sento il ragazzo più fortunato del mondo a poter fare ciò che sapevo di voler fare da quando avevo 5 anni”, ha detto Sean Baker alla folla sabato alla conclusione della 77a edizione annuale dei DGA Awards, tenutasi al Beverly Hilton.
Questa season awards continua a riservare colpi di scena, tra cui controversie sulla campagna elettorale e sorprendenti snobbati agli Oscar come il candidato ai DGA Edward Berger e il recente vincitore scioccante dei Critics Choice Jon M. Chu.
Il leggendario regista Ang Lee, due volte vincitore dell’Oscar per “Brokeback Mountain” e “Vita di Pi“, ha ricevuto il più alto riconoscimento della Guild, il DGA Lifetime Achievement Award dalla sua star di “La tigre e il dragone” Michelle Yeoh. Negli 88 anni di storia della Guild, solo 36 registi sono stati insigniti di questo onore, tra cui Frank Capra (1959), Alfred Hitchcock (1968), Orson Welles (1984), Billy Wilder (1985), Steven Spielberg (2000), Martin Scorsese (2003), Miloš Forman (2013), Ridley Scott (2017) e, più di recente, Spike Lee (2022).
Per decenni, il DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Feature Film è stato un affidabile indicatore di successo nella categoria Miglior regista agli Academy Awards. Dall’inizio del premio, solo otto volte il vincitore del DGA non è riuscito a ottenere l’Oscar: Anthony Harvey (“Il leone d’inverno”), Francis Ford Coppola (“Il padrino”), Steven Spielberg (“Il colore viola”), Ron Howard (“Apollo 13”), Ang Lee (“La tigre e il dragone”), Rob Marshall (“Chicago”), Ben Affleck (“Argo”) e Sam Mendes (“1917”).
Tutti i vincitori dei DGA Awards 2025
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
SEAN
BAKER
Anora
(Neon)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Olivia Kavanaugh
First Assistant Director: Liza Mann
Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Coleman
Location Manager: Ross Brodar
MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
RAMELL
ROSS
Nickel Boys
(Amazon MGM Studios)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Kenneth Yu
First Assistant Director: James Roque
Second Assistant Director: Jonathan M. Warren
Second Second Assistant Director: Thalia Skaleris
Additional Second Assistant Director: Zachery Scherer
Location Manager: Batou Chandler
DOCUMENTARY
BRENDAN
BELLOMO & SLAVA LEONTYEV
Porcelain War
(Picturehouse)
DRAMATIC SERIES
FREDERICK E.O. TOYE
Shōgun, “Crimson Sky”
(FX)
COMEDY
LUCIA
ANIELLO
Hacks, “Bulletproof”
(Max)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Chris R. Robinson
First Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg
Second Assistant Director: Erin Stern Linares
Second Second Assistant Director: Alaina Neumann
Additional Second Assistant Director: Chalis Romero
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
STEVEN
ZAILLIAN
Ripley
(Netflix)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Clayton Townsend, Joe Guest (New
York)
First Assistant Director: Peter Thorell
Second Assistant Directors: Justin Bischoff (New York), Nick Notte
(New York)
Second Second Assistant Director: Melissa Morphet (New York)
Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi (New York)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
LIZ
PATRICK
Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan”
(NBC)
Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel
Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini
Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk, Tom
Ucciferri
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
BETH
McCARTHY MILLER
The Roast of Tom Brady
(Netflix)
Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Debbie Palacio, Marty Pasetta Jr.
Stage Managers: Lynn Finkel, Steve Hollander, Greg Kasoff, Ran
Lowe, Jennifer Marquet, Christopher McDonald, Tammy Raab, Jackie
Stathis
REALITY PROGRAMS
NEIL
DeGROOT
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland”
(National Geographic)
Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Jeff Simms
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
AMBER
SEALEY
Out of My Mind
(Disney+)
COMMERCIALS
(Biscuit
Filmworks)
Board Game, Hennessy Wieden+Kennedy London
First Office Poo, Andrex FCB London
One More, Apple Client Direct
First Assistant Director: Scott Harris
Second Assistant Director: Ronald Misetich
Whizzer, Virgin Media VCCP London
