DGA Awards Movie Nominations: Spielberg, Campion, Villeneuve, Branagh, Anderson Vie For Top Director Prize
deadline.comWest Side Story‘s Steven Spielberg, The Power of the Dog‘s Jane Campion, Dune‘s Denis Villeneuve, Licorice Pizza‘s Paul Thomas Anderson and Kenneth Branagh of Belfast have been nominated for the top feature film prize as the Directors Guild unveiled nominations Thursday for its 74th annual DGA Awards.Winners will be announced March 12 during a planned in-person ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.The guild, a strong predictor of Oscar success historically, missing the eventual Best Director winner only eight times in 73 years, also handed out noms for its First-Time Feature Film category.
Nominees there include Lin-Manuel Miranda for Tick, Tick…Boom!, Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Lost Daughter, Rebecca Hall for Passing, Michael Sarnoski for Pig, Emma Seligman for Shiva Baby and Tatiana Huezo for Mexico’s Oscar International Feature-shortlisted Prayers for the Stolen.Last year, the guild awarded Chloé Zhao its top film prize for Nomadland, which marked the latest step for Zhao and the film on the path to winning Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars.
Darius Marder from Sound of Metal won for First Time Feature, while Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw won in Documentary for The Truffle Hunters.In the marquee Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category, Spielberg leads the way with 11 previous DGA noms across five (!) decades (most recently for Lincoln in 2013) and three wins (most recently for 1998’s Saving Private Ryan) along with the guild’s lifetime achievement award in 2000.
Campion, Anderson and Villeneuve have only been nommed once before apiece, while this marks the first nom for Branagh.This year, the DGA eligibility period ran from March 1-December 31, 2021, in lockstep with the 2022
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