DGA Awards To Honor Former President Michael Apted at 75th Ceremony By Renaming First-Time Feature Award
variety.comKaren M. Peterson The Directors Guild of America celebrates its 75th year, the org will rename an award for one of its own.
The first-time feature award is getting a new name. “I am very excited because we are doing something that we haven’t done before, a special presentation and renaming one of our awards in honor of former DGA president Michael Apted,” says DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter.
At the February ceremony, the DGA will formally change the name. The director of “Coal Min- er’s Daughter” and “Gorillas in the Mist” had a long history with the guild.
In 1998, he led the formation of the Independent Directors Committee to foster the careers and rights of indie filmmakers. He served as DGA president from 2003-09, and created the first-time feature award that will now bear his name. “I think Michael would be so happy about this because it was so dear to him.
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