CONGRATULATIONS to Kathyrn Bigelow for becoming the first woman to win the Director's Guild of America award for a feature film. What a hugely inspirational and amazing feat. A well deserved win for sure--it just goes to show that women are just as capable of directing gritty and captivating war dramas such as The Hurt Locker. The Hurt Locker has received a huge amount of critical success and this win is especially crucial considering the Oscars coming up March 7. It'll be interesting to see how this will all play out against James Cameron's Avatar. Keep in mind he recently won the Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture. Another interesting tidbit: Cameron is Bigelow's ex-husband and encouraged her to abandon the project she had been working on prior to The Hurt Locker and essentially take a leap of faith to direct the war drama.Tune in on February 2 as Anne Hathaway announces Oscar nominations in the early morning and of course, the actual Academy Awards presentation on March 7. Can't wait.
Full list of DGA winners below:
Feature Film: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Documentary Film: Louie Psihoyos, "The Cove"
Dramatic Series: Lesli Linka Glatter, "Mad Men"
Comedy Series: Jason Winer, "Modern Family"
Movie for Television: Ross Katz, "Taking Chance"
Musical Variety: Don Mischer, "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial"
Reality Program: Craig Borders, "Build It Bigger"
Children's Program: Allison Liddi-Brown, "Princess Protection Program"
Daytime Serial: Christopher Goutman, "As the World Turns"
Commercial: Tom Kuntz, "Eyebrows," "Tailor," "Scents for Gents," "Tips"
Special awards:
Lifetime achievement award: Norman Jewison
Honorary Life Membership: Robert Iger
Honorary Life Membership: Barry Meyer
Life Achievement in News: Roger Goodman
Frank Capra Award: Cleve Landsberg
Franklin Schaffner Award: Maria Jiminez Henley
P.S. Up this late watching the Australian Open men's final! Holy crap-- Federer and Murray are bananas.
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