Schnabel and fellow DGA nominees talk awards, strike
Saturday morning's "Meet the Directors" sesh stuck mostly to tricks of the trade with scant attention paid to labor issues crippling much of showbiz. Only Julian Schnabel dared address the writers strike, and he did so at the very end of the three-hour DGA sesh.
Diane Garrett | 1/26/2008
'Country' helmers pick up best feature award
Joel and Ethan Coen won the top DGA prize for "No Country for Old Men" on Saturday in a kudofest marked by high spirits over the guild's speedy contract resolution with the AMPTP one week earlier.
Diane Garrett | 1/26/2008
'Lost,' 'Sopranos,' '30 Rock' nab duo of nods
ABC's "Lost," HBO's "The Sopranos" and NBC's "30 Rock" have scored two DGA nominations each in TV categories.
Dave McNary | 1/10/2008
Fate of Academy Awards in question
After the virtual shutdown of the Golden Globes, there are lots of questions about the fate of the Academy Awards but few answers.
Timothy M. Gray, Cynthia Littleton | 1/8/2008
Guild announces picks for feature film director
The Directors Guild of America showered its love on specialty fare this year, bestowing four out of five 2007 helming noms upon pics released by arthouse arms.
Dave McNary, Diane Garrett, Dave McNary | 1/8/2008
Duo will be feted for lifetime achievements
The Directors Guild of America will recognize Liz Ryan and Barbara J. Roche with lifetime achievement honors for their combined 50-plus years of commitment to the guild.
Derek Peters | 12/27/2007
Victors are from various colleges
The Directors Guild of America has announced the winners of its 2007 student film awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and women filmmakers.
Matt Kivel | 10/25/2007
Guild reverses field, bans award DVDs
After a major ruckus last year, the Directors Guild of America has quietly reasserted its ban on studios sending screeners to guild members.
Dave McNary | 8/23/2007
Jan. 26 is night for directors
The Directors Guild of America has nailed down a date for its 2008 awards show, opting for Jan. 26 at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Dave McNary | 2/28/2007
Helmers reveal hardships of filmmaking
The six directors nominated for the DGA's top feature helming award offer an undeniable consensus on one point -- the extreme challenges of their profession.
Dave McNary | 2/4/2007
Complete list of the night's winners
Complete list of winners at the 59th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards.
Variety Staff | 2/3/2007
'Departed' director takes Feature Film prize
Martin Scorsese has scored the top feature award from the Directors Guild of America for his work on Warner Bros.' gangster thriller "The Departed."
| 2/3/2007
That was then, this is now
If one could magically turn the clock back 30 years, the movie landscape might appear quite alien to today's young showbiz Turk: foreign-language fare was thriving; the major studios had become the playpen of visionary filmmakers; so-called independent movies were associated more with grindhouse than arthouse; Clint Eastwood was still playing Dirty Harry Callahan; and Variety was reviewing porn.
Steve Chagollan | 1/31/2007
Org appears low-key as negotiations loom
"We've got this young chap named Spielberg who's just joined the DGA's Western Council," notes Directors Guild of America president Michael Apted in a recent interview. "Maybe you've heard of him. He's done a few things."
Dave McNary | 1/31/2007
DGA Honorary Life Member: Carl Reiner
Hosting the DGA's awards gala for the 20th time, Carl Reiner will receive the guild's Honorary Life Member kudo. Of course, the honor recognizes much more than just Reiner's emcee chores; it represents the achievement of a comedy career that spans nearly 60 years.
Anthony D'Alessandro | 1/31/2007