Honoring the behind-the-scenes talent that helped shape the experience of theatergoers around the world over the past year, the 66th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were held on Saturday night (January 25).
The big winner this year was Alfonso Cuarón, whose film Gravity won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize. After accepting the honor from presenter Ben Affleck, he spoke about the movie, saying, “We saw all these photographs of earth from space, and it’s absolutely beautiful; hues of greens and blues. Everything seems so organic. Those silly lines and boundaries we put on political maps, you can’t see that from space. It’s a bizarre experiment of nature, that is the human experience. And it’s what we as directors try to sort out as filmmakers.”
Other notable triumphs included Vince Gilligan for Breaking Bad, Beth McCarthy-Miller for 30 Rock, and Steven Soderbergh for Behind the Candelabra, who also nabbed the Robert B. Aldrich Service Award.
Hosted by Jane Lynch, presenters during the evening included famous faces like Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Kerry Washington.
Meanwhile, the complete list of winners from the 66th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards is as follows:
Feature Film
Alfonso Cuaron
Gravity
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Steven Soderbergh
Behind the Candelabra
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series
Vince Gilligan
Breaking Bad, Felina
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series
Beth McCarthy-Miller
30 Rock, Hogcock!/Last Lunch
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in aVariety/Talk/News/Sports – Series
Don Roy King
Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live with Host Justin Timberlake
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Glenn Weiss
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Neil P. DeGroot
72 Hours, The Lost Coast
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
Amy Schatz
An Apology to Elephants
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Martin de Thurah
Epoch Films
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Jehane Noujaim
The Square
Outstanding Directorial Achievement Special Awards
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award
Steven Soderbergh
DGA Diversity Award
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Lee Blaine
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
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