Annunciati i DGA (Directors Guild of America Award), ultimo riconoscimento annuale delle Guild dopo i già assegnati SAG, WGA e PGA, premi che ogni anno anticipano gli Oscar e dettano gli umori e le scelte dei membri dell’Academy. 

Dal 1950 a oggi solo otto volte chi ha vinto il DGA non ha poi portato a casa anche l’ambita statuetta dorata come miglior regista: è successo ad esempio nel 2020, quando Sam Mendes ottenne il premio per 1917 ma l’Oscar venne assegnato a Bong Joon-ho nell’ambito dello storico trionfo di Parasite. 

A vincere il premio nell’edizione 2021 è la regista Chloé Zhao per Nomadland, che naviga ormai a vele spiegate verso l’Oscar: è la seconda donna della storia del premio a ottenerlo, dopo Kathryn Bigelow, e la prima non caucasica. Quest’ano, insieme a lei, era candidata anche un’altra cineasta, Emerald Fennell per Promising Young Woman.

Di seguito tutti i vincitori (tra i registi esordienti l’ha spuntata Darius Marder per Sound of Metal, una delle sorprese delle nomination agli Oscar di quest’anno). 

In attesa della cerimonia degli Oscar 2021, in programma nella notte tra il 25 e il 26 aprile prossimi, potete ripassare QUI tutte le nomination.

MIGLIOR REGISTA DI UN LUNGOMETRAGGIO

• Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” (A24)
  Unit Production Manager: Dylan Brodie
  First Assistant Director: Jeff Dubray
  Second Assistant Director: Ann Laudick
  Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen J. Hanan
• Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
  Unit Production Manager: Reena Magsarili Raasch
  First Assistant Director: Michael T. Meador
  Second Assistant Director: Alexander Armero
  Second Second Assistant Director: Anthony Manzo
• David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix)Unit Production Manager: Allen Kupetsky
  First Assistant Director: Richard Goodwin
  Second Assistant Director: Samantha McGrady
  Second Second Assistant Director: Matt McKinnon
  Additional Second Assistant Directors: Jeff Goodell, John Stern, George Williams III
• Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
  Unit Production Managers: Charles Miller, Stuart M. Besser, Jonathan Shoemaker
  First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
  Second Assistant Director: Rachel Jaros
  Second Second Assistant Director: Justin Bischoff
  Location Managers: Dennis Voskov, Nick Rafferty (Chicago Unit)
• Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
  Unit Production Manager: Mary Kerrigan
  First Assistant Director: Mary Kerrigan

MIGLIOR REGISTA ESORDIENTE DI UN LUNGOMETRAGGIO

• Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
  Unit Production Manager: James Price
  First Assistant Director: Michael L. Walker
  Second Assistant Director: Kenyon Noble
  Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan Santos
  Location Managers: Katarina Dedicova, Tim Stacker
• Fernando Frias de la Parra, “I’m No Longer Here” (Netflix)
  Production Managers: Martín Pérez Valle, Assia Fratz (New York Unit)
  First Assistant Director: Carlos Suazo
  Second Assistant Directors: Alí Santiago, Alex Burstein (New York Unit)
  Second Second Assistant Directors: Karen Alcázar, Anthony James Faure (New York Unit)
• Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
  Unit Production Manager: Paul O. Davis
  First Assistant Director: Mark Anthony Little
  Second Assistant Director: Kevin O’Neil
• Darius Marder, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
  Unit Production Manager: Amy Greene
  First Assistant Director: Matthew Vose Campbell
• Florian Zeller, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  First Assistant Director: George Every
  Second Assistant Director: Jamie D. Allen

MIGLIOR REGISTA DI UN DOCUMENTARIO

• “Boys State” (A24/Apple TV Plus) – Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss
• “The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
• “My Octopus Teacher” (Netflix) – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
• “The Painter and the Thief” (Neon/Elevation Pictures)
• “Welcome to Chechnya” (HBO) – David France

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