DGAawards winner for Feature Film is Sam Mendes for '1917'
Solidifying “1917” as the film to beat at the Academy Awards, director Sam Mendes won the top prize at the 72nd annual“I was fortunate enough to win this award two decades ago,” Mendes said in his acceptance speech, referencing hiswin for 1999’s “American Beauty.” “And I think if I’m honest with myself, I didn’t feel ultimately like I really knew what I was doing. I feel a little bit more like I do now.
DGA president Thomas Schlamme opened the evening at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles with a robust tribute to the power of labor unions, lauding how Hollywood still “runs on unionized labor” in an environment increasingly hostile to union, and citing the DGA pension plan as a paragon of “democratic socialism.”
“Honey Boy” director Alma Har’el won the first-time feature award. After thanking star and screenwriter Shia LaBeouf for affording her the opportunity to make a film about the children of alcoholics , Har’el gave a shout out to Jessica Dimmock, who is spearheading the effort to“We’re counting on the DGA to fight for parents so they can birth the new generation of audiences and filmmakers,” she said.
HBO’s “Watchmen” won its first major award when Nicole Kassell took home the medallion for dramatic series, over fellow “Watchmen” director Stephen Williams, “Game of Thrones” directors David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik, and “Succession” director Mark Mylod. Bill Hader took home the comedy series award for “Barry,” winning over three directors for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and David Mandel for the series finale of “Veep.
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