Sam Mendes Wins The Directors Guild Award!

Well, the Directors Guild of America has had their say this evening. A few minutes ago, Sam Mendes was awarded the top prize from the DGA, wrapping up an Academy Award win in the process. Mark it down, folks. Mendes will win his second Oscar in Best Director for 1917, coming up the middle in the latter stages of the awards season. This Directors Guild win makes it all but a certainty. Read on for the rest of the results, which also included the Best First Time Feature prize going to Alma Har’el for Honey Boy. Congrats to all of the winners! Here are all of the DGA results: Theatrical Feature Film Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite” (Neon) Mr. Bong’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Park Min Chul First Assistant Director: Kim Seong Sik WINNER: Sam Mendes, “1917” (Universal Pictures) Mr. Mendes’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Callum McDougall, Hannah Godwin First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman Second Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman” (Netflix) Mr. Scorsese’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: John A. Machione, Carla Raij First Assistant Director: David Webb Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks Second Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares Additional Second Assistant Director: Ryan Robert Howard Location Manager: Kip Myers Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” (Columbia Pictures) Mr. Tarantino’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Georgia Kacandes, Nathan Kelly First Assistant Director: William Paul Clark Second Assistant Director: Christopher T. Sadler Second Second Assistant Director: Brendan “Bear” Lee Additional Second Assistant Directors: Debbie Chung, Katie Pruitt Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. Waititi’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Václav Mottl, Pavel Voráček First Assistant Director: Mark Taylor Second Assistant Director: Martina Götthansová Second Second Assistant Director: Martina Frimelová First-Time Feature Film Mati Diop, “Atlantics” (Netflix) Ms. Diop’s Directorial Team: First Assistant Director: Vincent Prades WINNER: Alma Har’el, “Honey Boy” (Amazon Studios) Ms. Har’el’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: David Grace First Assistant Director: Sean Vawter Second Assistant Director: Colin Flaherty Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Balboa Melina Matsoukas, “Queen & Slim” (Universal Pictures) Ms. Matsoukas’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Pamela Hirsch, Max Berryhill (Los Angeles Unit) First Assistant Directors: H.H. Cooper, Joe Suarez (Los Angeles Unit) Second Assistant Directors: James Roque, Johnny Recher (Los Angeles Unit) Second Second Assistant Directors: Sumner Boissiere, Tami Kumin (Ohio Unit) Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (Roadside Attractions) Mr. Nilson and Mr. Schwartz’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Manu Gargi First Assistant Director: James Grayford Second Assistant Director: Dee Jones Second Second Assistant Director: Michael McKay Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (A24 Films) Mr. Talbot’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Natalie Teter First Assistant Director: Hilton J. Day Second Assistant Director: Dominic Martin Second Second Assistant Director: Jeremiah [...]