In case you thought it was going to be a quiet Saturday, think again. Tonight is one of the bigger precursor days of the season, with several awards being given out that could tangibly impact the Oscar race. Without question, Academy Award voters will be paying attention, as American Society of Cinematographers Awards, the Annie Awards, the Cinema Audio Society Awards, the USC Scripter Awards, and of course the Directors Guild of America Awards are being announced. Look for the results to be posted later today here on the site, but for the moment, just settle in and expect an evening that shapes the race in its final days… As a reminder, here are the nominees at these precursors: DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS The nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM FOR 2019 are (in alphabetical order): BONG JOON HO Parasite (Neon) Mr. Bong’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Park Min Chul First Assistant Director: Kim Seong Sik 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 The nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR FOR 2019 are (in alphabetical order): MATI DIOP Atlantics (Netflix) Ms. Diop’s Directorial Team: First Assistant Director: Vincent Prades 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: HH 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) 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 [...]