Well, another round of nominees are announced and when it comes to directors I would hope the Directors Guild of America might side with me, and while they did not include Clint Eastwood (THANK YOU!) in their nominees they did not recognize Alfonso Cuaron.
Was the directing in The Queen really better than Children of Men? To compare the two is apples and oranges where Curon’s work on COM is the orange and far more tasty. Don’t get me wrong, The Queen is my personal choice for the Best Picture Oscar, but directing wise, that goes to Alfonso in my book.
However, since my opinion means jack, I bring you the nominees..
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel (Paramount)
Unit Production Manager: Ann Ruark
First Assistant Director: Sebastián Silva
Bill Condon, Dreamgirls (Paramount Vantage)
Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher
First Assistant Director: Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director: Eric Sherman
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet
Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Warner Bros.)
Unit Production Manager: Carol Cuddy
First Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy
Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen
Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
First Assistant Director: Thomas Patrick Smith
Second Assistant Director: Gregory Smith
Second Second Assistant Director: Kate Greenberg
Steven Frears, The Queen (Miramax)
Production Manager: Sue Claverly
First Assistant Director: Stuart Renfrew
Second Assistant Director: Rickay Graysmark
Third Assistant Director: Lucy Egerton
The DGA points out that fifty-one out of fifty-seven times since the DGA Award’s inception in 1949, the DGA Award winner has won the corresponding Best Director Academy Award®.
The winner in the Feature Film category will be announced at the 59th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
