The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2012 were announced tonight during the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Ben Affleck won the DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Argo. Director/producer/actor Kelsey Grammer hosted the ceremony before an audience of more than 1,600 guests. Presenters included (in alphabetical order): Frank Capra III; Cedric the Entertainer; Bryan Cranston; Peter Fonda; Kelsey Grammer; Dave Grohl; DGA President Taylor Hackford; Anne Hathaway; Michel Hazanavicius; Helen Hunt; Hugh Jackman; Famke Janssen; Norman Jewison; Suraj Sharma; Martin Short; DGA National Vice President Steven Soderbergh; Chris Spencer; George Stevens, Jr.; Eric Stonestreet; Quvenzhané Wallis; and Sam Waterston. The winners of the 2012 DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement are: OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM BEN AFFLECK Argo (Warner Bros. Pictures) Mr. Affleck’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman · First Assistant Director: David Webb · Second Assistant Director: Ian Calip · Second Second Assistant Directors: Clark Credle, Gavin Kleintop · First Assistant Director (Turkey Unit): Belkis Turan This is Mr. Affleck’s first DGA Feature Film Award win. OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIALS ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU Anonymous Content Best Job, Proctor and Gamble Wieden + Kennedy · First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn · Second Assistant Director: Michelle Schrauwers · Second Second Assistant Directors: Heather Anderson, Blake Perkinson This is Mr. Iñárritu’s first DGA Award win and second nomination. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Babel in 2006. OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES RIAN JOHNSON Breaking Bad, ‘Fifty-One’ (AMC) Mr. Johnson’s Directorial Team: · Unit Production Manager: Stewart A. Lyons · Assistant Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas · First Assistant Director: Ben Scissors · Second Assistant Director: Louis Lanni · Second Second Assistant Director: Anna Ramey · Additional Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly This [...]
