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Only seven times in history has the DGA winner ever not gone on to take the best director prize at the Academy Awards.
When Zhao took top honors at the 73rd annual Directors Guild Association Awards, Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” continued its tour of dominance through awards season Saturday night. Continue reading to learn more about the latest Hollywood news.
She is the second woman to earn the honor and the first woman of color to do so. Kathryn Bigelow was the first for “The Hurt Locker.” And it all but solidifies her frontrunner status leading up to the Oscars on April 25.
The untelevised event was held virtually with nominees accepting over zoom calls from around the world, instead of the typical hotel ballroom ceremony in Beverly Hills. Chloé Zhao dominated it with her Frances McDormand starrer Nomadland.
According to AP, just seven times in history has the DGA winner ever not gone on to choose the best director prize at the Academy Awards. Previous year proved to be a rare exception when the Guild honored “1917” director Sam Mendes and then the Oscar went to “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho.
Chloé Zhao was up against Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman,” Aaron Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Lee Isaac Chung for “Minari” and David Fincher for “Mank.” The only difference in the Oscars lineup is that Sorkin is not one of the nominees — rather, Thomas Vinterberg is for “Another Round.”
Chloé Zhao’s lyrical film about transient employees in the American West starring Frances McDormand began its awards journey winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the People’s Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Golden Globe for best drama and best director along with the top honor from the Producer’s Guild.
The first-time directing prize went to Darius Marder to get “Sound of Metal,” his revolutionary exploration of what occurs when a drummer has severe, traumatic hearing loss. And documentary directing has been given to Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck for “The Truffle Hunters,” which follows a group of older men who find the expensive and rare white Alba truffle in the forests of Piedmont, Italy.
The Directors Guild also celebrates achievements in television directing.
Lesli Linka Glatter won the dramatic prize for her “Homeland” episode “Prisoners of War,” Susanna Fogel took the comedy honor for the “In Case of Emergency” episode of “The Flight Attendant” and Scott Frank was recognized for directing the limited series “The Queen’s Gambit.”
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