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    DGA Rolls Out 1st Time Feature Director Award With 5 Nominees

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    A scene from "Ex Machina" which earned Alex Garland a DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director (photo courtesy of A24)

    Fernando Coimbra, Joel Edgerton, Alex Garland, Marielle Heller, Laszlo Nemes up for inaugural Guild honor

    LOS ANGELES --

    The Directors Guild of America has announced the five nominees for a new category recognizing the achievement of first-time feature film directors. Up for the inaugural honor are: Fernando Coimbra for A Wolf at the Door (Outsider Pictures), Joel Edgerton for The Gift (STX Entertainment); Alex Garland for Ex Machina (A24); Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics) and Laszlo Nemes for Son of Saul (Sony Pictures Classics).

    “There’s a first time for every feature filmmaker, but not every first time offers fresh viewpoints in storytelling that are imperative in this industry,” said Paris Barclay, DGA president. “The first-time feature directors we’re recognizing with this inaugural award we hope will develop successful and lengthy careers. We are excited and invigorated by all they have to offer.”

    First announced by Steven Spielberg at last year’s DGA Awards, the Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director honor was created to showcase the feature film talent of the future. Eligible directors for this award must have released his or her first feature-length film theatrically in Los Angeles or New York in 2015.  Foreign films are eligible and the director does not need to be a DGA member.

    Winners will be announced at the 68th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday evening, February 6, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.  The DGA Awards will be hosted by actor Jane Lynch.

    Here’s a rundown of nominees (and their directing teams) for OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR FOR 2015:

    FERNANDO COIMBRA
    A Wolf at the Door
    (Outsider Pictures)
    Mr. Coimbra’s Directorial Team:
              Unit Production Manager: Clara Machado
              First Assistant Director: Suzy Milstein
              Second Assistant Director: Raquel Toledo

    JOEL EDGERTON
    The Gift
    (STX Entertainment)
    Mr. Edgerton’s Directorial Team:
              Unit Production Manager: Luc Etienne
              First Assistant Director: Michael J. Moore
              Second Assistant Director: Matt Haggerty
              Second Second Assistant Director: Dillon Neaman

    ALEX GARLAND
    Ex Machina
    (A24)
    Mr. Garland’s Directorial Team:
              Unit Production Manager: Sara Desmond
              First Assistant Director: Nick Heckstall‑Smith
              Second Assistant Director: Ray Kenny

    MARIELLE HELLER
    The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Ms. Heller’s Directorial Team:
              Unit Production Manager: Molly Salz
              First Assistant Director: Brian Benson
              Second Assistant Director: Jerremy Stewart
              Second Second Assistant Director: Alex Gilbert

    LÁSZLÓ NEMES
    Son of Saul
    (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Mr. Nemes’s Directorial Team:
              Unit Production Manager: Gábor Szántó
              First Assistant Director: István Kolos
              Second Assistant Directors: Zoltán Gyovai, Edina Galgócz  

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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