Floria Sigismondi directed this video for David Bowie’s new album, titled “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” produced by Black Dog Films. In the form of a short film, the video for the second single from the 66-year old rocker’s forthcoming album The Next Day features actress Tilda Swinton and depicts “a twenty-first century moment in its convergence of age, gender and the normal/celebrity divide,” according to Bowie. This is the third time Sigismondi has collaborated with the singer, having directed Bowie’s “Little Wonder” in 1996 and “Dead Man Walking” in 1997.
Bowie and Swinton play a 50’s style couple enjoying a typical suburban life until they are preyed upon by a celebrity couple (supermodels Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brauw). These “stars” cruelly antagonize this “normal” pair as they invade the Bowie-Swinton psyches in a variety of guises. Norwegian model Iselin Steiro also appears as a young David Bowie look-alike that lives next door. Sigismondi depicts one world vampirizing the other, a perceptive view of our current societal obsession with tabloid voyeurism.
Sigismondi is currently developing her second motion picture. She is represented by Black Dog Films for music videos and Believe Media for commercial work.
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
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