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Grace Silverstein of Santa Monica-based independent rep firm Reel Grace is handling the West Coast and Texas for Motel Films, Los Angeles…..Doug Sherin and Kimberley Griswold of Venice, Calif.-based OPTiONS have signed The Joneses, Santa Monica, and Portland, Ore.-based Food Chain Films for spot representation on the West Coast…Rachel Finn and Mary Saxon of FinnSaxon Represents, Santa Monica and San Francisco, respectively, have signed Brooklyn-based animation studio Dancing Diablo for exclusive spot representation on the West Coast and in Texas….Bicoastal Trollback+Company has secured Andrea Marcucci of Agent 99, New York, to handle sales representation on the East Coast….Robert E. Blatchford has been named director of business development for Troika Design Group, Hollywood….Stephen Ostrow has come aboard Photomag Sound & Image, New York, as an account executive. He formerly served as director of sales at Betelgeuse Productions, New York….Category:Rep Reports
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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