Bicoastal Celsius Films has hired Wendy Kalison as its sales rep in New York. She will be working with Celsius head of sales Jack Fahey in repping the production house on the East Coast. Celsius has also added San Francisco-based Courtney Smith for West Coast sales….Bicoastal HKM Productions and The Directors Bureau have signed Chicago-headquartered Kristina Kovacevic to handle Midwest sales….San Francisco-based production house Pandemonium has secured new representation on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The latter market is being handled by Liz Laine of Liz Laine Reps, Chicago. And Carolyn Hill and Michelle Stuart of New York Office have been hired to cover the East Coast….Ellen Knable of Ellen Knable & Associates, Santa Monica, has been signed to rep Area 51 Films, Santa Monica, on the West Coast and in Texas….Jeremy D. Berman has been added as New York rep for Yessian Music, Farmington Hills, Mich., and New York….Donald R. Stogo Associates, New York, has signed an exclusive agreement with Saraceno Productions, Sydney, Australia, to represent director Antonio Saraceno in the U.S….Santa Monica-based broadcast design firm Fuel has signed Chicago rep Hillary Herbst to cover the Midwest….Darr Hawthorne of Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Burning Motor Home is no longer handling the West Coast for New York-headquartered Highway 61….The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, has signed DP Derek McKane for exclusive representation….Barbara Lamon has been named VP of sales for DJM Post Production, New York. She will be repping the facility nationally…. Seattle-headquartered Getty Images has named James A. Bonaventura senior VP of sales….
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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