Director John Adams has joined Form, the Los Angeles-based production house headed by executive producer Craig Rodgers and director Jesse Dylan. Adams comes over from Area 51 Films, Santa Monica, his roost for the past three years….Word is that bicoastal/ international Partizan and director Anthea Benton have parted ways….Bicoastal Naked Project has signed director Paul Vos for spotwork….Lisa Margulis has come aboard bicoastal Anonymous Content as an executive producer. She served in the same capacity at her former roost, bicoastal HKM Productions. Margulis joins Anonymous shortly after the departure of executive producer Shelly Townsend who became managing director of bicoastal Headquarters. Margulis becomes part of an Anonymous commercial management team that also consists of Dave Morrison and executive producer Andy Traines……Directors Sean Mullens and Wayne Holloway have departed bicoastal Brand, a satellite of bicoastal Headquarters. "Sean and Wayne are indeed moving on," Headquarters partner/president Tom Mooney said in a statement. "Sean and I have had a wonderful working relationship over the past few years, I have a great deal of respect for him, and I wish him all the best. Wayne was only with us for a year, but I enjoyed working with him, and I wish him well." Partner/executive producer Brian Farhy is also leaving the company. As for the future of Brand, Mooney said, "With regard to Brand, it’s certainly a possibility that we’ll maintain and restructure the company, but I haven’t made any decisions as yet"….Editor Dave Herman has joined Version2. Editing, New York….Veteran animation and visual effects producer Andrea Mansour has been named head of commercials for San Francisco-based animation studio Wild Brain. She last served in a production management role for CMT, a division of MTV Networks, in Nashville. Earlier in her career she was a senior producer at San Francisco-headquartered visual effects house Radium….Digital Kitchen, Seattle, Chicago and Venice, Calif., has hired executive producer Wendy McCarty, most recently of post facility Avenue, Santa Monica and Chicago. McCarty will work out of the company’s Seattle office…
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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