Director Daniel Levi has signed with bicoastal Smuggler for U.S. representation. Levi, who was featured in the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at the 2002 Cannes International Advertising Festival, is repped in the U.K. by Independent, London, and in South Africa by Gatehouse Films, Johannesburg….Director Gordon Clark, formerly with Tate & Partners, Santa Monica, has come aboard bicoastal Tool of North America….Director Jeremiah Chechik has entered into an exclusive spot helming relationship with Hollywood-based production/creative services company Level 7….Music/sound design house Ear to Ear and its sister audio post shop AudioBanks, both in Santa Monica, have formed a collaborative alliance with digital media company AIX Media Group, Los Angeles….After spending the past six years in the San Francisco agency market, Matt Mowatt has rejoined GSD&M, Austin, Texas, as creative director on the PGATour, Dial and Charles Schwab accounts….Janie Balcomb has joined producer Mark O’Sullivan as joint managing director of Believe UK. Balcomb, whose track record includes serving in spot production sales for U.K. shops Spectre and Outsider, now teams with O’Sullivan to run the London arm of bicoastal U.S. boutique Believe Media. Balcomb and O’Sullivan report to Believe Media’s stateside co-founders, president Luke Thornton and VP Liz Silver….
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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