The Directors Guild of America has set its schedule for the 65th Annual DGA Awards, DGA President Taylor Hackford announced today. The 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.
This year, for the first time, all voting will take place online. DGA members can vote online between December 4, 2012 – January 9, 2013 for Feature Film Nomination; between December 17, 2012 – January 9, 2013 for Television Nominations for Comedy Series, Dramatic Series, Movies for Television and Mini-Series, and Musical Variety; and between January 10 – February 1, 2013 for Feature Film Final Ballot.
FEATURE FILM AWARD
• Online voting for Feature Film Nominations opens Tuesday, December 4, 2012
• Deadline to vote online for Feature Film Nominations Wednesday, January 9, 2013
• Announce Five Feature Film Nominees Thursday, January 10, 2013
• Online voting for Feature Film Award opens Thursday, January 10, 2013
• Deadline to vote online for Feature Film Award Friday, February 1, 2013
TELEVISION AWARDS
• Entry Forms for TV, Commercials & Documentary available online Monday, October 22, 2012
• Deadline for Submitting Television and Commercials entries Friday, December 7, 2012
• Online voting for Television Nominations opens Monday, December 17, 2012
• Deadline to vote online for Television Nominations Wednesday, January 9, 2013
• Announce all Television & Commercial Nominees Friday, January 11, 2013
DOCUMENTARY AWARD
• Email Documentary Entry Forms to all Theatrical Distributors, Broadcast Networks and past entries Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Documentary Entry Forms and DVD submission deadlines:
• For Documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast during the period of January 1 through September 30, 2012 Friday, October 5, 2012
• For Documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast during
the period of October 1 through December 31, 2012 Monday, November 5, 2012
• Announce Documentary Nominees Monday, January 14, 2013
SCREENERS & SCREENINGS
• Studio/Distributor mailings of DVD Awards screeners, digital screener notices and screenings mailings Tuesday, September 4, 2012 – Tuesday, January 22, 2013 (only materials related to the five Nominated Feature Films will be mailed from Jan. 10-22)
65th ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER Saturday, February 2, 2012
The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been the industry’s most accurate barometer for who will win the Best Director Academy Award. The DGA Award winner has won the corresponding Best Director Academy Award 58 out of 64 times since the DGA Award’s inception in 1949.
