Campion the Champion.
The Directors Guild of America Award or the DGA was recently awarded the best directors of 2022 on Saturday. In the DGA, Jane Campion came out at the top and bagged the biggest prize of the Directors Guild Awards that is the Theatrical Feature Film award.
Campion won the Theatrical Feature Film award for her western movie, The Power of the Dog. And you are most probably set for the Oscars if you get the best prize at the DGA. Here are more details:
What is DGA?
The Directors Guild of America Award or the DGA is an annual occurrence where the awards are issued annually to the best Directors given by the Directors Guild of America.
As for what the Directors Guild of America is, well, it is a guild made up of directors who represent the interests of television and film directors of either the United States motion picture industry or any director from abroad.
Last year, Chloé Zhao scooped the top prize for a feature film for the movie ‘Nomadland’. This year, Jane Campion became the third woman ever to receive this award.
Jane Campion on Winning
Jane became the winner for the Theatrical Feature film award for her movie ‘The Power of the Dog’. In her winning speech, Campion said “I’m so really moved and honored by this voting for me,” and then thanked her teacher and master Paul Thomas Anderson, who was also nominated for DGA for Licorice Pizza.
Campion added: “I’m here because I care about women having voices, and I’m so excited about the next generation of filmmakers”. This victory has given her a boost as a front runner for the Academy Awards which is scheduled for 27th March. The last time Jane won an Oscar was in 1993 for The Piano for Original Screenplay.
Full List of Winners
Here is the full list of the winners for the Directors Guild of America Awards:
Theatrical feature film
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Dramatic series
Mark Mylod – Succession, “All the Bells Say” (HBO)
Movies for television and limited series
Barry Jenkins – The Underground Railroad (Amazon)
Comedy series
Lucia Aniello – Hacks, “There Is No Line” (HBO Max)
Commercials
Bradford Young (Serial Pictures x Somesuch) – Super. Human., Channel 4 Paralympics – 4Creative First Assistant Director: Jez Oakley
First-time feature film director
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
Variety/talk/news/sports – regularly scheduled programming
Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live, “Keegan-Michael Key; Olivia Rodrigo” (NBC)
Variety/talk/news/sports – specials
Paul Dugdale – Adele: One Night Only (CBS)
Documentary
Stanley Nelson – Attica (Showtime)
Reality programs
Adam Vetri – Getaway Driver, “Electric Shock” (Discovery Channel)
Mr. Vetri’s Directorial Team: First Assistant Director: John Esposito Second Assistant Director: Eric Pai
Children’s programs
Smriti Mundhra – Through Our Eyes, “Shelter” (HBO Max)
