9.3.21

Directors' Guild of America, il sindacato registi candida Chloé Zhao e Emerald Fennell

Di Simone Fabriziani

Le nomination ai 73° DGA Awards, assegnati ogni anno dalla Directors Guild of America, il sindacato dei registi cinematografici e televisivi, sono state svelate, e i cinque registi che sono riusciti ad entrare nella cinquina del Feature Film potrebbero rappresentare i lungometraggi che sono maggiormente in pole position per l'Oscar al miglior film.

I cinque registi dell'anno designati dal sindacato sono: Emeral Fennell per Una donna promettente, Lee Isaac Chung per Minari, Chloé Zhao per Nomadland, David Fincher per Mank e Aaron Sorkin per Il processo ai Chicago 7.

Nella cinquina dei registi esordienti, anche Regina King per One Night in Miami e il francese Florian Zeller per The Father.

I vincitori verranno svelati durante una cerimonia virtuale il prossimo sabato 10 aprile.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM FOR 2020

Lee Isaac Chung
Minari
(A24)
Chung’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Dylan Brodie
  • First Assistant Director: Jeff Dubray
  • Second Assistant Director: Ann Laudick
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen J. Hanan

Emerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman
(Focus Features)
Fennell’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Reena Magsarili Raasch
  • First Assistant Director: Michael T. Meador
  • Second Assistant Director: Alexander Armero
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Anthony Manzo

David Fincher
Mank
(Netflix)
Fincher’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Allen Kupetsky
  • First Assistant Director: Richard Goodwin
  • Second Assistant Director: Samantha McGrady
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Matt McKinnon
  • Additional Second Assistant Directors: Jeff Goodell, John Stern, George Williams III

Aaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
(Netflix; DreamWorks Pictures)
Sorkin’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Managers: Charles Miller, Stuart M. Besser, Jonathan Shoemaker
  • First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
  • Second Assistant Director: Rachel Jaros
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Justin Bischoff
  • Location Managers: Dennis Voskov, Nick Rafferty (Chicago Unit)

Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
(Searchlight Pictures)
Zhao’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Mary Kerrigan
  • First Assistant Director: Mary Kerrigan

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR FOR 2020 

Radha Blank
The Forty-Year-Old Version
(Netflix)
Blank’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: James Price
  • First Assistant Director: Michael L. Walker
  • Second Assistant Director: Kenyon Noble
  • Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan Santos
  • Location Managers: Katarina Dedicova, Tim Stacker

Fernando Frías de la Parra
I’m No Longer Here
(Netflix)
Frías’ Directorial Team:

  • Production Managers: Martín Pérez Valle, Assia Fratz (New York Unit)
  • First Assistant Director: Carlos Suazo
  • Second Assistant Directors: Alí Santiago, Alex Burstein (New York Unit)
  • Second Second Assistant Directors: Karen Alcázar, Anthony James Faure (New York Unit)

Regina King
One Night in Miami
(Amazon Studios)
King’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Paul O. Davis
  • First Assistant Director: Mark Anthony Little
  • Second Assistant Director: Kevin O’Neil

Darius Marder
Sound of Metal
(Amazon Studios)
Marder’s Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Manager: Amy Greene
  • First Assistant Director: Matthew Vose Campbell

Florian Zeller
The Father
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Zeller’s Directorial Team:

  • First Assistant Director: George Every
  • Second Assistant Director: Jamie D. Allen

Fonte: Deadline