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Directors Guild Of America Lifetime Achievement Award – Feature Film
The DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction is an American film award presented by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) honoring career achievement in feature film direction. Formerly called D.W. Griffith Award, it was first awarded at the 5th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1953. The award is considered the Directors Guild's highest honor and its recipients are selected by the present and past presidents of the DGA. History Originally established in honor of D. W. Griffith, the award was called D.W. Griffith Award between 1953 and 1999. In 1999, the DGA national board voted unanimously to remove Griffith's name from the DGA's lifetime achievement award and replace the award. DGA president Jack Shea (director), Jack Shea stated that, although Griffith was an influential and innovative filmmaker, he also "helped foster intolerable racial stereotypes." Particularly Griffith's film ''The Birth of a Nation'' is criticized for its he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. Overview As a union that seeks to organize an individual profession, rather than multiple professions across an industry, the DGA is a craft union. It represents directors and members of the directorial team (assistant directors, unit production managers, stage managers, associate directors, production associates, and location managers (in New York and Chicago)); that representation includes all sorts of media, such as film, television, documentaries, news, sports, commercials and new media. The guild has various training programs whereby successful applicants are placed in various productions and can gain experience working in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 11th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1958, were presented in 1959. Winners and nominees Film Television D.W. Griffith Award * Frank Capra Honorary Life Member * George Sidney External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 11 Directors Guild of America Awards 1958 film awards 1958 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1958 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Directors Guild Of America Awards ...
The 20th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1967, were presented on February 17, 1968. Winners and nominees Film Television D.W. Griffith Award * Alfred Hitchcock Honorary Life Member * Darryl F. Zanuck References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 20 Directors Guild of America Awards 1967 film awards 1967 television awards 1967 awards in the United States Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 19th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1966, were presented in 1967. Winners and nominees Film Television External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 19 Directors Guild of America Awards 1966 film awards 1966 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1966 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wyler
William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a Swiss-German-American film director and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for ''Mrs. Miniver'' (1942), ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (1946), and '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), all of which also won for Best Picture. In total, he holds a record twelve nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. Born in Alsace, then in Germany, but later part of France, Wyler was a troublemaker in the schools of his youth. He immigrated to United States in 1921, working first for Universal Studios in New York before moving to Los Angeles. By 1925, he was the youngest director at Universal, and in 1929 he directed '' Hell's Heroes'', Universal's first sound production filmed entirely on location. In 1936, he earned his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Dodsworth'', starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 18th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1965, were presented on February 12, 1966. Winners and nominees Film Television D.W. Griffith Award * William Wyler References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 18 Directors Guild of America Awards 1965 film awards 1965 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1965 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 17th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1964, were presented in 1965. Winners and nominees Film Television Honorary Life Member * Jack L. Warner External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 17 Directors Guild of America Awards 1964 film awards 1964 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1964 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 16th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1963, were presented in 1964. Winners and nominees Film Television Honorary Life Member * Joseph C. Youngerman External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 16 Directors Guild of America Awards 1963 film awards 1963 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1963 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 15th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1962, were presented in 1963. Winners and nominees Film Television External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 15 Directors Guild of America Awards 1962 film awards 1962 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1962 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 14th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1961, were presented in 1962. Winners and nominees Film Television Honorary Life Member * Hobe Morrison External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 14 Directors Guild of America Awards 1961 film awards 1961 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1961 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage (; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor, known for directing '' 7th Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), '' Bad Girl'' (1931), '' A Farewell to Arms'' (1932), ''Man's Castle'' (1933), '' History Is Made at Night'' (1937), ''The Mortal Storm'' (1940) and ''Moonrise'' (1948). Biography Borzage's father, Luigi Borzaga, was born in Ronzone (then Austrian Empire, now Italy) in 1859. As a stonemason, he sometimes worked in Switzerland; he met his future wife, Maria Ruegg (1860, , Switzerland1947, Los Angeles), where she worked in a silk factory. Borzaga emigrated to Hazleton, Pennsylvania]in the early 1880s, where he worked as a coal miner. He brought his fiancée to the United States, and they married in Hazleton in 1883. Their first child, Henry, was born in 1885. The Borzaga family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where Frank Borzage was born in 1894, and the family remained there until 1919. The couple h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Directors Guild Of America Awards
The 13th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1960, were presented in 1961. Winners and nominees Film Television D.W. Griffith Award * Frank Borzage Honorary Life Member * Y. Frank Freeman External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 13 Directors Guild of America Awards 1960 film awards 1960 television awards Direct Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (other), a ... 1960 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
