'Birdman' director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu takes top prize at DGA Awards 2015
Birdman director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won the Director's Guild of America top feature film award Saturday night in Los Angeles.
This is the third major award for the film leading up to the Oscars this year. The film won the Producer's Guild of America award and the SAG awards for best cast two weeks ago.
Wins also went to Homeland, Transparent, Olive Kitteridge, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The 68th Annual Tony Awards, The Chair and Citizenfour.
Jane Lynch hosted the 67th annual DGA ceremonies.
DGA Awards 2015 Winners List
FEATURE FILM
WES ANDERSON The Grand Budapest Hotel
CLINT EASTWOOD American Sniper
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — WINNER
RICHARD LINKLATER Boyhood
MORTEN TYLDUM The Imitation Game
DRAMATIC SERIES
DAN ATTIAS Homeland, “13 Hours in Islamabad”
JODIE FOSTER House of Cards, “Chapter 22?
CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA True Detective, “Who Goes There”
LESLI LINKA GLATTER Homeland, “From A to B and Back Again” — WINNER
ALEX GRAVES Game of Thrones, “The Children”
COMEDY SERIES
LOUIS C.K. Louie, “Elevator: Part 6?
JODIE FOSTER Orange is the New Black, “Thirsty Bird”
MIKE JUDGE Silicon Valley, “Minimum Viable Product”
GAIL MANCUSO Modern Family, “Vegas”
JILL SOLOWAY Transparent, “Best New Girl” — WINNER
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINISERIES
ROB ASHFORD (Directed by) GLENN WEISS (Live Television Direction By) Peter Pan Live!
LISA CHOLODENKO
Olive Kitteridge — WINNER
ULI EDEL Houdini
RYAN MURPHY The Normal Heart
MICHAEL WILSON The Trip to Bountiful
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
PAUL G. CASEY Real Time With Bill Maher, “#1226?
DAVE DIOMEDI The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, “Episode #1? — WINNER
JIM HOSKINSON The Colbert Report, “#11040?
DON ROY KING Saturday Night Live, “Host Jim Carrey/Musical Guest Iggy Azalea”
CHUCK O’NEIL The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, “OpenCarrying to the Midterms”
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
HAMISH HAMILTON The 86th Annual Academy Awards
LOUIS J. HORVITZ The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
DES McANUFF Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
RICH RUSSO Super Bowl XLVIII
GLENN WEISS The 68th Annual Tony Awards — WINNER
REALITY PROGRAMS
BERTRAM van MUNSTER JACK CANNON ELISE DOGANIERI The Quest, “One True Hero”
NEIL DeGROOT The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1613?
STEVE HRYNIEWICZ Top Chef, “The First Thanksgiving”
ANTHONY B. SACCO The Chair, “The Test” — WINNER
ADAM VETRI Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge, “Welcome to the Gun Show”
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
PAUL HOEN How to Build A Better Boy
JONATHAN JUDGE 100 Things To Do Before High School, “Pilot” — WINNER
VINCE MARCELLO American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into The Spotlight
JOEY MAZZARINO Sesame Street, “4504 Numericon”
AMY SCHATZ Saving My Tomorrow, “Part 1 and 2?
COMMERCIALS
NICOLAI FUGLSIG – (MJZ) – WINNER Sapeurs, Guinness AMV BBDO Waiting, FEMA Deutsch NY
LAUREN GREENFIELD – (Chelsea Pictures) Always #LikeAGirl, Always – Leo Burnett
BRENDAN MALLOY EMMETT MALLOY – (HSI Productions) The Huddle, Nike Wieden + Kennedy
DANIEL MERCADANTE KATINA MERCADANTE – (Epoch Films) Sports Matter, Dick’s Sporting Goods Anomaly We Are Not Alone, Facebook Wieden + Kennedy Big Sister, Facebook Wieden + Kennedy
NOAM MURRO – (Biscuit Filmworks) Ahead of Their Time, Dodge Wieden + Kennedy Portland Empty Chair, Guinness BBDO NY
DOCUMENTARY
DAN KRAUSS The Kill Team
JOHN MALOOF CHARLIE SISKEL Finding Vivian Maier
JESSE MOSS The Overnighters
LAURA POITRAS Citizenfour — WINNER
ORLANDO von EINSIEDEL Virunga
H/T: Variety