ADVISORY/Martha Coolidge to Announce DGA Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2002.

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 21)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:           Announcement of the five nominees for the Directors
                Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial
                Achievement in Feature Film for 2002.

WHEN:           Tuesday, January 21, 2003
                10:00 AM

WHERE:          DGA Headquarters
                Theatre 2
                7920 Sunset Boulevard
                Los Angeles, CA 90046

WHO:            DGA President Martha Coolidge to announce nominees.

For more information please contact Carol Stogsdill or Janine Alexander at 310-289-5333. To RSVP please contact Angelyn Hesser at 310-289-5333.

Only five times since 1949 has the winner of the DGA Award not gone on to win the Best Director Oscar(R).

In 1968, Anthony Harvey took home Guild honors for "The Lion in Winter," while the Oscar went to Carol Reed for "Oliver!"

In 1972, the DGA's selection of Francis Ford Coppola for "The Godfather" was overlooked by the Academy in favor of Bob Fosse for "Cabaret."

In 1985, Steven Spielberg won his first DGA Award for "The Color Purple," but Academy voters selected Sydney Pollack's work on "Out of Africa."

In 1995, Ron Howard was a DGA Award winner for "Apollo 13" but failed to even receive an Oscar nomination. The Academy Award that year went to Mel Gibson for "Braveheart." Last year, however, Howard won the DGA Award for his direction of "A Beautiful Mind," which went on to win the Academy Award.

In 2000, Ang Lee was chosen by the DGA for his direction of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" while Steven Soderbergh took home the Academy Award for "Traffic."