DGA NAMES BEST DIRECTOR CHOICES.Byline: Glenn Whipp Daily News Film Writer ``Titanic'' director James Cameron heads the list of filmmakers announced Monday who are nominated for the Directors Guild of America's best feature film award. Joining Cameron on the list are James L. Brooks for ``As Good as It Gets,'' Curtis Hanson for ``L.A. Confidential,'' Steven Spielberg for ``Amistad'' and Gus Van Sant SANT South African Native Trust for ``Good Will Hunting.'' ``The five nominees are truly representative of the best in motion picture directing,'' said DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) president Jack Shea. ``Each may have a different style and work with different subjects, but all of them share the exceptional ability to create.'' Spielberg's nomination was his eighth, tieing him with Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann for most DGA nominations in the feature film category. Spielberg has won twice - for ``The Color Purple'' in 1985 and ``Schindler's List'' in 1993. ``A DGA nomination is an honor that is enormously gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. , and I'm particularly happy to be along for the ride this year with such terrific filmmakers as the two Jims, Curtis and Gus,'' Spielberg said. Cameron, Hanson and Van Sant are first-time nominees, while Brooks was nominated for ``Broadcast News'' in 1987 and won in 1983 for ``Terms of Endearment en·dear·ment n. 1. The act of endearing. 2. An expression of affection, such as a caress. endearment Noun an affectionate word or phrase Noun 1. .'' The DGA award winner has gone on to win the best director Academy Award all but four times since the honor's inception in 1949. Spielberg is one of the exceptions, losing the Oscar in 1985 to Sydney Pollack for ``Out of Africa.'' More recently, Ron Howard won the DGA award in 1995, while Academy voters gave the Oscar to Mel Gibson for ``Braveheart.'' The DGA winner will be announced March 7 in ceremonies in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles. Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola will be given the DGA's highest honorary prize, the D.W. Griffith Award. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: James Cameron Nominated for ``Titanic'' |
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