DIRECTORS TAP SODERBERGH TWICE.Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer With two of his films and its stars being nominated during this year's award season, director Steven Soderbergh is often finding his own name appearing twice on nomination lists. On Monday it was the Directors Guild of America that tapped Soderbergh twice - once for the Julia Roberts vehicle ``Erin Brockovich'' and again for his kaleidoscopic look at America's drug war, ``Traffic.'' Both films took home two awards each Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. at the Golden Globes, but Soderbergh, nominated twice, was not the winner. The other 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) nominees, all of whom have been previous contenders, are Cameron Crowe for his semi-autobigraphical ``Almost Famous,'' Ang Lee for the Mandarin-language, martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
(Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. .'' The nominations mark Soderbergh's first DGA nods. He is only the second person to receive a pair of Feature Film nominations in the same year since the DGA instituted its current, five-nominee method in 1970. The previous double nominee was Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola in 1974, who was up for ``The Conversation'' and won for ``The Godfather, Part II.'' Soderbergh has won most legitimate critics groups' directing awards this year, but those organizations allow recognition of more than one film, an advantage he'll have with neither DGA nor Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters. ``Crouching Tiger's'' Lee won the Golden Globe award for best director Sunday night. Since the DGA began issuing Feature Film directing awards in 1949, there have been only four years in which the winner did not eventually go on to win the best director Oscar. The nominations were announced by DGA president Jack Shea and director Steven Spielberg. An awards dinner is scheduled March 10 at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. , where winners in the soon-to-be-announced documentary and TV categories also will be named. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Director Steven Soderbergh received two nominations from the Directors Guild of America. |
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