2009 DGA Documentary Award Nominees Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil), Mai Iskander (Garbage Dreams), Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.), Louie Psihoyos (The Cove), and Geoffrey Smith (The English Surgeon) joined DGA Awards Documentary Committee Co-Chairs Directors Frieda Lee Mock (Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner) and James Moll (Running the Sahara) for the third annual Meet the Nominees: Documentary symposium on Friday, January 29, 2010. Following an introduction by DGA President Taylor Hackford, clips of each nominated film were shown after which Mock and Moll led the nominees in a brief discussion about the making of their films. Nominee Ágnes Varda (The Beaches of Àgnes) was unable to attend.
Photo above (left to right): 2009 DGA Documentary Nominees Louie Psihoyos, Sacha Gervasi, Robert Kenner, Geoffrey Smith, Mai Iskander, and DGA President Taylor Hackford