Meet the Nominees: Documentary

63rd Annual DGA Awards

2010 DGA Documentary Award Nominees Lixin Fan (The Last Train Home), Charles Ferguson (Inside Job), David Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman), and Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger (Restrepo) 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 28, 2011. 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 Alex Gibney (Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer) was unable to attend.

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2010 Documentary Nominees with DGA President Taylor Hackford and Awards Committee Co-Chairs James Moll and Freida Lee Mock.

Awards Committee Co-Chair and Moderator James Moll, DGA Documentary Nominees Lixin Fan, Charles Ferguson, Davis Guggenheim, Tim Heatherington, Sebastian Junger and Awards Committee Co-Chair and Moderator Freida Lee Mock.

Moderator James Moll with nominees Lixin Fan and Charles Ferguson.

Nominee Sebastian Junger.

Nominee Lixin Fan.

Nominee Davis Guggenheim.

Nominee Tim Heatherington.

Nominee Charles Ferguson discusses his work as a director.

Director Ondi Timoner chats with nominee Tim Heatherington chats with at the symposium reception.

Nominee Davis Guggenheim discusses his work with Director Chuck Workman and DGA Fourth Vice President Gary Donatelli.