Meet the Nominees: Reality Programs

On Tuesday, January 25, 2010, the Guild held its annual symposium for the DGA Award Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs. Following introductory comments made by DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay, DGA Reality Television Committee Co-Chairs Craig Borders and J. Rupert Thompson, and a screening of clips from the nominated works, nominees Eytan Keller (The Next Iron Chef: "301:), Bryan O’Donnell (Private Chefs of Beverly Hills), Brian Smith (Master Chef) and Bertram van Munster (The Amazing Race: "Think We’re Fighting the Germans, Right?") stepped to the podium for a brief discussion about their work. Nominee Hisham Abed (The Hills, "Episode 601") was unable to attend.