The DGA Awards is kicked off each year by the Annual nominee Breakfast. The morning offers honorees in all categories the opportunity to mingle with their fellow nominees and officers of the Guild in an informal atmosphere, preceding the Meet the nominees: Feature Film Symposium.
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DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, Outstanding Direction in Feature Film nominees Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hooper, Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck, and DGA President Taylor Hackford.
President Hackford welcomes all nominees to the breakfast.
2012 DGA Award nominees, past winners, and DGA Board Members enjoy the breakfast.
Board member Michael Mann, nominee Tom Hooper and National Executive Director Roth.
1999 Musical Variety winner Dennie A. Gordon, 1996 Movies for Television and Mini-Series winner Betty Thomas and 2009 Dramatic Series winner/2012 Dramatic Series nominee Lesli Linka Glatter.
2012 Documentary nominees David France and Alison Klayman.
2013 Lifetime Achievement in News recipient Eric Shapiro and 2009 Franklin Schaffner Achievement Award recipient Scott Berger chat with DGA Past President Gene Reynolds.
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award recipients Peery Forbis (2004), Barbara Roche (2008), Dennis W. Mazzocco (2012), C.J. Rapp Pittman (1998), Scott Rindenow (2000), Donald E. Jacob (2006) and Maria Jimenez Henley (2010).
First Vice President Paris Barclay, Board Member Jace Alexander and Sixth Vice President Vince Misiano.
DGA Fourth Vice President Gary Donatelli catches up with 2008 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Liz Ryan.
2013 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Susan Zwerman, 1988 Comedy Series winner Steve Miner, 2010 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Cleve Landsberg and 2002 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Burt Bluestein.
2012 Documentary nominee Kirby Dick and 2013 Robert B. Aldrich Service Award recipient Michael Apted survey the surroundings.
Dramatic Series nominee Jennifer Getzinger, Feature Film nominee Ben Affleck and Dramatic Series nominee Lesli Linka Glatter.
2012 Reality Programs nominees J. Rupert Thompson and Peter Ney.
1987 Comedy Series winner Will Mackenzie, DGA Board Member Don Petrie and 2012 Movies for Television and Mini-Series nominee Michael Rymer.
2009 Reality Programs winner Craig Borders chats with 2001 Robert B. Aldrich Service Award recipient Robert Butler and 1993 Aldrich Award recipient/DGA Past President Gene Reynolds.
Daytime Serials winners Owen Renfroe (2005), Larry Carpenter (2003, 2007, 2008, 2010), and Scott McKinsey (1997, 2002).
Meet the Nominees: Feature Film symposium director Jim Drake confers with President Hackford.
Meet the Nominees: Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan gives the nominees the final rundown before the start of the event.
Nominees Steven Spielberg and Ben Affleck wish each other good luck.
The audience awaits the arrival of the nominees for the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award for 2012.
Meet the Nominees: Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan leads the 2012 nominees into the theater.
