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Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television & Mini-Series

February 1, 2018

70th Annual DGA Awards

On January 31, DGA members enjoyed the 2018 edition of the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium in the Guild’s Los Angeles Theater complex. Following a welcome from DGA First Vice President Betty Thomas, clips of each nominated film were shown. Then 2017 DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Award nominees: Kyra Sedgwick (Story of a Girl) and Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) spoke about the making of their films in a conversation moderated by DGA Movies for Television Committee Chair Mike Robe.

The symposium was followed by a reception where the nominees mingled with DGA members and guests. Nominees Scott Frank (Godless), Barry Levinson (The Wizard of Lies) and George C. Wolfe (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) were unable to attend.

You can watch the full panel by clicking the video below. Or listen to the panel in podcast form here. Find all of our DGA podcast episodes here.

 

Pictures & Video

photos by Elisa Haber

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Introduction: DGA First Vice-President Betty Thomas welcomes the audience and introduces this year's nominees for the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category.
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HIGHLIGHT: Jean Marc Valleé breaks down his receptive and collaborative process when blocking scenes during Big Little Lies.
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HIGHLIGHT: Kyra Sedgwick speaks about her decision to cast Ryann Shane as the lead of Story of a Girl and how her experience as an actor influences her direction of actors.
DGA Movies for Television Committee Chair Mike Robe (moderator), 2017 Movies for Television and Mini-Series Award nominees Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) and Kyra Sedgwick (Story of a Girl) and DGA First Vice President Betty Thomas.
[Not pictured nominees Scott Frank (Godless), Barry Levinson (The Wizard of Lies) and George C. Wolfe (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks).]
DGA First Vice President Betty Thomas welcomes the audience to the 2018 edition of the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium.
DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Award nominees Kyra Sedgwick (Story of a Girl) and Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) join DGA Movies for Television Committee Chair Mike Robe (moderator) on the stage for a discussion about their work.
Nominee Kyra Sedgwick explains why she chose Story of a Girl as the vehicle to make her feature directorial debut.
Nominee Jean-Marc Vallée speaks about the challenges of helming the entirety of the mini-series Big Little Lies.
DGA Movies for Television Committee Chair Mike Robe serves as moderator of the 2018 Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium.
DGA members and guests hear about the making of two of the nominated projects during the 2018 edition of the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium.
Nominee Jean-Marc Vallée (right) is congratulated by an attendee of the reception.
Nominee Kyra Sedgwick chats with three-time nominee (2008, 2009, 2011) Mikael Salomon during the reception.
Two-time DGA Award-winner Jon Cassar (right) chats with fellow attendees of the reception following the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium.
Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series Host Committee member Bradford May (left) poses for a photo with a fellow attendee of the reception.
DGA members and guests enjoy the reception following the 2018 edition of the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series symposium.
Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television and Mini-Series Host Committee members Steven Zaillian, Jon Cassar and Chair Mike Robe (moderator), 2017 DGA Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series Award nominees Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) and Kyra Sedgwick (Story of a Girl), Host Committee members Bradford May and Mikael Salomon and DGA First Vice President Betty Thomas.