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72nd Annual DGA Awards Arrivals and Cocktail Reception Gallery

January 26, 2020

72nd Annual DGA Awards

The 72nd Annual DGA Awards Dinner took place on Saturday night, January 25, 2020. The nominees, celebrity presenters, DGA Members, industry VIPs and other guests gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom in Downtown Los Angeles in celebration of the outstanding directorial achievements of 2019.

Pictures

DGA Awards photos by:
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Shane Karns, Trixie Textor and Howard Wise.

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DGA Awards Nominees, VIPs and Presenters gather at the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom in Downtown Los Angeles.
DGA Awards Nominees, VIPs and Presenters work their way down the red carpet.
Theatrical Feature Film Nominee Taika Waititi.
DGA President Thomas Schlamme and Movies for Television & Limited Series Award presenter Christine Lahti.
Helena Prigal and DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander.
Movies for Television & Limited Series Nominee Vince Gilligan.
Movies for Television & Limited Series Nominee Jessica Yu.
Eastern AD/SM/PA Council Chair Glenna Meeks, EDSC Co-Chair Joyce Thomas & DGA Sixth Vice President Lily Olszewski.
Children’s Programs Nominee Barry Sonnenfeld.
Comedy Series Nominees Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Nora Gerard.
Movies for Television Nominee Johan Renck chats with Reality Television Nominee Patrick McManus.
Movies for Television & Limited Series Nominee Thomas Kail.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Paul Casey commemorates the occasion with a selfie.
Movies for Television & Limited Series Nominee Minkie Spiro.
DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander, IATSE President Matt Loeb and DGA Senior Advisor Jay D. Roth.
72nd Annual DGA Awards Host Judd Apatow and Reality TV Nominee/DGA Third Vice President Jon Favreau.
DGA Negotiations Co-Chair Todd Holland, DGA Past President Paris Barclay and National Executive Director Russell Hollander.
Dramatic Series Nominees Stephen Williams and Nicole Kassell share a table.
First-Time Feature Director Nominee Mati Diop.
Theatrical Feature Film nomination presenter Lee Jung Eun, Movies for TV & Limited Series Nominee Ava DuVernay & Theatrical Feature Film Nominee Bong Joon Ho.
Theatrical Feature Film Nominees Sam Mendes and Bong Joon Ho, DGA Special Projects Chair Jeremy Kagan and Theatrical Feature Film nomination presenters George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman.
Director Michael Spiller, Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Linda Mendoza, Director Mary Lou Belli and DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander.
Dramatic Series Nominee David Nutter.
Documentary Award presenter Norman Jewison and DGA Past President Taylor Hackford.
DGA Board Member Oz Scott and Fourth Vice President Laura Belsey.
Children’s Programs Nominee Luke Matheny.
Documentary Nominee Julia Reichart greets Theatrical Feature Film nomination presenter Lee Jung Eun.
Children’s Programs Nominee Jack Jameson.
Theatrical Feature Film Nominee Quentin Tarantino.
2020 Franklin Schaffner Achievement Award recipient Arthur E. Lewis.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Jim Hoskinson.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Christopher Werner.
Dramatic Series Nominee Mark Mylod is interviewed on the red carpet.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Awards presenter Terry Crews.
Children’s Programs Nominee Dean Israelite.
Dramatic Series presenter Katheryn Winnick.
DGA Board Member Kathleen McGill, Assistant Executive Director Mary Hatch (seated), Associate National Board Member Louis Joseph Guerra, National Executive Director Russell Hollander and 2004 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Stephen Glanzrock.
First-Time Feature Director Award Nominees Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson.
2006 Commercials Award-winner Craig Gillespie, 2019 Commercials Award Nominee Fredrik Bond and friends.
DGA members and guests enjoy the pre-ceremony reception for the 72nd Annual DGA Awards at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles.
Actress Tichina Arnold and First-Time Feature Director Award Nominee Joe Talbot.
Documentary Nominees Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang and Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska.
DGA members and guests enjoy the pre-ceremony reception for the 72nd Annual DGA Awards at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Stan Lathan.
Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Glenn Weiss.
DGA members and guests enjoy the pre-ceremony reception for the 72nd Annual DGA Awards at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles.
2010 Capra Award recipient Cleve Landsberg chats with UPM Brian Frankish.
DGA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Scott Berger, Eastern AD/SM/PA Council Chair Glenna Meeks and National Executive Director Russell Hollander.
Theatrical Feature Film Nominee Quentin Tarantino with Movies for Television & Limited Series Award presenter Christine Lahti and DGA President Thomas Schlamme.
First-Time Feature Director Award Nominee Melina Matsoukas gets a good luck hug.
Directors Adam Shankman and Anne Fletcher.
DGA Awards host Judd Apatow greets Director Todd Holland before heading backstage to start the show.
DGA members, nominees and guests hurry to their seats before the ceremony begins.
DGA Awards Chair Don Mischer is ready to enjoy the show.
Commercial Award Nominee Dougal Wilson gets a final good luck embrace.
Director Joanna Kerns and First-Time Feature Director Award presenter Catherine Hardwicke show off their swag.
The lights dim in the ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles as the ceremony for the 72nd Annual DGA Awards gets underway.

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