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DGA Awards Nominee Breakfast Photo Gallery

January 25, 2020

72nd Annual DGA Awards

DGA Awards day is kicked off each year by the Annual Nominees Breakfast at Guild headquarters in Los Angeles. After a welcome from DGA President Thomas Schlamme, the morning offers honorees in all categories the opportunity to mingle with their fellow nominees, past winners and officers of the Guild in an informal atmosphere preceding the Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film Symposium.

Pictures

photos by Howard Wise

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Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan, 2019 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film Award Nominees Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood), Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), Sam Mendes (1917) and Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), DGA President Thomas Schlamme and DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander pose for a final photo before the Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film event. [The nominees and Kagan were later joined onstage via video by nominee Martin Scorsese [on video] (The Irishman).]
DGA Secretary-Treasurer Betty Thomas and DGA President Thomas Schlamme greet Theatrical Feature Film Award Nominee Bong Joon Ho.
DGA President Thomas Schlamme welcomes the attendees.
DGA Award nominees and former winners gather in the Los Angeles headquarters atrium for the annual breakfast.
Theatrical Feature Film Award Nominee Taika Waititi chats with 2006 Commercials winner Craig Gillespie and Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan.
DGA Award nominees and former winners gather in the Los Angeles headquarters atrium for the annual breakfast.
DGA Past Presidents and 2007 Robert B. Aldrich Service Award recipients Taylor Hackford and Paris Barclay greet each other.
DGA Award nominees and former winners gather in the Los Angeles headquarters atrium for the annual breakfast.
Frank Capra Achievement Award recipients Lee Blaine (2014), Kathleen McGill (2019), Phillip Goldfarb (2015), Cheryl R. Downey (2000), Dwight Williams (2018), Katy E. Garretson (2012), Liz Ryan (2008) and Stephen Glanzrock (2004) get together for a photo.
DGA Award nominees and former winners gather in the Los Angeles headquarters atrium for the annual breakfast.
Dramatic Series nominee Nicole Kassell, DGA Past President Martha Coolidge, First-Time Feature Award nominees Alma Har’el, Mati Diop and Melina Matsoukas and DGA Secretary-Treasurer Betty Thomas pose for a photo.
Theatrical Feature Film Award Nominee Taika Waititi chats with Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming nominee Nora S. Gerard.
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award recipients Donald E. Jacob (2006), Mimi (Marian) Deaton (2019), Scott L. Rindenow (2000), Arthur E. Lewis (2020), Barbara J. Roche (2008), C.J. Rapp-Pittman (1998), Anita Cooper-Avrick (2002) and Tom McDermott (2016) get together for a photo.
DGA Award nominees and former winners gather in the Los Angeles headquarters atrium for the annual breakfast.
2009 Reality Programs Award-winner Craig Borders chats with 2019 nominee Hisham Abed.
First-Time Feature Award nominees Alma Har’el and Melina Matsoukas chat with DGA Past President Paris Barclay.
2019 Reality Programs nominee Jason Cohen enjoys breakfast with 2010 winner Eytan Keller.
Frank Capra Achievement Award recipients Kathleen McGill (2019) and Susan Zwerman (2013) pose for a photo.
Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan has a final chat with the nominees before the symposium. [The nominees and Kagan were later joined onstage via video by nominee Martin Scorsese [on video] (The Irishman).]

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