October 8, 2008
WHAT
2008 Directors Guild of America Honors Event
WHO
Host: Actor and Comedian Richard Belzer (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Presenters/Honorees:
Actor Sam Waterston (Law & Order) and members of the casts of the three Law & Order series will present to Creator/Producer Dick Wolf (Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent).
Actor F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) will present to Director Milos Forman(One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus).
Director Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed) will present to Robert Rosen, Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Directors Taylor Hackford (Ray, An Officer and a Gentleman) and Paris Barclay (In Treatment, Cold Case) will present to Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Director Barbara Kopple (Shut Up & Sing, American Dream) will present to Irwin Young, Chair of DuArt Film and Video.
Following is the list of confirmed VIP guests as of October 8, 2008 (in alphabetical order):
- Jane Alexander (Actress, Past Chair National Endowment for the Arts)
- Michael Apted (DGA President)
- Gil Cates (DGA Secretary-Treasurer)
- Larry Flynt (Publisher)
- Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
- Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
- Ice-T (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- Matthew Loeb (IATSE President)
- Helen Mirren (The Queen)
- Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
- Bob Pisano (MPAA President & COO)
- Roberta Reardon (AFTRA National Executive Director)
- Steven Soderbergh (DGA National Vice President)
- Betty Thomas (Doctor Dolittle)
The Seventh DGA Honors will begin with red carpet arrivals at 6:00pm, followed by the event itself at 7:00pm and a VIP after-party at Nobu 57 at 8:30pm.
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