On February 7, DGA members were gathered online for the 2024 edition of the Meet the Nominees: Documentary event. Following a welcome from DGA Documentary Committee Co-Chair Marina Zenovich and a screening of clips from the honored films, nominees Moses Bwayo & Christopher Sharp (Bobi Wine: The People’s President), Madeleine Gavin (Beyond Utopia), Davis Guggenheim (Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie) and D. Smith (Kokomo City) engaged in a lively and entertaining conversation about their work moderated by Documentary Award Screening Committee Co-Chairs Patrick Creadon and Yance Ford.
Nominee Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol) was unable to attend.
About the Panelists:
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![]() Beyond Utopia In addition to Beyond Utopia, Gavin’s directorial credits include the documentaries City of Joy and the 2003 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award-winning What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women’s Maximum Security Prison. |
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![]() Kokomo City Kokomo City is Smith’s feature documentary directorial debut. |
![]() Creadon’s directorial credits include the documentaries The Loyola Project, Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story, Hesburgh, Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants, All Work All Play, If You Build It, I.O.U.S.A., Wordplay; and episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 30 for 30 and Independent Lens. He has been a DGA member since 2011 and serves as a co-chair of the DGA Documentary Awards Committee. |
![]() Ford’s directorial credits include the documentaries Power, The Color of Care and Strong Island; and episodes of Work in Progress, The Me You Can’t See, Pride and Trial by Media. He has been a DGA member since 2019 and serves as a co-chair of the DGA Documentary Awards Committee. |