Directors Guild of America President Jack Shea and Awards Committee Chairperson Howard Storm today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2000. The winners will be announced at the 53rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 10, 2001 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The five nominees will be invited to attend the DGA's Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television symposium to be held on Saturday, March 3, 2001 at Guild headquarters in Los Angeles.
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2000 are (in alphabetical order):
JEFF BLECKNER
The Beach Boys: An American Family - ABC
Unit Production Manager: John Whitman
First Assistant Director: Yudi Bennett
Second Assistant Director: Jules Kovisars
Second Second Assistant Director: Franklyn Gottbetter
DGA Trainee: Tim Price
This is Bleckner's third DGA nomination and second in the Movies for Television category. In 1983 he won the DGA Award in the Dramatic Series Night category for his direction of the "Life in the Minors" episode of Hill Street Blues. Bleckner was nominated in 1985 for the Movie for Television Do You Remember Love?.
KIRK BROWNING
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - SHOWTIME
Associate Director: Alan Skog
This is Browning's first DGA nomination.
MARTHA COOLIDGE
If These Walls Could Talk II: "1972" - HBO
Unit Production Manager: Mary Kane
First Assistant Director: Noga Isackson
Second Assistant Director: Brian O'Kelley
Second Second Assistant Director: Philip Robinson
This is Martha Coolidge's second DGA Award nomination. She was nominated last year in this category for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
STEPHEN A. FREARS (Directed by)
MARTIN PASETTA, JR. (Live Broadcast Direction by)
Fail Safe - CBS
Associate Director: Wendy Charles Acey
Stage Managers: Debbie Williams, Steve Burgess, Chris Kiley, Harve Levine, Dency Nelson, Vince Poxon, Jason Roberts, Ken Stein
This is the first DGA Award nomination for both Frears and Pasetta, Jr.
JOSEPH SARGENT
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story - HBO
Unit Production Manager: Jan Foster
First Assistant Director: Craig Huston
Second Assistant Director: Chitra F. Mojtabai
Second Second Assistant Director: Sunday Stevens
This is Sargent's sixth DGA Award nomination. He won the Movies for Television Award in 1973 for The Marcus-Nelson Murders, and was nominated in 1992 for Miss Rose White, in 1994 for World War II: When Lions Roared, in 1997 for Miss Evers' Boys and last year for A Lesson Before Dying.
Meet The Nominees: Movies for Television
Saturday, March 3, 2001 - 10:00 A.M. - DGA Theatre 2
A Reception with the Nominees will follow in the DGA Atrium
RSVP Required
The Directors Guild of America is proud to present this unique opportunity for members and their guest to celebrate the craft of directing with the nominated directors for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television. Director Joan Tewkesbury (Scattering Dad, Sudie & Simpson, Cold Sassy Tree) will moderate the panel discussion with the nominees, which will focus on the directorial process from pre-to post production.
**Nominee’s appearance subject to availability**
To RSVP for the Meet the Nominees: Movies for Television Symposium. Please call (310) 289-2034.
