Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2008
ARI FOLMAN
Waltz with Bashir
(Les Films D’ici, Razor Films, Sony Pictures Classics)
This is Mr. Folman's first DGA Award.
2008 DGA Documentary Award Nominees Elizabeth Farnsworth & Patricio Lanfranco (The Judge and the General) and Peter Gilbert & Steve James (At the Death House Door) joined DGA Documentary Awards Committee Chair Lynne Littman, for the second annual Meet the Nominees: Documentary symposium on Friday, January 30, 2009.
Following an introduction by DGA President Michael Apted, clips of each nominated film were shown and then Littman led the nominees in a brief discussion about the making of their films.
Nominees Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), Gonzalo Arijon (Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains) were unable to attend.
