The Directors Guild of America hosts a unique event celebrating the art and craft of directing with the nominated directors for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. Director Jeremy Kagan (The Chosen) will moderate a panel discussion with the nominees which will focus on the directorial process from pre- to post-production. Five-minute clips from the nominated directors’ films will be screened at the beginning of the program.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 10, 2001
10:00 AM – 1:00 P.M.
WHERE:
DGA Headquarters
Theatre 2
7920 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
WHO:
The five nominees are:
CAMERON CROWE, Almost Famous
ANG LEE, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
RIDLEY SCOTT, Gladiator
STEVEN SODERBERGH, Erin Brockovich
STEVEN SODERBERGH, Traffic
Cameron Crowe and Ridley Scott are unable to attend.
There will be a multboxed audio/video live feed of the symposium available outside the theatre—crews should bring their own decks to plug into the multboxes, should they so desire.
THIS EVENT IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, BUT PRESS COVERAGE IS WELCOME.
For more information please contact Chuck Warn or Janine Alexander at 310-289-5333.
To RSVP please contact Victoria Panzarella at 310-289-5333.
