The winners of the 70th DGA Awards presented by the Directors Guild of America on February 3 included directors of these genre productions:
FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
JORDAN PEELE, “Get Out”
(Universal Pictures)
Peele’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Marcei A. Brown, Rick A. Osako (Fairhope Unit)
First Assistant Director: Gerard DiNardi
Second Assistant Directors: Ram Paul Silbey, Marc Newland (Fairhope Unit), Jack McKenna (New York Unit)
Second Second Assistant Director: Maggie Ballard
Location Manager: Kurt Enger (New York Unit)
FEATURE FILM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO, “The Shape of Water”
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
del Toro’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale
Production Manager: Dennis Chapman
First Assistant Director: Pierre Henry
Second Assistant Director: Tyler Delben
DRAMA SERIES
REED MORANO, The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred”
(Hulu)
Ms. Morano’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Joe Boccia
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian for the story.]