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Ang Lee - Director A world-renowned director, Lee is receiving the DGA Honor for his tremendous contributions to the industry as a pioneering filmmaker. He is widely recognized for his artistic risk-taking, and filmmaking achievements across a wide array of genres. His feature directing credits include the DGA and Academy Award-winning Brokeback Mountain (2005); the DGA Award-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000); the DGA Award nominated and Academy Award-winning Life of Pi (2012); and the DGA Award nominated Sense and Sensibility (1995). Lee's other films include Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Lust Caution, Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman, Hulk, Taking Woodstock, Ride with the Devil and Ice Storm. His upcoming film Gemini Man will be released in October 2019. Nancy Utley - Chairman, Fox Searchlight Pictures Utley is receiving the DGA Honor for her longstanding support for independent film and directors' creative visions and her extensive philanthropic efforts. Appointed Chairman of Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2018, she jointly manages all aspects of the company including production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution alongside fellow Chairman Stephen Gilula. Utley has overseen many of Fox Searchlight's most successful films to date, with a total of 106 Golden Globe® and 137 Oscar® nominations, including the Academy and DGA Award-winning features The Shape of Water, Birdman and Slumdog Millionaire. Prior to joining Fox Searchlight in 1999, Ms. Utley served in a variety of capacities for Twentieth Century Fox Film. She serves on the Lupus LA, AMPAS and Film Independent Boards of Directors and volunteered in numerous industry mentorship programs. Amy Klobuchar - U.S. Senator (D-MN) Senator Klobuchar is being recognized with a DGA Honor for her longstanding commitment to fighting for creators' rights and safeguarding the content created by DGA members and the entertainment industry. She has been unwavering in her dedication to protecting creators' rights and preserving the value of copyright. She has introduced and co-sponsored past bills seeking to prevent unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material and to give copyright holders tools to curb online access to pirated material. Klobuchar is the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Currently serving her second term, she is the Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and also sits on the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees. John McGuire - Senior Advisor, SAG-AFTRA McGuire is being recognized for his nearly five decades of work on behalf of performers, and as a New York leader fighting for the rights of industry workers and the health of the entertainment community. Prior to his role as Senior Advisor of SAG-AFTRA, McGuire held the position of Associate National Executive Director for the Screen Actors Guild from 1983 to 2001, and before that as SAG's New York Executive Director beginning in 1969 when he started with the union. In addition to assisting in SAG-AFTRA's major contract negotiations, McGuire has represented the guild internationally at meetings with performer organizations around the world. Ann Roth - Costume Designer Roth is receiving the DGA Honor for her trailblazing career. With six decades in the film industry and over 200 film, television and theater credits, she has earned numerous accolades for her diverse career, with four Academy Awards nominations including an Oscar for Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996) and nominations for Stephen Daldry's The Hours (2003), Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (2000), and Robert Benton's Places in the Heart (1985). Roth is a five-time Costume Designers Guild Award nominee, and received the CDG's 2003 Career Achievement in Film Award. She is also a three-time Emmy Award nominee for Todd Haynes's Mildred Pierce (2011), Mike Nichols's Angels in America (2004), and Jan Egleson's Roanoak: Part I (1986). 2018 HONOREES S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 I 3