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8 I D G A M O N T H L Y Chris Misiano directs Matthew Heineman's Documentary Award presentation atop the New York offi ces building. At the Guild's NY theater, teams capture the Movies for Television presentation by Dee Rees and the Dramatic Series presentation by Nicole Kassell. In his traditional Awards welcome to the membership, DGA President Thomas Schlamme addressed the situation head on. "The 73rd Annual DGA Awards — as you can already tell, will be like none of the 72 that came before," said Schlamme. "Tonight as we celebrate our craft, I so wish we could all be together breathing the same air. But instead you're tuning in from the comfort of your own homes as we join you from the comfort of our collective home at your Guild, both in Los Angeles and in New York. This may be new and different, but what remains the same is the spirit of this special evening — a family united through the awe-inspiring power of the cinematic arts." In Los Angeles, the production team fi nishes up prep as James Burrows gets ready for his on-camera presentation. In order to accomplish this, the Guild called on DGA Board Member Don Mischer to take up the mantle for the third time as the Chair of the Awards Committee tasked with bringing this vision to life. "What felt like an easygoing, graceful event was actually a highly complex, technically diverse undertaking; primarily because of the 55 live connections to nominees in eleven different categories," said Mischer. "The most gratifying thing to me was how our Guild came across as a family — that we care for each other, look out for one another, and respect one another. That's tough to accomplish virtually." Like all great projects, this one started with prep. Once the vision was set, packages for the presentations were pre- recorded during the week prior to the awards show in various locations at the Guild's offi ces in Los Angeles directed by President Schlamme welcomes all to the 73rd Annual DGA Awards. The winners of the DGA's Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2020 were announced on Saturday, April 10, during the 73rd Annual DGA Awards ceremony in a private virtual event for DGA members and invited guests. In a year that has been unlike any other in the history of the Guild, it was only fi tting that the Awards would adapt and adopt a ceremony fi tting for the times. Behind the Scenes at the DGA Awards