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COMMERCIALS
Thursday, February 6, 2025 — 7:00 p.m. — DGA Theater One, Los Angeles
This year's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Commercials are: Lance Acord for An American Love Story
(Volkswagen) · Kim Gehrig for A Life in Sound (SiriusXM),
Am I A Bad Person? (Nike), Find Your Friends (Apple) · Tim
Heidecker & Eric Wareheim for Michael CeraVe (CeraVe) ·
Andreas Nilsson for Board Game (Hennessy), First Offi ce
Poo (Andrex), One More (Apple), Whizzer (Virgin Media) ·
Ivan Zachariáš for Flock (Apple).
The panelists will be discussing the craft of directing their
nominated Commercials.
To RSVP for these events please log-in as a member
at www.dga.org/Events and click on Upcoming Events.
Each year the Guild presents an extraordinary opportunity for our
members to hear from the DGA Award nominees and their Teams.
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 — 10:00 a.m. • DGA Theater One, Los Angeles
For the 34th consecutive year, the DGA is pleased to present this unique opportunity to celebrate the craft of directing with
the nominated Directors for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.
DGA audiences always revel in the passion, humor and quandaries faced by these talented fi lmmakers. In a moderated
discussion, the nominees will again delve into the technical and creative processes of each nominee from pre-production
to fi nal cut in a special celebration of craft and camaraderie.
This year's nominees are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez • Sean Baker for Anora • Edward Berger for Conclave •
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist • James Mangold for A Complete Unknown. Moderated by: Director Jeremy Kagan.
More details about this live event will be posted on www.dga.org.
Nominees Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos, Alexander Payne, Greta Gerwig and Martin Scorsese spoke
with moderator Jeremy Kagan about the making of their fi lms during the 2024 event.
MEET THE NOMINEES EVENTS
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Nominees spoke about the making of their commercials during the 2024 event.
