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D G A M O N T H L Y
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D G A M O N T H L Y
Nominees Breakfast
DGA Award nominees, past winners and
Board members gather for the annual breakfast
The DGA Awards is kicked
off each year by the Annual
Nominee Breakfast. The morning
offers honorees in all categories
the opportunity to mingle with
their fellow nominees, past
winners and offi cers of the
Guild in an informal atmosphere,
preceding the Meet the
Nominees: Theatrical Feature
Film symposium.
Meet the Nominees symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan, Theatrical Feature Film Award nominees Ryan Coogler, Chloé Zhao, Guillermo del Toro,
Paul Thomas Anderson and Josh Safdie and DGA President Christopher Nolan and DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander
Past President/Limited & Anthology Series
nominee Lesli Linka Glatter and
DGA
Negotiations Chair Jon Avnet
Secretary-Treasurer/Past President
Paris Barclay with nominee Anderson
DGA Award current nominees
and past winners share a table
President Nolan
greets del Toro
Schaffner Award recipients Donald E. Jacob (2006), Barbara Roche (2008),
Scott A. Rindenow (2000), Anita Cooper-Avrick (2002), Dency Nelson (2013),
Joyce Thomas (2021) and David Charles (2026)
Capra Award recipients Janet Knutsen (2024), Lee Blaine (2014), Liz Ryan (2008),
Thomas J. Whelan (2025), Cheryl R. Downey (2000), Marie Cantin (2017),
Gregory G. McCollum (2026) and Stephen Glanzrock (2004)
Hollander and
Director Michael Mann
