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4 4 I D G A M O N T H L Y Additional photos and videos are posted online at www.dga.org. DGA Events Roundup Tom Hooper discusses The Danish Girl The amazing true love story of what happens when one partner in a marriage decides to undergo a change in gender is revealed in Director Tom Hooper's new drama,The Danish Girl. Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, Hooper's film takes us into the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, two Danish artists in the 1920s who find their lives changed after Gerda depicted her husband — then known as Einar Wegener — as a woman in a series of paintings. After the series becomes popular, Einar changes his appearance, renames himself Lili and embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. The film also reunites Hooper with his Les Misérables star Eddie Redmayne who plays the title character. Following the DGA membership screening in New York on November 8, Hooper spoke about the making of the film in a conversation moderated by DGA Past President Taylor Hackford. Hooper also spoke about the film with DGA Secretary- Treasurer & Past President Michael Apted following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on November 15. In addition to The Danish Girl, Hooper's filmography includes the feature films Red Dust and The Damned United; the movies for television and mini-series Daniel Deronda, Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, Elizabeth I, and Longford; and episodes of the television series Byker Grove, Cold Feet and EastEnders. Hooper was nominated for DGA Awards for his mini-series John Adams and his feature film Les Misérables. He took home both the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film and the Academy Award for "Best Director" for his 2010 film The King's Speech. Hooper has been a member of the DGA since 2006. Photos: 1. Directors Tom Hooper and Taylor Hackford (moderator) in New York. 2. Directors Tom Hooper and Michael Apted (moderator) in Los Angeles. photo by Krista Kennell See video from these Q&As at www.dga.org. photo by Shane Karns Alejandro G. Iñárritu on The Revenant A frontiersman embarks on an epic mission of survival and vengeance in Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's new adventure feature The Revenant. Inspired by true events, Iñárritu's film tells the story of legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who was left for dead by members of his own hunting party after being savagely mauled by a bear. Vowing to survive the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), Glass must use sheer will to endure a vicious winter in uncharted wilderness, becoming the living definition of the term revenant: a visible ghost or animated corpse believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living. On November 23 following the DGA screening in Los Angeles, Iñárritu spoke about the challenges of bringing this story to the screen in a conversation moderated by Director Michael Mann. Iñárritu also spoke about the film in a conversation with Director Darren Aronofsky following the DGA membership screening in New York on November 25. In addition to The Revenant, Iñárritu's work includes the feature films Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Biutiful. He was nominated for both the DGA Award and an Oscar for his 2006 feature film Babel. He took home both the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film and the Academy Award for "Best Director" for his 2014 film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He also won a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for "Best Job" (Proctor and Gamble) in 2012. Iñárritu has been a member of the DGA since 2002. Photos: 1. Directors Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Darren Aronofsky (moderator) in New York. 2. Directors Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Michael Mann (moderator) Los Angeles. photo by Marcie Revens See video from these Q&As at www.dga.org. photo by Howard Wise