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6 I D G A M O N T H L Y Past President Martha Coolidge with Board Member Liz Ryan & Capra winner Marie Cantin. NOMINEES 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 and offi cers of the Guild in an informal atmosphere, preceding the Meet the Nominees: Feature Film symposium. DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, President Paris Barclay, DGA Award Nominees Garth Davis, Denis Villeneuve, Barry Jenkins, Kenneth Lonergan and Damien Chazelle, and Meet the Nominees: Feature Film symposium moderator Jeremy Kagan. President Barclay welcomes the nominees. Feature Film Nominees Lonergan and Chazelle have a chat at the table. Children's Programs Nominee John Schultz and Comedy Series Nominee Dale Stern. Schaffner Award winners: Don Jacob ('06), Barbara Roche ('08), Peery Forbis ('04), Maria Jimenez Henley ('10), Thomas McDermott ('16), C.J. Rapp Pittman ('98), Dency Nelson ('13), Scott Berger ('09), Dennis Mazzocco ('12), Scott Rindenow ('00). AD/SM/PA Council West Chair Tom McDermott & 6th VP John LiBretto. see more photos in the DGA Awards photo galleries online at www.dga.org Chazelle, Barclay, Kagan, Cantin, Villeneuve and Davis chat over breakfast. Variety/Talk/News/Sports Nominee Nora Gerard, Asst. Sec-Trea. Scott Berger & National VP Vince Misiano. First-Time Features Nominee Nate Parker with Jenkins. Roth with DGA First Vice President Betty Thomas.