Directors Guild Awards Offer A Peek Behind The Camera

By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Sat, 02/06/2016 - 10:28am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the annual Directors Guild of America Awards can herald the eventual Oscar winners in the best director and picture categories, Saturday's ceremony also offers a telling look at who's working behind the camera in Hollywood amid the industry's ongoing discussion about diversity. Women comprise about 28 percent of nominees for the awards that recognize achievement in directing in various formats, from commercials to TV shows to feature films. Of the six nominees for directing a TV miniseries or movie, three are women — Angela Bassett ("Whitney"), Laurie Collyer ("The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe") and Dee Rees ("Bessie") — the most of any DGA Awards category.

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