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The Directors Guild of America on Saturday night named Kathryn Bigelow best director of 2009 for The Hurt Locker, elevating her film into the favorite's role to win the best picture Oscar on March 7. The DGA Awards have become one of the most dependable forecasters for the Academy Awards -- the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the DGA have disagreed just six times in the last 61 years.
Not only is the DGA Award the first guild win for the 58-year-old filmmaker, it is the first time a woman has won the award. Bigelow already has received the majority of critics' awards this year for her work on the harrowing Iraq war drama, including those from the Los Angeles Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. In addition, she is nominated for the best director award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The Hurt Locker also received a BAFTA nomination for best picture, and won the Producers Guild of America's Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award last week.
Not only is the DGA Award the first guild win for the 58-year-old filmmaker, it is the first time a woman has won the award. Bigelow already has received the majority of critics' awards this year for her work on the harrowing Iraq war drama, including those from the Los Angeles Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. In addition, she is nominated for the best director award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The Hurt Locker also received a BAFTA nomination for best picture, and won the Producers Guild of America's Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award last week.
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