Alfonso Cuarón Wins DGA Award For Best Feature Director
The Directors Guild of America handed out its awards tonight for directorial achievement in 2013. Alfonso Cuarón took the top prize, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, for his work on Gravity. That all but locks him in as the Best Director Oscar winner. Steven Soderbergh won as best director of a TV movie or mini-series for Behind the Candelabra, and Vince Gilligan won the award for direction in a dramatic series for the Breaking Bad episode 'Felina,' beating out fellow Breaking Bad nominee Bryan Cranston, and also David Fincher, who was nominated for the pilot of House of Cards.
Read the full list of winners below.
Feature FilmAlfonso Cuaron ("Gravity")
Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips")
Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave")
David O. Russell ("American Hustle")
Martin Scorsese ("The Wolf of Wall Street")
Documentary Feature
Zachary Heinzerling ("Cutie and the Boxer")
Jehane Noujaim ("The Square")
Joshua Oppenheimer ("The Act of Killing")
Sarah Polley ("Stories We Tell")
Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel")
Comedy Series
Mark Cendrowski, "The Big Bang Theory" (for the episode "The Hofstadter Insufficiency")
Bryan Cranston, "Modern Family" (for the episode "The Old Man & the Tree)
Gail Mancuso, "Modern Family" (for the episode "My Hero")
Beth McCarthy-Miller, "30 Rock" (for the episode "Hogcock/Last Lunch")
Anthony Rich, "The Big Bang Theory" (for the episode "The Love Spell Potential")
Reality Programs
Matthew Bartley, "The Biggest Loser"
Neil P. DeGroot, "72 Hours"
Paul Starkman, "Top Chef"
J. Rupert Thompson, "The Hero"
Bertram van Munster, "The Amazing Race"
Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Specials
Louis C.K., "Louis C.K.: Oh My God"
Joel Gallen, "2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony"
Louis J. Horvitz, "The 55th Annual Grammy Awards"
Don Mischer, "The 85th Annual Academy Awards"
Glenn Weiss, "The 67th Annual Tony Awards"Children's Programs
Stephen Herek, "Jinxed"
Jeffrey Hornaday, "Teen Beach Movie"
Jonathan Judge, "Swindle"
Amy Schatz, "An Apology to Elephants"
Adam Weissman, "A.N.T. Farm"
Variety/Talk/News/Sports
Dave Diomedi, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
Andy Fisher, "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
Jim Hoskinson, "The Colbert Report"
Don Roy King, "SNL"
Chuck O'Neil, "The Daily Show"
Movie for TV and Miniseries
Stephen Frears, "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight"
David Mamet, "Phil Spector"
Beth McCarthy-Miller & Rob Ashford ("The Sound of Music Live!")
Nelson McCormick, "Killing Kennedy"
Steven Soderbergh, "Behind the Candelabra"Dramatic Series
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" (for the episode "Blood Money")
David Fincher, "House of Cards" (for the episode "Chapter 1")
Vince Gilligan, "Breaking Bad" (for the episode "Felina")
Lesli Linka Glatter, "Homeland" (for the episode "The Star")
David Nutter, "Game of Thrones" (for the episode "The Rain of Castamere")
Commercials
Fredrik Bond, "Voyage" for Heineken and "From the Future" for Johnny Walker
John X. Carey, "Real Beauty Sketches" for Dove
Martin de Thurah, "The Man Who Couldn't Slow Down" for Hennessy and "Human Race" for Acura
Matthijs van Heijningen, "Perfect Day" for Playstation and "48" for Verizon"
Noam Murro, "Basketball" for Guinness and "Kids" for DIRECTV and "Mask" for VW
Here's the spot for which Bond won:
Franklin J Schaffner Achievement Award: Vincent DeDario (presented by Keith Jackson)Robert B. Aldrich Award for Service: Steven SoderberghFrank Capra Achievement Award: Lee BlaineDiversity Award: Shonda Rhimes & Betsy Beers