'Deadpool', 'La La Land' Directors Are Among DGA Award Nominees
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'Deadpool' director Tim Miller is nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film, while 'La La Land' director Damien Chazelle is vying for Achievement in Feature Film.

AceShowbiz - "Deadpool" continues to surprise people. Director Tim Miller scores a nomination for the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, alongside possible Oscars contenders such as Damien Chazelle ("La La Land") and Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight"). The anti-superhero movie is nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film category.

"They say that 'the only thing that stays the same is change,' and that's especially true when it comes to the art of filmmaking when driven by fresh viewpoints and new methods," says DGA President Paris Barclay.

Meanwhile, Damien Chazelle is nominated in Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film category, together with Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight"), Kenneth Lonergan ("Manchester by the Sea"), Denis Villeneuve ("Arrival") and Garth Davis ("Lion"). Davis is also vying for Best First-Time Feature Award alongside Miller, Kelly Fremon Craig ("The Edge of Seventeen"), Nate Parker ("The Birth of a Nation") and Dan Trachtenberg ("10 Cloverfield Lane").

DGA has 16,000 members in film, television and commercial media, making it one of the largest precursor bodies on the Oscar circuit. Most of DGA nominees have a big chance to get nominated for Oscars. Alejandro G. Innaritu became the first director who nabbed both DGAs and Oscars in consecutive years, for "Birdman" in 2015 and "The Revenant" in 2016.

"These phenomenal filmmakers have captured our hearts and minds, breathing life into stories rarely told and revealing worlds rarely seen," says Barclay. "What makes this recognition truly special is the knowledge that these five directors have made a lasting impression on their peers-directors and members of the director's team who intimately understand the blood, sweat and tears necessary to create a feature film."

DGA Awards will be held on Saturday, February 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

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