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Guild Awards
The Directors, Producers and Writers Guilds of America
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Directors Guild Awards
68th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Nominations: January 12, 2016
Ceremony: February 6, 2016
My Take
Film
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant WINNER
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director
Alex Garland, Ex Machina WINNER
Fernando Coimbra, A Wolf at the Door
Joel Edgerton, The Gift
Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
László Nemes, Son of Saul
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land WINNER
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Meru
Liz Garbus, What Happened, Miss Simone?
Alex Gibney, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Asif Kapadia, Amy
Producers Guild Awards
27th Annual Producers Guild Awards
Nominations: January 5, 2016
Ceremony: January 23, 2016
My Take
Film
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Big Short WINNER
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Revenant
Straight Outta Compton
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Inside Out WINNER
Anomalisa
The Peanuts Movie
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Amy WINNER
The Look of Silence
Meru
Something Better to Come
Writers Guild Awards
68th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards
Nominations: January 6, 2016
Ceremony: February 13, 2016
My Take
Film
Original Screenplay
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight WINNER
Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies
Taylor Sheridan, Sicario
Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Adapted Screenplay
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short WINNER
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
John McNamara, Trumbo
Documentary Screenplay
Alex Gibney, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief WINNER
Robert Cohen, Being Canadian
Brett Morgen, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Amy J. Berg, Prophet’s Prey