{"id":151027,"date":"2018-02-04T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T09:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=151027"},"modified":"2018-02-04T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T09:59:13","slug":"guillermo-del-toro-wins-top-directors-guild-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/04\/guillermo-del-toro-wins-top-directors-guild-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo del Toro wins top Directors Guild Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guillermo del Toro at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California. (Photo By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.\u2014 The fantasy romance \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d added another key prize in its awards season run with Guillermo del Toro’s win at the Directors Guild Awards Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Shape of Water,\u201d about a mute woman who falls in love with an underwater creature, has emerged as the awards season front runner with a Producers Guild Award and a leading 13 Academy Award nominations.<\/p>\n

Del Toro said his movie is one that is, \u201cFull of many reasons why it shouldn’t work and they are the reasons that it works.\u201d He dedicated the honour to his mother and father, who has been ill.<\/p>\n

He won out over fellow directors Greta Gerwig (\u201cLady Bird\u201d), Martin McDonagh (\u201cThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\u201d), Christopher Nolan (\u201cDunkirk\u201d) and Jordan Peele (\u201cGet Out\u201d), although Peele did win the prize for first-time feature film for his blockbuster horror film.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole thing is a very surreal, conflicting experience. This has been the best year of my life hand’s down,\u201d Peele said. \u201cAt the same time I’ve had to balance that with the knowledge that this is not a good year for this country. This is not a good year for many of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other winners Saturday included Matthew Heineman for the documentary \u201cCity of Ghosts,\u201d Jean-Marc Valle for \u201cBig Little Lies,\u201d Reed Morano for \u201cThe Handmaid’s Tale\u201d and Glenn Weiss for directing the 89th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

Morano thanked her producers and Hulu for being, \u201cthe rare people who were seeking the opportunity to work with women instead of fearing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representation and the ongoing cultural shift happening in Hollywood and across the country regarding sexual misconduct was at least an undertone of many of the speeches of the evening, as the topics have been throughout awards season.<\/p>\n

DGA President Thomas Schlamme kicked off the evening addressing the moment head on. He stressed a drive toward respectful and inclusive workplaces and said that \u201cwe must keep our foot firmly on the pedal and not let up\u201d in their \u201cdecades long fight\u201d to ensure the participation of women and people of colour in the director’s chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not just a fight by women for women,\u201d Schlamme said. \u201cThey didn’t create this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DGA, which represents more than 17,000\u00a0entertainment<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0industry professionals, sent its members a set of guidelines detailing procedures for handling sexual harassment on Thursday. The guild also joined the Anita Hill-chaired Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace.<\/p>\n

Heineman, who won for \u201cCity of Ghosts,\u201d about a group of citizen journalists who banded together after ISIS took over their land, took his moment on stage to spotlight those in his documentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the era of fake news where facts seem to be malleable and journalism is under fire, I think it is important to celebrate groups like RBSS (Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently) that are courageously speaking truth to power,\u201d Heineman said.<\/p>\n

The Directors Guild also honours directing live-action and scripted programming and even commercials.<\/p>\n

Niki Caro, who directing the live-action \u201cMulan,\u201d won her first DGA for directing an episode of \u201cAnne with an E\u201d in the children’s programs category. Comedy series directing went to \u201cVeep’s\u201d Beth McCarthy-Miller, who was up against Aziz Ansari in the category. Don Roy King also won a DGA for \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d Brian Smith won for MasterChef and Martin de Thurah was recognized for his commercial work.<\/p>\n

All directors nominated in the feature category are given \u201cnomination medallions\u201d throughout the ceremony, which includes presentations from their cast or collaborators and speeches before the final award is announced. From Gerwig to Peele, all the nominated directors spoke of their pride of being able to call themselves directors and to be in the guild.<\/p>\n

The Directors Guild Awards serve as a reliable predictor for who will eventually win the best director prize at the Academy Awards. Last year, \u201cLa La Land\u201d helmer Damien Chazelle won both prizes. This year, all but McDonagh are nominated in the category (Paul Thomas Anderson took the fifth Oscars spot for directing \u201cPhantom Thread\u201d).<\/p>\n

Del Toro, like Gerwig, Peele and McDonagh, was a first time DGA nominee Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means the world to me, this coming from my peers,\u201d del Toro said.<\/p>\n

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