Inarritu is the first
I spoke this morning to Jesse Heistand, assistant director of communications at Directors Guild of America, and after some checking he confirmed that Babel helmer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is the first Mexican director ever to be nominated for a DGA Best Director award.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 11, 2007 at 10:41 AM
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ArchiveGuy
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Was there ever any doubt about this? Or are you including any DGA category (not just feature films)?
Posted by ArchiveGuy
at January 11, 2007 10:52 AM
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cobhome
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He was also the first Mexican to receive an award at Cannes - was in Mexico when it happened and it was jubilant front page news -
Posted by cobhome
at January 11, 2007 2:21 PM