The Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards ke 66 baru saja mengumumkan daftar pemenang mereka dan yang paling terutama untuk diketahui tentunya siapa peraih Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. Menilik sejarah, biasanya peraih penghargaan ini sudah terkunci untuk memenangi Oscar pula. Di tahun 2014, penghargaan diraih oleh sutradara berdarah Meksiko, Alfonso Cuarón, untuk kinerja luar biasanya di film drama-thriller-luar angkasa, Gravity.
Ini merupakan nominasi pertama Cuarón di ajang DGA Awards, meskipun sebelumnya telah meraih nominasi Oscar untuk film-film Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) dan Children of Men (2006).
Kemenangan Cuarón di DGA Awards ini menyusul beberapa kemenangan lain yang diperolehnya sebagai sutradara terbaik berkat Gravity, yaitu:
Feature Film
Alfonso 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” untuk Johnny Walker
John X. Carey, “Real Beauty Sketches” untuk Dove
Martin de Thurah, “The Man Who Couldn’t Slow Down” for Hennessy and “Human Race” untuk Acura
Matthijs van Heijningen, “Perfect Day” untuk Playstation dan “48″ for Verizon”
Noam Murro, “Basketball” untuk Guinness dan “Kids” untuk DIRECTV dan “Mask” untuk VW