PhotoDamien Chazelle, the filmmaker behind “La La Land,” won the best feature prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday night in Los Angeles, pushing the whimsical musical front-runner ever closer to a best picture Oscar win. While “La La Land,” which collected 14 Oscar nominations, tying the record held by both “All About Eve” and “Titanic,” was not a nominee for the top prize, best ensemble, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards – that went to “Hidden Figures” – it did prevail at the Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 28. At this stage of the race, it’s hard to imagine “La La” losing momentum. Ezra Edelman also added to his growing list of trophies this season by taking home the Directors Guild’s best documentary feature award for “O.J. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We all know the story being written now is really, really bad,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, a previous two-time winner, for “Birdman” for “The Revenant” told the audience.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2017 14:11 UTC