'1917' scoops top Hollywood director prize for MendesSam Mendes' '1917' has already scooped the Golden Globe for best drama, and has 10 Oscar nominationsLOS ANGELES: Hollywood's directors handed World War I thriller "1917" their top annual prize Saturday, one of the final major award shows that typically spells success at next month's Oscars. The win makes British auteur Sam Mendes hot favorite for the best director Oscar -- the Directors Guild of America Awards have correctly predicted the victor the past six years running. Alma Har'el ("Honey Boy") won the prize, praising fellow female nominees Mati Diop ("Atlantics") and Melina Matsoukas ("Queen & Slim") as "the future." Around 50 Hollywood women including Amy Schumer, Amy Poehler and Greta Gerwig recently co-signed a letter stating women "are penalized for having children in a way that their male counterparts are not." 'Zeitgeist film'"American Factory," a film about a US Rust Belt factory reopened by a Chinese billionaire, and which was produced by the Obamas, won best documentary.

Source: Bangkok Post January 26, 2020 07:30 UTC