Danny Boyle received the Director’s Guild of America award for Slumdog Millionaire last night. That definitely puts him ahead of the pack for the big nod by the Academy– since its beginnings in 1948, the DGA award has only gone to 6 directors who did not go on to win the Oscar for that year.
Ari Folman won the best documentary award for Waltz with Bashir, which is up for Best Foreign-Language Film at the Oscars. Best television film/miniseries award went to Jay Roach for Recount.
Complete list of DGA awards and more about the evening’s festivities at the Hollywood Reporter.
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