DGA Awards: Judd Apatow, DGA President Address Lack of Female Director Nominees

McGowan, a prominent activist in the #MeToo movement, attacked Portman in a Facebook post published after the ceremony, in which she branded the outfit “the kind of protest that gets rave reviews from the mainstream media for its bravery”.

Laura Dern just won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her remarkable performance in Marriage Story and while interacting with media, backstage, the actress said she would like to share it with director Greta Gerwig, who could not make it to the list of nominations despite her outstanding work.

Though the year's best in indie film were honored during the 2020 Independent Spirit AwardsSaturday afternoon in Santa Monica, host Aubrey Plaza was quick to celebrate something else: diverse nominees and female directors.Taking the stage for her opening monologue, the host was quick to explain why the Spirit Awards is "so much cooler than the Oscars" because they "recognize female directors." "All two of them," she said."I'm so proud of how diverse this show is.

By Anita Bennett

This year's Oscar nominations announcement brought with it yet another wave of trending for the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag as fans called out the Academy for shutting out people of color from most of the big categories.

Nonprofit initiative Give Her a Break has come up with a unique way to protest about the lack of female directing nominees at this weekend’s Academy Awards.

The Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy spoke for an interview with BBC at the BAFTA 2020 red carpet. The head from Lucasfilm said that they will soon bring on board a female director to helm a Star Wars film. Kathleen Kennedy did not fail to mention that it was high time that a female director steps in to direct a Star Wars feature film. Kennedy also adds that it was time when the Star Wars franchise is led by a female director which will be a change from the non-male view points.

By Erik Pedersen

"We’re cultivating a lot of great talent," says Kathleen Kennedy

Geena Davis doesn’t blame Academy bosses for the lack of women nominated for Best Director at the 2020 Oscars.

The five DGA Award nominated feature film directors held forth Saturday morning on aspects of their craft in advance of the evening’s gala ceremony that will tap one of the five with the union’s highest honor. This year’s nominees shared subject matter — their films this year focused on violence and conflict, as befits our troubled times, and they didn’t score high on diversity, with all of the nominees male and the four U.S.

By David Robb

The ceremony for the 72nd annual Directors Guild of America Awards is currently underway at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

By Patrick Hipes

So, this year’s Oscar nominations have finally been revealed, and it’s safe to say that this year there have been controversies. Following BAFTA coming under fire for its apparent lack of representation in the main categories, the Academy Awards have also sparked outrage for the lack of any female directing nominees in the Best Director category, despite some strong output throughout the year.