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Awards Calendar Update – DGA to at Last Have Influence Over Academy Nominees

by Sasha Stone
September 18, 2018
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Awards Calendar Update – DGA to at Last Have Influence Over Academy Nominees
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You have to be a serious Oscar wonk to care about this. In fact, I don’t think a single other person does except me. Does anyone remember in 2012 how the Oscar voters did not have the DGA’s influence when they cast their ballots, which was how Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck, both DGA nominees, missed. Sure they might have missed otherwise – but doubtful. For decades, the DGA announced their nominees, then Oscar voters in the directing branch cast their ballots.

But this year – Lo! At last, for the first time since 2012, that’s six years later, the DGA will announce their awards on January 8th, and the Oscar voters must turn in their ballots on January 14. That’s six days, more than enough time to vibe what the DGA has decided are the five best of the year.

Of course, I can’t pretend it has had much effect on the directing race except for 2012, when only Ang Lee for Life of Pi and Steven Spielberg for Lincoln matched. In the years since, there hasn’t been much of a disconnect to warrant freaking out about – just one name missing in a given year, which is how it always went before that anyway.

I just sort of like to keep things lined up neatly in a row as they’ve always been. And this felt unpredictable to me, and that made it sloppy.

But not to fear. It’s all copacetic this year because there will be lots of time.

Let’s look at the timeline for the majors, shall we?

SAG Awards Voting Begins (Nov 15)
Golden Globes Voting Opens (Nov 21)
DGA Online Voting Begins (Nov 26)
National Board of Review (Nov 27)
Golden Globes – Ballots Due (Dec 2)
Golden Globes – Nominations Announced (Dec 6)
SAG Awards – Voting Ends (Dec 9)
SAG Awards Nominations Announced (Dec 12)
PGA Awards Voting Begins ( Dec 13)
Golden Globes Final Ballots Mailed (Dec 17)
SAG – Final Voting Begins (Dec 8)
Golden Globes Final Ballots Due (Jan 2)
PGA Awards Voting Ends (Jan 3)
PGA Awards Nominations Announced (Jan 4)
PGA Awards Final Voting Begins (Jan 4)
Golden Globes Awards Ceremony (Jan 6)
DGA Voting Deadline (Jan 7)
Oscars – Voting Begins (Jan 7)
DGA – Nominees Announced (Jan 8)
DGA – Online Voting Begins (Jan 8)
Oscars – Voting Closes (Jan 14)
PGA Awards – Final Voting Closes (Jan 18)
PGA Awards – (Jan 19)

Phase 2 – After Nominations
Oscars – Nominations Announced (Jan 22)
SAG Awards Final Ballots Due
SAG Awards (Jan 27)
DGA – Final Ballot Deadline (Feb 1)
DGA Awards (Feb 2)
Cinema Audio Society Final Voting Ends (Feb 6)
Oscars – Final Voting Begins (Feb 12)
Oscars Final Voting Closes (Feb 19)
Oscars Ceremony (Feb 24)

Once again, the Golden Globes will have their ceremony BEFORE Oscar ballots are due, which makes them in the prime spot to influence how the awards go – if, for no other reason, that they operate as a kind of dress rehearsal. How good does it feel to, say, watch Guillermo del Toro win? Turns out, kind of good.

The SAG Awards and the DGA Awards all come after the Oscar nominations and can’t impact those. They can, however, impact final Oscar voting. Mais, bien sur.

Generally, Oscar peeps look at the DGA and the Academy’s Director branch a wee bit differently. Here is how they’ve gone in the past ten years:

Guillermo del Toro, Shape of Water  Guillermo del Toro, Shape of
Water+
Jordan Peele, Get Out  Jordan Peele, Get Out
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk  Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird  Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards  Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Bad sign for Martin McDonagh to miss there – that made a Three Billboards win a longer shot, with or without ensuing shitstorm.

2016

Damien Chazelle, La La Land  Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchster by the Sea  Kenneth Lonergan, Manchster by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight  Barry Jenkins, Moonlight+
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival  Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Garth Davis, Lion  Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson, clearly more popular within the directing branch — roughly 400 members, than the DGA — which has roughly 15,000 members.

2015

The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Big Short, Adam McKay The Big Short, Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
The Martian, Ridley Scott Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy Spotlight, Tom McCarthy+

And fans of The Martian were saddened when he missed with the Academy, who preferred Room to The Martian. I can’t explain it. Don’t ask me to.

2014

Richard
Linklater, Boyhood*
Richard Linklater,
Boyhood
Alejandro G.
Inarritu, Birdman+
Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman+
Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, Imitation Game Morten Tyldum, Imitation Game
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Here we have that other weird thing where Foxcatcher is the ONLY MOVIE since the advent of the preferential ballot to get a Best Directing nomination and not a Best Picture nomination. Weird, right? Right. Rare for a film now to win Director+Picture but it does sometimes still happen. Those Three Amigos are coming for ALL of the Oscars.

2013

Alfonso
Cuaron, Gravity
Alfonso Cuaron,
Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave+ Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave+
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips* Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle* David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street* Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

This turned out to be one of the hardest years to predict – a bit like the Spotlight year – because both 12 Years AND Gravity won the Producers Guild. Smart money was on the split, though. Gravity doesn’t have enough actors in it. Actors rule the Academy.

2012

Steven
Spielberg, Lincoln*
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Ang Lee, Life of Pi* Ang Lee, Life of
Pi
Ben Affleck,
Argo+
David O. Russell, Silver Linings*
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty* Michael Haneke Amour*
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables* Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild*

That wacky year no one could figure out – here it is, in all of its glory. You’ll notice no Argo on the right. Quite rare indeed, lest we ever forget. But otherwise, all of these movies were nominated for Best Picture.

2011

Michel
Hazanavicius, The Artist
Michel
Hazanavicius, The Artist+
Martin Scorsese, Hugo Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Alexander Payne, The Descendants Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Terrence Malick, Tree of Life

This year sucked balls for me personally, as everyone knows. Kind of old school Oscar here. Can you imagine what Twitter would do if Woody Allen ever got nominated again though?

2010

Tom
Hooper The King’s Speech
Tom
Hooper the King’s Speech+
David Fincher, Social Network David Fincher, Social Network*
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan*
David O’Russell, The Fighter David O’Russell, The Fighter*
Christopher Nolan, Inception* The Coens, True Grit*

The Social Network should have won. And that is all.

2009

Kathryn
Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Bigelow,
Hurt Locker+
Lee Daniels, Precious Lee Daniels, Precious*
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Jason Reitman, Up in the Air*
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds*
Jim Cameron, Avatar Jim Cameron, Avatar*

The rare matching 5/5 year.

2008

Danny
Boyle, Slumdog
Danny
Boyle, Slumdog+
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon*
Gus Van Sant, Milk Gus Van Sant, Milk*
David Fincher, Benjamin Button David Fincher, Benjamin Button*
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Stephen Daldry, The Reader*

Pre-expanded ballot, they still found a way to fuck over Christopher Nolan.

So, for this year – I would be very surprised if these names were not on both the DGA and the Oscar list for Best Director:

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Damien Chazelle, First Man

Probably your next tier for DGA, maybe both, would be:

Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born

And then there are the wild cards, like Adam McKay’s Vice. Academy voters tend a little more towards esoteric. DGA might go for Ryan Coogler for Black Panther – and if given a week to bake, the Academy might go for him too — but here is where we have to address the Spike Lee vs. Ryan Coogler situation. BlackKklansman vs. Black Panther. Both are going to need a push. If both get in, who of the four mentioned above get bumped? Farrelly, you might say? Well, then, Green Book can’t win Best Picture. Let’s not forget Yorgos Lanthimos or the possibility of Steve McQueen with Widows.

You see how fast shit gets real? It gets REAL real fast.

Me, I’m thinking Spike Lee gets it because he’s been at this what, 30 years, and never a DGA nomination OR an Oscar nod for Directing. Ryan Coogler has lots of time ahead of him. If it’s me, I vote for Spike. But it isn’t me – and all of the Oscar bloggers I know are all over Black Panther, which they will push hard. I’d like to see Spike get a Best Directing nomination because he deserves it, goddamned it. But if he doesn’t, if they go for four white guys and Cuaron – it’s either going to be Adam McKay taking that fifth slot, or maybe — a wild card choice here would be Marielle Heller for Can You Ever Forgive Me?

That’s all I know, Oscar watchers. Stay tuned and watch this space.

 

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