Last night the Directors Guild Awards (DGA) were handed out in Hollywood - and I'm so happy to report that Kathryn Bigelow received the Best Director nod for 'The Hurt Locker'. She is the first woman ever to win the DGA!I followed along on twitter and it was so neat to see the following first-hand accounts of the moment the winner was announced:
via @ebertchicago: "Bigelow wins, room erupts."
Kathryn said "This is the most incredible moment of my life!"
58 times in the last 60 years the DGA winner has gone on to win the Academy Award. Keeping my fingers crossed that Kathryn will also win the Academy Award, she deserves it.
Other nominees were James Cameron (Avatar) and her ex-husband, Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), Lee Daniels (Precious) and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds).
Roger Ebert said that "Hard to recall a more popular DGA winner than Kathryn Bigelow. James Cameron was really happy and not just pretending."
Congratulations Kathryn on this well-deserved win and achievement in raising the profile of female directors.
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