Directors Guild singles out maker of ‘The Artist’
By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer January 29, 2012 10:22PM
Director Michel Hazanavicius arrives at the 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Updated: March 1, 2012 8:41AM
The Directors Guild of America Awards were the latest Hollywood film honors to go silent.
Hollywood’s top filmmakers group presented its feature-film honor Saturday to Michel Hazanavicius for his silent film “The Artist,” giving him the inside track for the best-director prize at the Academy Awards.
“I really love directors. I really have respect for directors. So this is really very moving and touching for me,” said Hazanavicius, whose black-and-white silent charmer cleaned up at earlier Hollywood honors.
First-time nominee Hazanavicius won over a field of guild heavyweights that included past winners Martin Scorsese for “Hugo” and Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris.”
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