Anora director Sean Baker accepted the top prize at the 77th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday.
Baker’s, 53, independent film continued to gain Oscar momentum as it won the DGA Award for Theatrical Feature.
‘I feel like the luckiest guy in the world to be able to do thing I knew I wanted to do since I was 5 years old,’ he told the crowd as he accepted the award, as per Variety.
Anora stars Mikey Madison as an adult dancer who impetuously marries the son of a Russian oligarch, only to have his handlers go to shocking ends to annul the marriage.
Meanwhile Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard, 72, gave a surprise shout-out to lead star Karla Sofía Gascón as he accepted the DGA medallion for his nomination in the top prize category.
Audiard thanked ‘his beloved actresses’ despite her recent controversy, as Gascón’s offensive tweets have threatened to derail the film’s awards hopes.
Anora director Sean Baker, 53, accepted the top prize at the 77th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday
Meanwhile Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard, 72, gave a surprise shout-out to lead star Karla Sofía Gascón as he accepted the DGA medallion for his nomination in the top prize category
The French filmmaker said, via translator, ‘The last word is for my wonderful cast, my beloved actresses, Karla, Zoë, Selena, Adriana and Edgar, who is not an actress.’
The mention of Gascón was particularly surprising in light of his recent interview with Deadline, where he stated, ‘I haven’t spoken to her, and I don’t want to.’
