LOS ANGELES The Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won for his film “The reborn” the prize of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), considered an indicator of the Oscars.
Iñárritu achieved this award three weeks before the Oscars, which crowns the awards season in Hollywood are held.
This is the second consecutive year that the award Iñárritu, a milestone in the history of the awards of DGA takes. In 2015, he succeeded with “Birdman”, a film for which she also was rewarded with an Oscar, said AFP.
In 2014, it was another Mexican Alfonso Cuarón, who managed to “Gravity” recognition DGA, before picking up the statuette for best director at the Academy awards.
Inarritu, 52, has already won a Golden Globe for best director for “the Reborn,” a western starring Leonardo DiCaprio exploring the most basic instincts of human beings, in a context of struggle for survival but also desire for revenge.
the actor plays the trapper Hugh Glass, buried alive by his peers in conquering American west in the 1820s.
the film, which features the eye of director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki Mexico, forced the production team filming in extreme conditions by the polar cold Canadian and Chilean Patagonia .
“I have a lot of luck and, above all, I am very grateful,” Inarritu told colleagues at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
“it’s like getting a embrace of my colleagues, which makes the winter more inviting “he said.
Visibly moved, the director paid tribute to his father who died two years ago and all the Mexican staff working at the hotel.
“These people are not as described by Donald Trump, I assure you,” he said, whipping statements against migrants Republican candidate for the White House.
How Ford or Mankiewicz?
González Iñárritu competed for the award with Tom McCarthy ( “Spotlight”), Adam McKay ( “The big bet”), George Miller ( “Mad Max: Fury Road”) and Ridley Scott ( “the Martian”).
“the Martian” starring Matt Damon, won two golden Globes in January (best comedy and best actor in a comedy for Damon). Scott, 78, has never managed to be awarded either the DGA or the Oscars.
Another of the nominees, “The big bet” is focused on the financial crisis that began in 2008. “Mad Max : Fury Road “is a sequel to the already famous series, while” Spotlight “research tells reporters the Boston Globe on sexual abuse and pedophilia in the Catholic Church
actress. and comedian Jane Lynch presented the gala, which was attended by 1,600 guests. They also took the stage DiCaprio, Damon, Rachel McAdams, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling
The awards season in Hollywood culminate on February 28 with the presentation of the Oscars.
Iñárritu could enter Hollywood history if by “the Reborn” wins his second consecutive Oscar for Best Director, after obtained in 2015 with “Birdman”.
So far only two directors have achieved the feat: John Ford in 1941 and 1942 ( “Grapes of Wrath” and “! How Green Was My Valley”) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1950 and 1951 ( “Letter to three wives” and “evil” or “Eve”).
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