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.
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
