Aljejandro G. Inarritu Wins Directors Guild Award For Birdman

Laura Poitras takes the documentary award for Citizenfour

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by James White |
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The awards season is cruising towards its big finish with the Oscars in a couple of weeks, but there has still been room for some of the other big trophy sessions. The Directors Guild handed out its awards at the weekend and** Birdman**’s Alejandro G. Iñárritu took home the main film prize.

“I never expected to be here tonight talking to you — never,” he said in his acceptance speech Saturday night at the Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles. “I am openly humbled.” Inarritu beat the likes of Richard Linklater, Clint Eastwood, Morten Tyldum and Wes Anderson, raising the very real likelihood that he’ll be taking the stage at the Academy Awards.

Laura Poitras won the documentary film-directing award for her Edward Snowden film Citizenfour, while female directors also did well on the TV front, with Homeland’s Lesli Linka Glatter scoring a win for television drama, Jill Soloway nabbing the comedy award for Transparent and Lisa Cholodenko lifting a prize for miniseries Olive Kitteridge.

Here are the main winners:

FEATURE FILM

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Clint Eastwood, American Sniper

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

DOCUMENTARY

**Laura Poitras, Citizenfour **

Dan Krauss, The Kill Team

John Maloof, Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier

Jesse Moss, The Overnighters

Orlando von Einsiedel, Virunga

DRAMATIC SERIES

Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland, “From A To B And Back Again”

Dan Attias, Homeland, “13 Hours In Islamabad”

Jodie Foster, House Of Cards, “Chapter 22″

Cary Fukunaga, True Detective, “Who Goes There”

Alex Graves, Game Of Thrones, “The Children”

COMEDY SERIES

Jill Soloway, Transparent, “Best New Girl”

Louis C.K., Louie, “Elevator: Part 6″

Jodie Foster, Orange Is The New Black, “Thirsty Bird”

Mike Judge, Silicon Valley, “Minimum Viable Product”

Gail Mancuso, Modern Family, “Vegas”

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINISERIES

**Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge **

Rob Ashford (directed by)/Glenn Weiss (live television direction by), Peter Pan Live!

Uli Edel, Houdini

Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart

Michael Wilson, The Trip To Bountiful

VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

Dave Diomedi, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, “Episode #1″

Paul G. Casey, Real Time With Bill Maher, “#1226″

Jim Hoskinson, The Colbert Report, “#11040″

Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live, “Host JimCarrey/Musical Guest Iggy Azalea”

Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, “Open Carrying To The Midterms”

VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS

Glenn Weiss, The 68th Annual Tony Awards

Hamish Hamilton, The 86th Annual Academy Awards

Louis J. Horvitz, The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Des McAnuff, Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays

Rich Russo, Super Bowl XLVIII

REALITY PROGRAMS

Anthony B. Sacco, The Chair, “The Test”

Bertram Van Munster/Jack Cannon/Elise Doganieri, The Quest, “One True Hero”

Neil DeGroot, The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1613″

Steve Hryniewicz, Top Chef, “The First Thanksgiving”

Adam Vetri, Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge, “Welcome To The Gun Show”

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

Jonathan Judge, 100 Things To Do Before High School, “Pilot”

Paul Hoen, How To Build A Better Boy

Vince Marcello, American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into The Spotlight

Joey Mazzarino, Sesame Street, “4504 Numericon”

Amy Schatz, Saving My Tomorrow, “Part 1 And 2″

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