'Hurt Locker's' Bigelow wins top honor from Directors Guild
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Kathryn Bigelow was the big winner at the Directors Guild of America awards on Saturday night. "The Hurt Locker" director was honored before more than 1,600 guests at a ceremony hosted by Carl Reiner and can now be considered the front-runner for the Academy Awards.
Bigelow was competing against ex-husband and "Avatar" director James Cameron; "Precious" director Lee Daniels; "Up in the Air" director Jason Reitman and "Inglourious Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino.
In the documentary category, Louie Psihoyos won for directing the documentary "The Cove."
Other winners:
TV drama series: Lesli Linka Glatter for "Mad Men" (AMC).
TV comedy series: Jason Winer for "Modern Family."
Musical variety: Don Mischer for "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" (HBO).
Daytime serials: Christopher Goutman for "As the World Turns" (CBS).
Reality TV: Craig Borders for "Build It Bigger" (Discovery Science).
Children's programming: Allison Liddi-Brown for "Princess Protection Program" (Disney Chanel).
Commercials: Tom Kuntz.
First Published January 31, 2010 6:03 pm
