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Christopher Nolan wins top directors award for 'Oppenheimer'

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/02112024 British producer Emma Thomas and British director Christopher Nolan-epa.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">British producer Emma Thomas (L) and British director Christopher Nolan (R) attend the UK premiere of Oppenheimer in central London, Britain, July 13, 2023. <strong id="isPasted"><em>Andy Rain, EPA-EFE/File</em></strong></span></span></span></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States — &quot;Oppenheimer&quot; was named the best film of the year by Hollywood&#x27;s directors on Saturday, boosting expectations that Christopher Nolan&#x27;s long wait for success at the Oscars could soon be over.</p><p>The British director -- who is renowned for making commercially successful, complex blockbusters, but has not always received love from awards voters -- won the top prize at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards in Los Angeles.</p><p>&quot;The idea that my peers would think I deserve this means everything to me,&quot; said Nolan, of his film about the invention of the atomic bomb.</p><p>Nolan had been nominated four times previously for the top accolade from the DGA, but had failed to win for &quot;Memento,&quot; &quot;The Dark Knight,&quot; &quot;Inception&quot; or &quot;Dunkirk.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/23/24/oppenheimer-tops-oscar-nominations-with-13">&#x27;Oppenheimer&#x27; tops Oscar nominations with 13</a></div><p>He will now be hoping he can break a similar losing streak next month at the Oscars, where he has lost all five of his previous nods.</p><p>Nolan lavished praise on his filmmaking team for bringing his hugely ambitious visions -- including a jaw-dropping replica of the first atomic bomb test -- to life over the course of his career.</p><p>&quot;People say &#x27;Christopher Nolan destroyed a real plane&#x27; and &#x27;Christopher Nolan blew up a building,&#x27; or whatever,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Sorry, chaps! It&#x27;s all down to you and your teams. And you were never more on your game than making &#x27;Oppenheimer.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>Eighteen of the past 20 DGA winners have gone on to also win the Oscar for best director that same year. This year&#x27;s Academy Awards take place on March 10.</p><p>The other directors nominated by the DGA for its top prize this year were Martin Scorsese (&quot;Killers of the Flower Moon&quot;), Greta Gerwig (&quot;Barbie&quot;), Yorgos Lanthimos (&quot;Poor Things&quot;) and Alexander Payne (&quot;The Holdovers&quot;).</p><p>Nolan will go head-to-head with Scorsese and Lanthimos again at the Oscars, but notably not Gerwig, whose apparent snubbing by the Academy as director of blockbuster feminist satire &quot;Barbie&quot; caused outrage.</p><p>Gerwig did not address the Oscars controversy Saturday, saying only that recognition &quot;in the company of my heroes&quot; at the DGA gala meant &quot;more to me than I can ever say.&quot;</p><p>Comment on that was left to Jonah Hill, who walked on stage and earnestly began: &quot;Before we begin, it would be irresponsible not to acknowledge the recent tragedies.</p><p>&quot;Of course, I&#x27;m referring to the fact that &#x27;Barbie&#x27; only got eight Academy Award nominations.&quot;</p><p>The DGA prize for best movie from a first-time filmmaker went to another Oscar best picture nominee -- Celine Song&#x27;s &quot;Past Lives.&quot;</p><div><strong>&#x27;POWER&#x27;</strong></div><p>Best documentary went to &quot;20 Days in Mariupol,&quot; which portrayed in harrowing detail the arrival of war to a Ukrainian city that became one of the Russian invasion&#x27;s bloodiest battle sites -- all captured by video journalists under siege.</p><p>&quot;Today, my hometown was bombed and seven people got killed, three of who are children. So it is a sad day,&quot; said director Mstyslav Chernov.</p><p>&quot;At the same time, I recognize the power of cinema... when those people run from the bombs that are falling on them, they sit in the basements, to cope with their fear, they watch films.</p><p>&quot;Cinema not just leaves these stories in history for next generations... it also helps us all to cope with a sometimes unbearable world.&quot;</p><p>The DGA Awards also honor television. &quot;The Last of Us&quot; won the prize for best drama series episode, and &quot;The Bear&quot; won in comedy.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong><em>© Agence France-Presse</em></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2922615"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script></div>

<p>'Oppenheimer' was named the best film of the year by Hollywood's directors on Saturday.</p>

'Oppenheimer' was named the best film of the year by Hollywood's directors on Saturday.