Earlier this week, the Directors Guild of America named its nominees for Best Director. Now they've named their nominees for Best Documentary Director. And the nominees are:
- Lixin Fan for Last Train Home
- Charles Ferguson for Inside Job
- Alex Gibney for Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
- Davis Guggenheim for Waiting for "Superman"
- Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger for Restrepo
Among the notable snubs were Banksy for Exit Through the Gift Shop and Amir Bar-Lev's The Tillman Story. It's possible that the DGA's nominees will be the five Oscar nominees as well, but I honestly don't see what's so spectacular about Client 9. Obviously, I'm biased towards Exit Through the Gift Shop, but I think it's the more enduring and thought-provoking work. Winners will be announced Saturday, January 29th. [TheWrap]