DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 60th Annual DGA Awards Dinner

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:49pm EST 

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DGA President Michael Apted
announced today that Carl Reiner will return as host for the 60th Annual
Directors Guild of America Awards. This year will mark the 21st time Reiner has
hosted the DGA Awards, which will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Also announced were the slate of presenters for the DGA Awards. Confirmed
presenters to date include (in alphabetical order):

 Michael Apted                            Chi McBride
 Josh Brolin                              Debra Messing
 Gil Cates                                Ellen Page*
 Kristin Chenoweth                        Anna Paquin
 Marion Cotillard*                        Carl Reiner -- Host
 Daniel Day-Lewis*                        Amy Ryan*
 Adrian Grenier                           Martin Scorsese
 Emile Hirsch                             Tilda Swinton*
 Hal Holbrook*                            Tom Wilkinson*
 Helen Hunt                               Vanessa Williams
 John Larroquette
* Announced as an Academy Award Nominee this morning.

All five nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films are
also scheduled to attend:

 P.T. Anderson*                           Sean Penn  
 Joel and Ethan Coen*                     Julian Schnabel*  
 Tony Gilroy* 
Three special awards will also be presented at this year's dinner:

 Jay D. Roth -- Honorary Life Membership Award  
 Barbara Roche -- Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award  
 Liz Ryan -- Frank Capra Achievement Award 
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CONTACT:  Directors Guild of America 
          Sahar Moridani
          (310) 289-5333
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