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DGA Announces Doc Nominees

by Peter Knegt (January 9, 2009)

The Directors Guild of America has announced their annual award nominees in the documentary film category. The nominees are Gonzalo Arijon for “Stranded: I’ve Come From A Plane That Crashed on the Mountains,” Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricia Lanfranco for “The Judge and the General,” Ari Folman for “Waltz with Bashir,” Peter Gilbert and Steve James for “At the Death House Door,” and James Marsh for “Man on Wire.”
posted on January 9, 2009
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