ROTTEN TOMATOES: Slumdog's Danny Boyle Wins DGA Award

Slumdog's Danny Boyle Wins DGA Award

Does Boyle's win predict Oscar gold?

by Jeff Giles | February 01, 2009

Danny Boyle takes home another win for Best Director from the Director's Guild of America -- could this mean Oscar gold is just around the corner? Read on for full list of winners!

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire
94%

David Fincher

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
71%

Ron Howard

Frost/Nixon
91%

Christopher Nolan

The Dark Knight
94%

Gus Van Sant

Milk
93%

Full DGA winners:

TV drama series: Dan Attias for "The Wire" (HBO)

TV movie: Jay Roach for Recount (HBO)

TV comedy series: Paul Feig for "The Office" (NBC)

Musical variety: Brent "Bucky" Gunts for the Opening Ceremony Beijing 2008, Olympic Summer Games (NBC)

Daytime serials: Larry Carpenter for "One Life to Live" (ABC)

Reality TV: Tony Croll for "America's Next Top Model" (CW)

Documentary: Ari Folman for Waltz With Bashir

Children's programming: Amy Schatz for "Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): 'The Poetry Show' " (HBO)

Commercials: Peter Thwaites

Source: Directors Guild of America

Related Items

Movie:	The Dark Knight
	Frost/Nixon
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Milk
	Slumdog Millionaire

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akatsuki writes:
on Feb 01 2009 04:59 AM

Great to see Danny Boyle win.
This should be the real best director list for oscars. I am rather certain Slumdog will get the top honors for oscars.

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ledawg writes:
on Feb 01 2009 05:57 AM

Well surprise, surprise, another award for "Slumdog". I bet they're getting tired of his stuff. Well, he better make it last till the Oscars. He'll win, we all know it. I'm glad to see "The Dark Knight" at least being nominated. The Oscars are showing they just don't have the balls of other award ceremony's.

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Cory C. writes:
on Feb 01 2009 06:50 AM

I just saw Slumdog on Friday night and was really impressed. Danny Boyle is an extremely talented director and storyteller and is completely deserving of these awards... I won't be at all surprised if he wins best picture at the Oscars.

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Sarang B. writes:
on Feb 01 2009 10:17 AM

Being from India it's a great pride and honor to have this film receiving so much of glory and awards. I think Danny and his team has captured the right emotions and picture of a boy with big dreamz. Thums up all the way....

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nathanpoitras writes:
on Feb 01 2009 11:35 AM

Best Picture will be between Slumdog and Milk, it's gonna be really close, but I'm going for Milk.

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Sammmy Jankis writes:
on Feb 01 2009 12:38 PM

In reply to this comment (#2295072)
Milk doesn't really have a chance. Slumdog is most likely going to win. The only competition it really has is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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underoath18 writes:
on Feb 01 2009 12:41 PM

I wonder what the discussion for reality tv was like. Who sits around and seriously considers the direction for a show like America's Next Top Model? It would hurt me to be a director and give credit to a show with Tyra Banks on it.

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mrdanny writes:
on Feb 01 2009 02:54 PM

cheers to Danny Boyle. His movies always have such great stories and he has a true love for developing characters. Ive enjoyed all his movies. (yes, even "Sunshine")... Slumdog will sweep!!

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ZiGyStRdUsT writes:
on Feb 01 2009 06:48 PM

Danny Boyle is amazing

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BrokebackYoda writes:
on Feb 01 2009 10:08 PM

I read things like this and I honestly can't tell what you people are high on when you say "Slumdog Millionaire" was a good movie. I would rather have had "The Day the Earth Stood Still" get nominated for Best Picture, and I hated that movie. "Milk" will win because by the time the oscars roll around people will have had enough of this pretentious piece of junk. Saw "The Reader" today. The Academy must be high too. MILK!!!!

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Peter C. writes:
on Feb 01 2009 10:41 PM

Slumdog stands out because it is not a vehicle for Oscars and other awards; it is just a great film by a great director who has no need to point to his own brilliance during our watching of it. Bi-product: it will win. Personally I'm sick of too much "look at me" this season and not enough great films. I'm DGA, WGA and Academy and I'm saddened that Gran Torino did not get a good enough look in. A small film that has just passed $111m domestic. Wouldn't that make it the other "little film that could" for chrissakes???!!! Anyway, the point of this is to congratulate Danny Boyle on a totally deserved win.

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BrokebackYoda writes:
on Feb 02 2009 07:38 AM

Um no. That's EXACTLY what it is. The movie says nothing new. Dannydog Boyle has made ONE good movie. "Trainspotting". Fox is a bunch of greedy little buggers and you know they saw this film as a sure Oscar contenter. Just like "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Juno". Again, two over-rated movies that the Academy nominated because of their "independent" status. Its total crap. If "Slumdog" wins it will be the next "Chicago".

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Peter C. writes:
on Feb 02 2009 08:52 AM

In reply to this comment (#2297004)
...the next Chicago. Meaning?

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arendr writes:
on Feb 02 2009 09:58 AM

I agree that "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Juno" were not worthy of their nominations, but "Slumdog" is a fantastic movie. It would be very deserving were it to win.

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Rishi G. writes:
on Feb 02 2009 10:45 AM

In reply to this comment (#2297004)
I'm glad the majority of the comments agree that Slumdog is truly a fantastic movie on all accounts. Such movies only come once in a blue moon and it would be great if it sweeps the BAFTAs and Oscars just like it has sweeped most of the other award ceremonies this season. Congratulations Danny Boyle, can't wait for your next movie!

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Zippedychick writes:
on Feb 02 2009 11:17 PM

My writing about film class is doing a lot Danny Boyle films this semester so by the end I'll have seen four more of his movies. I saw Millions the other day and loved it, Boyle really does know how to direct children, its pretty cool. And I'm very excited for Slumdog Millionaire to be getting all these awards. It's a very touching movie and visually spectacular a lot of the time. I really hope it wins all the Oscars. And In Bruges because that was honestly my favorite movie of 2008. :)

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daveinboca writes:
on Feb 13 2009 12:58 PM

Bruges was my favorite movie of the year before I saw Slumdog, so I guess Danny-Boy Boyle has got the vibe as far as my Irish eyes are concerned! Slumdog is a jump over the moon as far as flicks in the last decade are concerned and I think you have to be totally contrarian not to get hooked on this amazing awesome flick. I have been to Bombay twice and Mumbai three times since! The famous lake of sewage near the airport was shown by a taxi driver as one of the wonders of Bombay! Is it still there? Or did they make another lake just for the Mumbai shooting of Bombay?

The Hindus raiding the Muslim neighborhood was very searing & the murder of Jamal's mom terrible. Danny B. left out the pigs the Hindus let loose---that would be too realistic, as would be Muslims retaliating by beating cows in Hindu neighborhoods, India is the COMPLEAT trip from an FSO who's been to 50 countries.

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daveinboca writes:
on Feb 13 2009 01:02 PM

Bruges was my favorite movie of the year before I saw Slumdog, so I guess Danny-Boy Boyle has got the vibe as far as my Irish eyes are concerned! Slumdog is a jump over the moon as far as flicks in the last decade are concerned and I think you have to be totally contrarian not to get hooked on this amazing awesome flick. I have been to Bombay twice and Mumbai three times since! The famous lake of sewage near the airport was shown by a taxi driver as one of the wonders of Bombay! Is it still there? Or did they make another lake just for the Mumbai shooting of Bombay?

The Hindus raiding the Muslim neighborhood was very searing & the murder of Jamal's mom terrible. Danny B. left out the pigs the Hindus let loose---that would be too realistic, as would be Muslims retaliating by beating cows in Hindu neighborhoods, India is the COMPLEAT trip from an FSO who's been to 50 countries.

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