{"id":7619,"date":"2010-01-31T10:22:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T10:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2010-02-01T01:09:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T01:09:33","slug":"kathryn-bigelow-wins-the-dga-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/01\/31\/kathryn-bigelow-wins-the-dga-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Bigelow wins the DGA Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kathryn Bigelow<\/a><\/strong> won the DGA award<\/a> last night for directing The Hurt Locker<\/a><\/strong> and became the first woman ever to scoop the honour.<\/p>\n

Bigelow beat out fellow nominees<\/a> Lee Daniels (Precious), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) and James Cameron (Avatar).<\/p>\n

Some pundits favoured Cameron after his win at the Golden Globes<\/a> and Avatar’s extraordinary box office success<\/a>, which recently passed Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, The Hurt Locker has been the most acclaimed film of the awards season, winning most of the critics and guild awards that pave the way to the Oscars next month.<\/p>\n

Bigelow’s victory is her 15th award for her work on the film which examines the experiences of a bomb disposal unit in the Iraq War.<\/p>\n

She is now the frontrunner for the Best Director Oscar, which the DGA has correctly predicted for 56 of its 62-year history.<\/p>\n

We should also mention that her directorial team were:<\/p>\n