The 2021 Directors Guild Awards took place Saturday, with Chloé Zhao receiving the evening's top honor for Nomadland. Like many other awards shows over the past year, the DGA Awards occurred virtually, with members watching the proceedings unfold via streaming video.
DGA president Thomas Schlamme opened the event by acknowledging the unusual conditions of the pandemic awards season. "Storytelling prevailed," Schlamme said, speaking from inside the guild’s theater on Sunset Boulevard.
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