The Directors Guild of America has nominated Kathryn Bigelow and her action/war movie The Hurt Locker for its top feature award. This means that Bigelow has a strong chance of being nominated for a Best Director Academy Award, and possibly being the first woman to ever win in that category. Bigelow is the seventh female to be nominated by the DGA, ever. Valerie Ferris was the most recent woman nominated, for Little Miss Sunshine along with her co-director Jonathan Dayton.
The DGA, which announced the nods Thursday, will reveal the winner Jan. 30 at its 62nd annual awards gala at the Century Plaza based on voting by its 14,000 members.
