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For this episode, in honor of the 71st annual DGA Awards, we're bringing back our annual

series devoted to our popular Meet the nominees feature film symposium. Now in its 28th year,

the event is a roundtable discussion with the directors nominated for the Guild's Award

for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. This year's nominees include Bradley Cooper, the director of A Star Is Born,

Alfonso Quaron, the director of Roma,

Peter Farrelly, the director of Green Book,

Spike Lee, the director of Black Klansman,

and Adam McKay, the director of vice. Each of these talented directors

were gathered on February 2nd at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles to discuss the craft of directing

and the making of their films with moderator Jeremy Kagan. So please enjoy part one of our Meet

the nominees special and listen to the five nominees talk about what

they do the night before a shoot and how they handle the immense pressure that comes with

directing a film.

Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the five nominees for Outstanding Director

of a Feature Film

by the Directors Guild of America.

Thank you.

First of all, I'm honored to be with these five amazing filmmakers.

And I was thinking earlier, I wonder if there's anything in common about all five films.

Two of your films have Alec Baldwin in it, so that's one thing.

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