Slumdog Millionaire wins Directors Guild of America honor

Success and honor is on full flow for Slumdog Millionaire. Now the mivie has continued its rags-to-riches march through Hollywood's awards season as its filmmaker, Danny Boyle, won the top honor from the Directors Guild of America. Danny Boyle won the DGA's Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Slumdog Millionaire.

The win puts Boyle on the inside track for the same prize at the Academy Awards on February 22, since the guild recipient almost always goes on to win the directing Oscar.

While “Slumdog Millionaire” started as an underdog that nearly went straight to DVD, it has emerged as the Oscar favorite. Audiences have embraced Boyle's tale of a poor boy rising to fame and fortune from the streets of Mumbai, and the film triumphed at the Golden Globes and Producers Guild of America Awards, while taking the prize for best ensemble cast from the Screen Actors Guild.

Backstage, Boyle joked about the fact that his award was presented by Joel and Ethan Coen, who won the prize a year ago for “No Country for Old Men”.


.. for complete details of DGA Award winners, please visit http://www.dga.org/index2.php3

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