Directors Guild Awards offer a peek behind the camera


              FILE - In this May 31, 2015 file photo, Dee Rees arrives at the Critics' Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. While the annual Directors Guild of America awards often herald the eventual Oscar winner in the directing category, the ceremony also offers a rare look at who’s working behind the camera in Hollywood amid the industry’s ongoing discussion about diversity. Of the six nominees for directing a TV miniseries or movie, three are women -  Angela Bassett (“Whitney”), Laurie Collyer (“The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe”) and Rees (“Bessie”) -  the most of any DGA Awards category. Awards will be presented Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Los Angeles.  (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this May 31, 2015 file photo, Dee Rees arrives at the Critics' Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. While the annual Directors Guild of America awards often herald the eventual Oscar winner in the directing category, the ceremony also offers a rare look at who’s working behind the camera in Hollywood amid the industry’s ongoing discussion about diversity. Of the six nominees for directing a TV miniseries or movie, three are women - Angela Bassett (“Whitney”), Laurie Collyer (“The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe”) and Rees (“Bessie”) - the most of any DGA Awards category. Awards will be presented Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - While the annual Directors Guild of America Awards can herald the eventual Oscar winners in the best director and picture categories, Saturday's ceremony in Los Angeles also offers a telling look at who's working behind the camera in Hollywood amid the industry's ongoing discussion about diversity.

Women comprise about 28 percent of nominees for the awards that recognize achievement in directing in various formats, from commercials to TV shows to feature films. There are 13 women and eight non-white nominees among the slate of 47 directors.

The DGA's top category - feature film directing - is exclusively male this year, as is usually the case. Nominees include Alejandro for "The Revenant"; Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"); Adam McKay, "The Big Short"; George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"; and Ridley Scott, "The Martian."

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