13/01/2012

Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist [+see also:
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For the record, Michel Hazanavicius also features among the five nominated by the Directors Guild of America for the title of Director of the Year (along with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Alexander Payne) and Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), the producer of the The Artist, was kept in the shortlist of the Producers Guild of America in the running for the award of Producer of the Year (Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures). These awards will be granted on January 21.

(Translated from French)