Directors Guild of America unveils nominees

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Ben Affleck earned a nod for directing political thriller⁵ "Argo, " along with Kathryn Bigelow for Osama bin⁶ Laden-themed actioner " Zero Dark Thirty," Tom Hooper for star-stud musical "Les Miserables," Ang Lee for 3-D fantasy film "Life of Pi" and Steven Spielberg for biopic "Lincoln."

Spielberg led the nominees⁷ as he has reaped a total of 11 nominations along the trail. He failed to translate the nomination² into award last year. Bigelow, Hooper and Lee were all previous winners of the DGA award for "The Hurt Locker⁸" (2009), "The King's Speech" (2010) and "Brokeback Mountain" (2005) respectively.

This is Affleck's first nomination in contention⁹ for one of the Hollywood's top awards.

Some helmers of tentpoles have been conspicuously¹⁰ missing from the list, including previous nominees of Quentin Tarantino (" Django Unchained"), David O. Russell ("Silver Linings¹¹ Playbook") and Paul Thomas Anderson ("The Master"). Wes Anderson, who helmed "Moonrise Kingdom," also failed to make the list.

The award has been regarded as a reliable precursor¹² to the winners of the best Oscar director. All winners except six have gone on to score the Oscar in the award's 64 year of history.

The 65th annual DGA Awards will be held Feb. 2 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom¹³ at Hollywood & Highland¹⁴ in Hollywood, California.

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