Public Appearance
Third Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
David and his wife Sue attended the Third Annual Directors Guild of America Awards on Sunday June 9, 2002 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
The Directors Guild of America celebrated individuals and organizations that have made distinguished contributions to America's culture in support of filmmaking and television.
The DGA Honors were originally scheduled for November 17th, 2001 and were postponed following the tragic events of September 11th. The National Board of the DGA voted unanimously to donate $100,000 to aid the victims of the attacks to the September 11 Fund.
One of the honorees was Elliot Silverstein, Director
The DGA website states:
The John Huston Award was established by the DGA's Artists Rights Foundation in 1993 to advance the cause that Director John Huston passionately believed in and for which he campaigned throughout his lifetime – artists' rights. Elliot Silverstein has served as President of the Artists Rights Foundation since its inception in 1991. He has earned many directing credits including Cat Ballou, starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, which won an Academy Award for Marvin; The Happening, starring Faye Dunaway; and A Man Called Horse, starring Richard Harris, which was awarded Best Western of the Year by the Western Heritage Center. His theater credits include directing the world premiere, Trouble in Tahiti, an opera by Leonard Bernstein, A Swim in the Sea by Jess Gregg and Maybe Tuesday by Mel Tolkin.
