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 Iñarritu, who won the Oscar last year for directing
"Birdman," was nominated this year for his Pioneer-era tale "The
Revenant," which was filmed in freezing conditions and primitive
landscapes.
Scott, 78, who has yet to win an Oscar over a career spanning
six decades, is nominated for space adventure "The Martian,"
about an astronaut stranded on Mars.
Iñarritu was named best drama director at the Golden Globes on
Sunday while Scott won best comedy/musical film director.
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Also nominated by the DGA on Thursday was director Tom McCarthy
for "Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's probe into the
Catholic Church's cover-up of child molestation; Adam McKay for
comedy "The Big Short," exploring the 2007 U.S. financial
collapse, and Australian director George Miller for gritty
action film "Mad Max: Fury Road."
The DGA nominations, voted for by a group of Hollywood
directors, many of whom are also Oscar voters, come ahead of
Thursday's Academy Award nominations.
Since 1948, only seven winners of the DGA prize have failed to
go on to win the best director Oscar.
The directors of "Carol," "Bridge of Spies" and "Creed," were
among those failing to make the DGA's list this time.
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The DGA also nominated five filmmakers for directing a first-time
feature film in 2015, including actor Joel Edgerton, who turned
director for thriller "The Gift."
The category also includes British filmmaker Alex Garland for sci-fi
thriller "Ex Machina," Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes for "Son of
Saul," Brazilian newcomer Fernando Coimbra for "A Wolf at the Door,"
and Marielle Heller for coming-of-age tale "The Diary of a Teenage
Girl."
Despite a recent backlash against the lack of diversity both on and
off screen in Hollywood, Heller was the only woman to be nominated
in either category.
( Story corrects name of director to Tom McCarthy, not Hooper, in
paragraph 5)
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Jill Serjeant and G Crosse)
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