‘The Good Wife’ actor Alan Cumming has been named as the host of this year’s Directors Guild of America awards.
The ninth event to honour filmmakers will be held at the DGA Theater in New York on October 15.
The guild’s President Paris Barclay also revealed a few names scheduled to present the honours, which include Leonardo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Bryce will honour her own father Ron Howard. The ‘A Beautiful Mind’ director, who is also an actor, producer and writer, receives the award “for his countless contributions to American film and television”.
Meanwhile, Tyler Perry will be recognised for his “contributions to film and television including the creation of a thriving production center in Atlanta currently employing hundreds.”
Other recipients are renowned film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 President Thomas J O’Donnell. DiCaprio is honouring Schoonmaker who worked on the actor’s ‘The Aviator’ and ‘The Departed’ among others.
Baldwin will present to O’Donnell who will be honoured for his labour rights efforts and his contributions to production in New York.