Wood Nominated for DGC Award for Stargate Atlantis

Martin Wood directs Jason Momoa
Director Martin Wood works with actor Jason Momoa


The following notice is from The Hollywood Reporter:

Canadian directors vie for guild award
Directors Guild of Canada honor bestowed in the fall

By Etan Vlessing
Aug 11, 2008, 04:58 PM ET

TORONTO — David Cronenberg (“Eastern Promises”), Denys Arcand (“The Age of Darkness”), Jeremy Podeswa (“Fugitive Pieces”) and Kari Skogland (“The Stone Angel”) will compete for the best director trophy at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards in the fall, organizers said Monday.

The Canadian guild, which honors product shot by Canadians, also awarded noms in the best telefilm or miniseries category to David Wu for “Iron Road,” Ken Girotti for “Mayerthorpe,” John N. Smith for “The Englishman’s Boy” and Quebec helmer Charles Biname for “The Trojan Horse.”

The TV series competition will see Stephen Surjik compete for his work on “Intelligence,” Holly Dale for “Durham County,” James Marshall with “Smallville” and Martin Wood for “Stargate Atlantis.”

The DGC awards will be handed out Nov. 8 in Toronto.

It should also be noted that Ken Girotti has also directed for both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but was nominated in a different category. Additionally, director Holly Dale helmed the Atlantis Season One episode “Home” and is in direct competition with Wood in the same category, but for a different show.

Congratulations to all the directors and here’s hoping that Martin Wood wins for his work on our Stargate Atlantis!

[Image from MGM Official Stargate website.]