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Peele, Gerwig and Del Toro vying for Directors Guild Award

Greta Gerwig arrives at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 21, 2018 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Gerwig is among the nominees at the Directors Guild Awards, being held Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig and Guillermo del Toro are among those vying for the top honor from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday at the 70th annual DGA dinner and ceremony in Beverly Hills.

The Directors Guild Awards are often a reliable predictor of who will walk away with the best director Oscar at the Academy Awards. Last year “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle won both.

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” director Martin McDonagh and “Dunkirk” director Christopher Nolan are also competing in the feature film category. All but McDonagh are nominated for a directing Oscar.

Judd Apatow is hosting the untelevised ceremony which also awards achievements in commercial, scripted series and live television directing. Aziz Ansari is among those nominated for directing a comedy series.