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22.12.2022 - 20:37 / deadline.com
Mark Hansson and Valdez Flagg will be honored at the 75th Annual DGA Awards for their career achievements and “extraordinary service” to the guild. Hansson, a veteran first assistant director, will receive the Frank Capra Achievement Award, and Flagg, a longtime stage manager, will receive the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.
“Mark Hansson and Valdez Flagg have steadfastly worked to support the rights of their fellow members while being two of the top directorial team professionals in our industry for more than 30 years,” said DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. “The Guild thrives when talented members like Mark and Valdez step up and contribute to their Councils, Committees and our Guild priorities for the benefit of all members.”
Hansson, a DGA member since 1990, has more than 130 assistant director credits. His television AD work has been recognized on productions that have received seven DGA Award nominations – Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tiger Cruise and American Mall – as well as Emmy and other awards-nominated shows such as Masters of Sex, Glee, Happy Endings, The Boys, Lucifer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and In the Heat of the Night. His film work includes Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls; Christopher Ashley’s Come from Away, and Kenny Ortega’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year, as well as movies for television such as Bruce Beresford’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.
His work for the DGA began not long after graduating from the Assistant Directors Training Program and joining the guild. As a member of the AD/UPM Council, he worked on committees including serving as founder and chair of DGA West Coast 1st AD Committee since 2005; acting as member of the Council’s Education Committee, including its
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