Edward James Olmos Up For Directors Guild Award

LOS ANGELES (January 11, 2007) — Actors Edward James Olmos and Charles S. Dutton are among five nominees for a Directors Guild of America Award in the movies for television category.

Olmos, an Oscar nominee for his role in 1988’s “Stand and Deliver,” was nominated for directing Time Warner Inc.’s HBO movie “Walkout.”

Dutton, an Emmy-winning actor, was nominated for directing an episode of the CBS Corp.-owned Showtime cable channel’s “Sleeper Cell.”

Other nominees are Randa Haines for TNT’s “The Ron Clark Story,” Walter Hill for the AMC miniseries “Broken Trail” and Peter Markle for A&E’s “Flight 93.”

“The work of these five directors underscores the power and impact of an art form that, for more than four decades, has been a cultural touchstone connecting viewing audiences across the nation,” DGA President Michael Apted said in a statement.

The award will be presented Feb. 3.