Anderson, Eastwood, Inarritu up for Directors Guild honor

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominees for its DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2014.

The nominees are Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Clint Eastwood for American Sniper, Alejandro G. Inarritu for Birdman, Richard Linklater for Boyhood and Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game.

The winner will be named at the 67th annual DGA Awards Dinner Feb. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

"In a year full of excellent films, DGA members have nominated a stellar group of passionate filmmakers," DGA President Paris Barclay said in a statement Tuesday. "Inspiring and artistic, these five directors made films that left an indelible impact not only on their fellow directors and members of the director's team, but on audiences around the world. Congratulations to all of the nominees for their terrific work."