Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón won the top honour from his peers at the Directors Guild of America for his blockbuster ‘Gravity’, cementing his position as an Oscar frontrunner.<br /><br />“Well, this is truly an honour, I’m humbled, being recognised by your peers. Around directors – directors I’ve known for a long time – I still have this kind of teen crush and I get very nervous talking to them,” said Cuarón.<br /><br />The award comes on top of director’s trophies Cuarón picked up at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice.<br /><br />He was up against Paul Greengrass for ‘Captain Phillips’, Steve McQueen for ’12 Years a Slave’, David O Russell for ‘American Hustle’ and former DGA laureate Martin Scorsese for ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’.<br /><br />Oscar nominee Jehane Noujaim picked up an award for her highly praised documentary ‘The Square’, which documents the Egyptian Revolution.<br /><br />“I’d like to dedicate this award to our fellow Egyptians, who are still in the streets fighting. Yesterday, our sound guy was arrested. People, as I speak, are still struggling,” she said.<br /><br />The Oscar-nominated documentary has already been rewarded at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals.<br /><br />The Directors Guild Awards is generally considered one of the most reliable barometres ahead of the Oscars, which will be announced on 2 March.
