Ben Affleck wins DGA Award

Actor Director Ben Affleck wins DGA Award.

"There was a point in my life where I was really down, really confused, I didn't know what was going to happen and I thought 'I should be a director!'.

And so I did it, and I worked very hard," Affleck said late Saturday as he received the award for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film from the Directors Guild of America.

"I worked really really hard to try to become the best director that I can be," Affleck added. "I don't think that this makes me a real director but I think it means I'm on the way."

The award was presented to the 40-year-old director by last year's winner, French director Michel Hazanavicius, whose film "The Artist" had been crowned by five Oscars.

Usually, the winner of the DGA prize also wins the Oscar for best director, but Affleck has not been nominated for an Oscar in this category.

"Argo" itself however has received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture.

Also competing for the top director's prize on Saturday were Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln," Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty," Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables" and Ang Lee for "Life of Pi."

Ben Affleck,s film "Argo," is a thriller about the rescue of American hostages in Iran.

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