Cuarón Wins Directors Guild Award LOS ANGELES - The Directors Guild of America awarded its top feature film prize to Alfonso Cuarón, for "Gravity," here on Saturday. "The making of "Gravity" turned out to be the mirror of its own theme of adversity," Mr. Cuarón said of the 4½-year, technologically challenging filmmaking process. I barely understand how we did the film. He went on to thank his competitors - David O. Russell, Steve McQueen, Paul Greengrass and Martin Scorsese - and directors like Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron for providing advice and support, as well as Steven Spielberg and Robert Bresson for their inspiration. "I still have this kind of teen crush" on directors he admires, "and I get very nervous talking to them," Mr. Cuarón said. The guild's award is considered a harbinger of the eventual Oscar winners, for best director and best picture, although this season has seen other guilds split their honors among hopefuls like "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave" as well as "Gravity," putting them in a three-way heat for the best picture Oscar. Other DGA winners included Beth McCarthy-Miller, for TV comedy, directing "30 Rock," and Vince Gilligan, for "Breaking Bad," in the drama category. Jehane Noujaim earned the documentary director prize for "The Square," and Steven Soderbergh for the TV movie "Behind the Candelabra," shown on HBO. A full list of winners can be found here. Shonda Rhimes, the creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal," and her producing partner, Betsy Beers, received a special diversity award, and Ms. Rhimes gave a thoughtful and funny speech that had the audience cheering and standing in ovation. "Betsy and I are being applauded and given an award for something we should all be doing," she said about her shows" diverse cast and crew. There shouldn't need to be an award! "Diversity is not an effort or an initiative," Ms. Rhimes continued. Don't have summits or meetings. Just start hiring people.