The nominations have been announced for the 78th Annual DGA Awards and the winners will be announced on February 7, 2025. Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary were announced on Wednesday. The DGA announced its theatrical nominees today.

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

The nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
One Battle After Another
(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske
• First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
• Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone
• Second Second Assistant Director: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young

RYAN COOGLER
Sinners
(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield, Kenneth Yu
• First Assistant Director: Marvin Williams
• Second Assistant Director: Amir R. Khan
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Gregg Carr, Desiree Stevenson

GUILLERMO DEL TORO
Frankenstein
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale
• First Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic
• Second Assistant Director: Chad Belair

JOSH SAFDIE
Marty Supreme
(A24)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Anthony Katagas, Joe Guest
• First Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks
• Second Assistant Director: Zach Citarella
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kailyn Dabkowski
• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Max Samu, Suk Yi Mar, Samson Jacobson
• Location Manager: Matthew Kania, Ross Brodar

CHLOÉ ZHAO
Hamnet
(Focus Features)

MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

The nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 are (in alphabetical order).

HASAN HADI
The President’s Cake
(Sony Pictures Classics)

HARRY LIGHTON
Pillion
(A24)

CHARLIE POLINGER
The Plague
(Independent Film Company)

ALEX RUSSELL
Lurker
(MUBI)

EVA VICTOR
Sorry, Baby
(A24)

DRAMATIC SERIES

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

LIZA JOHNSON
The Diplomat, “Amagansett”
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: John P. Fedynich
• First Assistant Director: Adam Escott
• Second Assistant Director: Tom Glick
• Second Second Assistant Director: Rachel Sikora
• Location Manager: Rob Coleman

AMANDA MARSALIS
The Pitt, “6:00 P.M.”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden
• First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini
• Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman
• Second Second Assistant Director: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers, Chloe Huckins
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Michelle Akeley

JANUS METZ
Andor, “Who Are You?”
(Disney+)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Karl Caffrey
• First Assistant Director: Sean Guest

BEN STILLER
Severance, “Cold Harbor”
(Apple TV+)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Caroline Baron
• First Assistant Director: Katie Pruitt
• Second Assistant Director: Cat McFayden
• Second Second Assistant Director: Forrest Viola
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Erin Skelly
• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Sean Fogel, Alexandra Vivas
• Location Manager: Ryan Smith, Grace Kwon

JOHN WELLS
The Pitt, “7:00 A.M.”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden
• First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini
• Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman
• Second Second Assistant Director: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Chloe Huckins

COMEDY SERIES

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

LUCIA ANIELLO
Hacks, “A Slippery Slope”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Mark Rabinowitz
• First Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg
• Second Assistant Director: Kirisa Gavrin
• Second Second Assistant Director: Alaina Neumann Rafdal
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Amy Ergle

JANICZA BRAVO
The Bear, “Worms”
(FX on Hulu)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner
• First Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek
• Second Assistant Director: Olivia Dame
• Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
• Location Manager: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales
• Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas

SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG
The Studio, “The Oner”
(Apple TV+)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Shawn Dyrdahl
• First Assistant Director: Donald Murphy
• Second Assistant Director: Peter Dress

CHRISTOPHER STORER
The Bear, “Bears”
(FX on Hulu)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner
• First Assistant Director: Duccio Fabbri
• Second Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek, Olivia Dame
• Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
• Location Manager: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales
• Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas

MIKE WHITE
The White Lotus, “Denials”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Regina Heyman, Mark Kamine
• First Assistant Director: Justin Ritson
• Second Assistant Director: Joe Landry
• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Aidan Sleeper

LIMITED & ANTHOLOGY SERIES

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Limited & Anthology Series for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

JASON BATEMAN
Black Rabbit, “The Black Rabbits”
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Becky Phillips, Erica Kay
• First Assistant Director: John Silvestri
• Second Assistant Director: Nick Notte
• Second Second Assistant Director: Jimmy Rosario, Jilly Blundell
• Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi

ANTONIO CAMPOS
The Beast in Me, “Sick Puppy”
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Caroline Baron
• First Assistant Director: Tomas Deckaj
• Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers
• Second Second Assistant Director: Matt Merksamer, Sean Fogel
• Location Manager: Grace Kwon

LESLI LINKA GLATTER
Zero Day, “Episode 6”
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman
• First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman
• Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kaitlin Heins
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Davis Woodall
• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Mike Buonanno
• Location Manager: Ronnie Kupferwasser

SHANNON MURPHY
Dying for Sex, “It’s Not That Serious”
(FX on Hulu)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Francesca M. Mannix
• First Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom
• Second Assistant Director: Findlay Ward Zotter
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kristin Dombroski, Laura E. Rizer

ALLY PANKIW
Black Mirror, “Common People”
(Netflix)

• Unit Production Manager: Shawn Williamson

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

JESSE ARMSTRONG
Mountainhead
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Jill Footlick
• First Assistant Director: Christo Morse
• Second Assistant Director: MarSchelle Walker
• Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi

STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Nonnas
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Pamela Hirsch, Kara Doherty
• First Assistant Director: Chris Surgent
• Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami
• Second Second Assistant Director: Cary Lee
• Location Manager: Tatiana Forster

SCOTT DERRICKSON
The Gorge
(Apple TV+)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Greg Goodman
• First Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning
• Second Assistant Director: Lee Tailor

MICHAEL MORRIS
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(Peacock)

KYLE NEWACHECK
Happy Gilmore 2
(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Brittany Sugarman, David Bausch
• First Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein
• Second Assistant Director: Ryan Robert Howard
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kaitlin Heins
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Mia Bruno
• Location Manager: Louis Zuppardi
• Assistant Location Manager: Scott Ferlisi

VARIETY

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety for 2025 are:

YVONNE DE MARE
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Julia Roberts; Sam Smith”
(CBS)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Karen Yaeger
• Stage Manager: Mark McKenna, Jeff Leib

ANDY FISHER
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, “Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp”
(ABC)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Jeri-Ann Wong, Amy Stober, David Craig
• Stage Manager: Alec Potter, Josh Wader, Christian Jensen, Peter Epstein

BETH MCCARTHY-MILLER
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
(Peacock)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Susan Sullivan
• Stage Manager: Lynn Finkel, Linda Carrizzo, Joey Despenzero, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, John Esposito, Andrew Feigin, Steve Hollander, Greg Kasoff, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Arthur Lewis, Jennifer Marquet, Cyndi Owgang, Jason Pacella, Tammy Raab, Elise Reaves, Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Niclana Tolmasoff, Bret Warren, Ari Woog

LIZ PATRICK
SNL50: The Anniversary Special
(NBC)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini, Dan Dome
• Stage Manager: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk, Peter Epstein, Karen Tasch Weiss, Steve Bautista, Joey Despenzero, Frank Fernandez, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Cyndi Owgang, Elise Reaves, Niclana Tolmasoff, Leslie Williams

PAUL PENNOLINO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Public Media”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Elliot Mendelson
• Stage Manager: Jeff Leib, Mark McKenna, Craig Spinney

SPORTS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Sports for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

MATTHEW GANGL
2025 World Series – Game 7 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays
(FOX Sports)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stojkov, Bryan Colucci
• Stage Manager: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank

STEVE MILTON
2025 Masters Tournament – Augusta National Golf Club
(CBS Sports)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Robert Matina, Chris Svendsen, Andy Freedman, Eric Spitzer, Ade Ellis, Tyler Jahn, Josh Weingardt, Brian Maher, Stuart Millstein, Katie Keane, Adam Cohen, Jack Kempner, George Wishart, Dan Obermuller
• Stage Manager: Cory Fishman

RICH RUSSO
Super Bowl LIX – Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs
(FOX Sports)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Rich Gross, Casey Garland

REALITY / QUIZ AND GAME

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality / Quiz and Game for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

LUCINDA M. MARGOLIS
Jeopardy!, “Ep. 9341”
(Syndicated)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Chloe Corwin
• Stage Manager: James F. McGuire 

ADAM SANDLER
The Price is Right, “10,000^th Episode”
(CBS)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Jazmin Eckenberg
• Stage Manager: Steven Hollander, Jason Galland, Alex Weston

MIKE SWEENEY
Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Austria”
(HBO Max)

Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Jason Chillemi

COMMERCIALS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

KIM GEHRIG
(Somesuch)

You Can’t Win. So Win. – Nike | Wieden+Kennedy

Directorial Team:

• First Assistant Director: Peter Jackson, John Mattern
• Second Assistant Director: Melina Greene
• Second Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador

I’m Not Remarkable – Apple | Client Direct

• First Assistant Director: Guy Forgaard
• Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson
• Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom

MILES JAY
(Smuggler)

Dish – ChatGPT | Isle of Any

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
• First Assistant Director: George Nessis
• Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering
• Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

Pull Up – ChatGPT | Isle of Any

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
• First Assistant Director: George Nessis
• Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering
• Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

Trip – ChatGPT | Isle of Any

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
• First Assistant Director: George Nessis
• Second Assistant Director: Julia Blanford
• Second Second Assistant Director: K.J. Walsh

Home for the Holidays – Meta | Droga5

Directorial Team:

• First Assistant Director: David Webb

Secret Santa – Meta | Droga5

Directorial Team:

• First Assistant Director: David Webb  

SPIKE JONZE
(MJZ)

Someday – Apple Airpods 4 | TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Directorial Team:

• First Assistant Director: Steve Danton, Kate Greenberg
• Second Assistant Director: Matthew Dennis Smith
• Second Second Assistant Director: Amy Hughes, Carly Sturgeon

ANDREAS NILSSON
(Biscuit Filmworks)

Conquer the First School Poo – Andrex | FCB London

Garrett – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct

• Unit Production Manager: James Veal
• First Assistant Director: George Nessis
• Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum 

Big Flex – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct

• Unit Production Manager: James Veal
• First Assistant Director: George Nessis
• Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

Trunk Trucker – Virgin Media | VCCP London

STEVE ROGERS
(Biscuit Filmworks)

Bring a Book to Life – Amazon | Droga5 London

A Tale as Old as Websites – Squarespace| Client Direct

Everything is Fine – Coinbase | Mother London

DOCUMENTARY FILM

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

MSTYSLAV CHERNOV
2000 Meters to Andriivka
(PBS)

GEETA GANDBHIR
The Perfect Neighbor
(Netflix)

SARA KHAKI AND MOHAMMADREZA EYNI
Cutting Through Rocks
(Assembly Releasing)

ELIZABETH LO
Mistress Dispeller
(Oscilloscope Laboratories)

LAURA POITRAS AND MARK OBENHAUS
Cover-Up
(Netflix)

DOCUMENTARY SERIES / NEWS

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series / News for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

MARSHALL CURRY
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, “Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room”
(Peacock)

SUSAN LACY AND JESSICA LEVIN
Billy Joel: And So It Goes, “Part Two”
(HBO Max)

REBECCA MILLER
Mr. Scorsese, “All This Filming Isn’t Healthy”
(Apple TV+)

ALEXANDRIA STAPLETON
Sean Combs: The Reckoning, “Official Girl”
(Netflix)

MATT WOLF
Pee-Wee as Himself, “Part 1”
(HBO Max)

The 77th Annual DGA Awards will take place on February 7, 2025.

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