The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their winners representing the best in directing for 2023. Here are this year’s winners…
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
GRETA GERWIG – Barbie
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – Oppenheimer
YORGOS LANTHIMOS – Poor Things
ALEXANDER PAYNE – The Holdovers
MARTIN SCORSESE – Killers of the Flower Moon
FIRST TIME NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
CORD JEFFERSON – American Fiction
MANUELA MARTELLI – Chile ’76
NOORA NIASARI – Shayda
A.V. ROCKWELL – A Thousand And One
CELINE SONG – Past Lives
DOCUMENTARY
MOSES BWAYO & CHRISTOPHER SHARP – Bobi Wine: The People’s President
MSTYSLAV CHERNOV – 20 Days In Mariupol
MADELEINE GAVIN – Beyond Utopia
DAVIS GUGGENHEIM – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
D. SMITH – Kokomo City
DRAMATIC SERIES
PETER HOAR – The Last Of Us, “Long, Long Time”
BECKY MARTIN – Succession, “Rehearsal”
MARK MYLOD – Succession, “Connor’s Wedding”
ANDRIJ PAREKH – Succession, “America Decides”
ROBERT PULCINI & SHARI SPRINGER BERMAN – Succession, “Tailgate Party”
COMEDY SERIES
ERICA DUNTON – Ted Lasso, “La Locker Room Aux Folles”
BILL HADER – Barry, “Wow”
DECLAN LOWNEY – Ted Lasso, “So Long, Farewell”
CHRISTOPHER STORER – The Bear, “Fishes”
RAMY YOUSSEF – The Bear, “Honeydew”
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
SHAWN LEVY – All The Light We Cannot See
TARA MIELE – Lessons In Chemistry, “Introduction To Chemistry”
MILLICENT SHELTON – Lessons In Chemistry, “Poirot”
SARAH ADINA SMITH – Lessons In Chemistry, “Her And Him”
NZINGHA STEWART – Daisy Jones & The Six, “Track 10: Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide”
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
PAUL G. CASEY – Real Time With Bill Maher, “Episode 2117”
JIM HOSKINSON – The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, “Jan. 19, 2023: Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Meet Me At The Altar; Special Appearance By Harvey Guillén”
MICHAEL MANCINI & LIZ PATRICK – Saturday Night Live, “Pedro Pascal / Coldplay”
DAVID PAUL MEYER – The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, “Singer Charley Crockett Performs “Name On A Billboard” And Discusses New Album With Jordan Klepper “
PAUL PENNOLINO – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Episode 1018: Dollar Stores”
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
JOEL GALLEN – Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
STAN LATHAN – Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
LINDA MENDOZA – Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer
PAUL MILLER – Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter + Love
GLENN WEISS – The 95th Annual Academy Awards
REALITY PROGRAMS
NIHARIKA DESAI – Rainn Wilson And The Geography Of Bliss, “Happiness Is A Bottle Of Cod Liver Oil”
KEN FUCHS – The Golden Bachelor, “Premiere”
JOSEPH GUIDRY & ALEXANDRA LIPSITZ – Project Greenlight: A New Generation, “PGL Vs. Gray Matter Problem”
RICH KIM – Lego Masters, “Is It Brick?”
PATRICK McMANUS – American Ninja Warrior, “Season 15 Finale”
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
JAMES BOBIN – Percy Jackson And The Olympians, “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”
DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON – American Born Chinese, “What Guy Are You”
ROB LETTERMAN – Goosebumps, “Say Cheese And Die”
AMY SCHATZ – Stand Up & Shout: Songs From A Philly High School
DINH THAI – American Born Chinese, “A Monkey On A Quest”
COMMERCIALS
MARTIN De THURAH (Epoch Films) – Fair Exchange, Levi’s 501 Jeans – Droga5, Legends Never Die, Levi’s 501 Jeans, Droga5
SEB EDWARDS (Park Pictures) – Rumble, Battle Of The Baddest – Droga5
KIM GEHRIG (Somesuch) – Run This Town, Apple Music – Apple
CRAIG GILLESPIE (MJZ) – Waiting Room, Apple Iphone – TBWA/Media Arts Lab
ANDREAS NILSSON (Biscuit Filmworks) – R.I.P. Leon, Apple Iphone – Apple, Action Mode, Apple Iphone14 – Apple, Choose Happy, Les Mills Fitness – Nice&Frank, San Francisco
Wait’ll You See This, Snapchat – Snapchat
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