The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their winners representing the best in directing for 2024. Here are this year’s nominees…
FEATURE FILM
JACQUES AUDIARD – Emilia Pérez
SEAN BAKER – Anora
EDWARD BERGER – Conclave
BRADY CORBET – The Brutalist
JAMES MANGOLD – A Complete Unknown
FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
PAYAL KAPADIA – All We Imagine as Light
MEGAN PARK – My Old Ass
RAMELL ROSS – Nickel Boys
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – Armand
SEAN WANG – Dìdi
DRAMATIC SERIES
ALEX GRAVES – The Diplomat, “Dreadnought”
HIROMI KAMATA – Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”
ISSA LÓPEZ – True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6”
FREDERICK E.O. TOYE – Shōgun, “Crimson Sky”
JONATHAN VAN TULLEKEN – Shōgun, “Anjin”
COMEDY SERIES
LUCIA ANIELLO – Hacks, “Bulletproof”
AYO EDEBIRI – The Bear, “Napkins”
DUCCIO FABBRI – The Bear, “Doors”
JEFF SCHAFFER – Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned”
CHRISTOPHER STORER – The Bear, “Tomorrow”
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
KEVIN BRAY – The Penguin, “Top Hat”
ALFONSO CUARÓN – Disclaimer
JENNIFER GETZINGER – The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”
HELEN SHAVER – The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
STEVEN ZAILLIAN – Ripley
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
PAUL G. CASEY – Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger”
JIM HOSKINSON – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy”
DAVID PAUL MEYER – The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention ‑ Plot Twist!”
LIZ PATRICK – Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan”
PAUL PENNOLINO – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections”
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
HAMISH HAMILTON – The 96th Annual Academy Awards
BETH McCARTHY‑MILLER – The Roast of Tom Brady
DAVID PAUL MEYER – The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now
GLENN WEISS – The 77th Annual Tony Awards
ALI WONG – Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)
REALITY PROGRAMS
NEIL DeGROOT – Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland”
JOSEPH GUIDRY – Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”
ARI KATCHER – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”
PATRICK McMANUS – American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”
MIKE SWEENEY – Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland”
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
KAT COIRO – The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”
MICHAEL GOI – Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”
JIM MICKLE – Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”
JENNIFER PHANG – Descendants: The Rise of Red
AMBER SEALEY – Out of My Mind
COMMERCIALS
LANCE ACORD (Park Pictures) – An American Love Story, Volkswagen ‑ Johannes Leonardo
KIM GEHRIG (Somesuch) – A Life in Sound, SiriusXM – Uncommon
TIM HEIDECKER & ERIC WAREHEIM (Prettybird) – Michael CeraVe, CeraVe‑ WPP Onefluence (Ogilvy)
ANDREAS NILSSON (Biscuit Filmworks) – Board Game, Hennessy‑ Wieden+Kennedy ‑ London, First Office Poo, Andrex‑ FCB ‑ London, One More, Apple ‑ Client Direct, Whizzer, Virgin Media ‑ VCCP ‑ London
IVAN ZACHARIÁŠ (Smuggler) – Flock, Apple ‑ Media Arts Lab
DOCUMENTARY
BRENDAN BELLOMO & SLAVA LEONTYEV – Porcelain War
JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE – Sugarcane
JOHAN GRIMONPREZ – Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
IBRAHIM NASH’AT – Hollywoodgate
NATALIE RAE & ANGELA PATTON – Daughters
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