The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their nominations representing the best in directing for television, commercials and documentary film for 2025. The winners will be announced February 7th. The feature film nominees will be announced tomorrow on January 8th. Here are this year’s nominees…
DRAMATIC SERIES
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
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 and 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
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)
Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Shawn Williamson
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
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
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 et al.
Liz Patrick, SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Michael Mancini et al.; Stage Manager: Gena Rositano et al.
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
Matthew Gangl, 2025 World Series – Game 7 (Fox Sports)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Larry Lancaster et al.; Stage Manager: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank
Steve Milton, 2025 Masters Tournament (CBS Sports)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Robert Matina et al.; Stage Manager: Cory Fishman
Rich Russo, Super Bowl LIX (Fox Sports)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Rich Gross, Casey Garland
REALITY / QUIZ AND GAME
Lucinda M. Margolis, Jeopardy!, “Ep. 9341” (Syndicated)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Chloe Corwin; Stage Manager: James F. McGuire
Adam Sandler, The Price Is Right, “10,000th Episode” (CBS)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Jazmin Eckenberg; Stage Manager: Steven Hollander et al.
Mike Sweeney, Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Austria” (HBO Max)
Directorial Team: Associate Director: Jason Chillemi
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Cutting Through Rocks (Assembly Releasing)
Mistress Dispeller (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Cover-Up (Netflix)
DOCUMENTARY SERIES / NEWS
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (Peacock)
Billy Joel: And So It Goes (HBO Max)
Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV+)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)
Pee-Wee as Himself (HBO Max)
COMMERCIALS
Nike – You Can’t Win. So Win.
Apple – I’m Not Remarkable
ChatGPT – Dish, Pull Up, Trip
Meta – Home for the Holidays, Secret Santa
Apple AirPods 4 – Someday
Andrex – Conquer the First School Poo
Apple iPhone 16 Pro – Garrett, Big Flex
Virgin Media – Trunk Trucker
Amazon – Bring a Book to Life
Squarespace – A Tale as Old as Websites
Coinbase – Everything Is Fine
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