The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their winners representing the best in directing for 2025. Here are this year’s winners…
FEATURE FILM
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Guillermo Del Toro – “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme” (A24)
Chloe Zhao – “Hamnet” (Focus Features)
FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Hasan Hadi – “The President’s Cake” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Harry Lighton – “Pillion” (A24)
Alex Russell – “Lurker” (Mubi)
Charlie Polinger – “The Plague” (IFC)
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby” (A24)
DRAMATIC SERIES
Liza Johnson, The Diplomat, “Amagansett” (Netflix)
Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt, “6:00 P.M.” (HBO Max)
Janus Metz, Andor, “Who Are You?” (Disney+)
Ben Stiller, Severance, “Cold Harbor” (Apple TV+)
John Wells, The Pitt, “7:00 A.M.” (HBO Max)
COMEDY SERIES
Lucia Aniello, Hacks, “A Slippery Slope” (HBO Max)
Janicza Bravo, The Bear, “Worms” (FX on Hulu)
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Studio, “The Oner” (Apple TV+)
Christopher Storer, The Bear, “Bears” (FX on Hulu)
Mike White, The White Lotus, “Denials” (HBO Max)
LIMITED & ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit, “The Black Rabbits” (Netflix)
Antonio Campos, The Beast in Me, “Sick Puppy” (Netflix)
Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day, “Episode 6” (Netflix)
Shannon Murphy, Dying for Sex, “It’s Not That Serious” (FX on Hulu)
Ally Pankiw, Black Mirror, “Common People” (Netflix)
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
Jesse Armstrong, Mountainhead (HBO Max)
Stephen Chbosky, Nonnas (Netflix)
Scott Derrickson, The Gorge (Apple TV+)
Michael Morris, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Kyle Newacheck, Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)
VARIETY
Yvonne De Mare, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Julia Roberts; Sam Smith” (CBS)
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, “Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp” (ABC)
Beth McCarthy-Miller, SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock)
Liz Patrick, SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Public Media” (HBO Max)
SPORTS
Matthew Gangl, 2025 World Series – Game 7 (Fox Sports)
Steve Milton, 2025 Masters Tournament (CBS Sports)
Rich Russo, Super Bowl LIX (Fox Sports)
REALITY / QUIZ AND GAME
Lucinda M. Margolis, Jeopardy!, “Ep. 9341” (Syndicated)
Adam Sandler, The Price Is Right, “10,000th Episode” (CBS)
Mike Sweeney, Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Austria” (HBO Max)
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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