The Directors Guild of America has announced their annual award nominees for television, documentary, and commercials. Tomorrow will see the announcement for Film and First-time director. The ceremony takes place on February 3.
They are:
DRAMA SERIES
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things ("Chapter Nine: The Gate")
Reed Morano, The Handmaid's Tale ("Offred")
Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones ("The Dragon and the Wolf")
Matt Shakman, Game of Thrones ("The Spoils of War")
Alan Taylor, Game of Thrones ("Beyond the Wall")
COMEDY SERIES
Aziz Ansari, Master of None ("The Thief")
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley ("Server Error")
Melina Matsoukas, Master of None ("Thanksgiving")
Beth McCarthy Miller, Veep ("Chicklet")
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION and MINISERIES
Scott Frank, Godless
Barry Levinson, The Wizard of Lies
Kyra Sedgwick, Story of a Girl
Jean-Marc Vallee, Big Little Lies
George C. Wolfe, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS -- REGULAR PROGRAMMING
Andre Allen, Full Frontal with Samanta Bee ("
#2061")
Paul G. Casey, Real Time with Bill Maher ("
#1527")
Jim Hoskinson, Late Show with Stephen Colbert ("Joe Biden/Elton John")
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live ("Jimmy Fallon")
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ("French Elections")
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS -- SPECIALS
Stan Lathan, Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
Linda Mendoza, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman
Paul Pennolino, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents Dinner
Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
Glenn Weiss, The 89th Academy Awards
REALITY PROGRAMS
Hisham Abed, Encore! ("Pilot")
John Gonzalez, Live PD ("Episode 50")
Brian Smith, MasterChef ("Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks")
Adam Vetri, Dare to Live ("Chainsmokers")
Kent Weed, Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge ("Season Premiere")
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Niki Caro, Anne with a E ("Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny")
Benjamin Lehmann, The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special
Lily Mariye, Just Add Magic ("Just Add Meddling")
Alison McDonald, An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life
Matthew O'Neill and Thalia Sodi, 15: A Quinceanera Story: Zoey
COMMERCIALS
Martin de Thurah -- "Festival" (Stub Hub), "Machines" (Stub Hub), "Mad World" (WealthSimple)
Alma Har'el -- "Love without Bias" (P&G)
Hoffman/Metoyer -- "Anthem" (KitchenAid), "Go Further" (Ford)
Miley Jay -- "Alive" (Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones), "Calling John Malcovich.com", "Who is John Malcovich?" (Squarespace")
Isiah Street -- "Growing Up" (Samsung Galaxy), "I Love You" (Samsung Great), "Never Too Composed" (Kohler)
DOCUMENTARY
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War
Bryan Fogel, Icarus
Matthew Heineman, City of Ghosts
Steve James, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Errol Morris, Wormwood
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