The Directors Guild of America has selected nominees for its 2025 award, which recognizes outstanding directorial achievement in television, commercials and documentaries. “The Pitt” and “The Bear” lead the individual series with two nominations each. Meanwhile, “Saturday Night Live” led all series with three nominations through a trio of different “SNL50” entities: specials “SNL50: Homecoming Concert” and “SNL50: Anniversary Special,” and documentary series “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.”
Winners will be announced at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The film nominations and the Michael Apted Award for first theatrical feature film will be announced on Thursday. The nominees for this year’s TV show are:
dramatic series
Liza Johnson “The Diplomat” “Amagansett” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: John P. Fedinich First Assistant Director: Adam Escott Second Assistant Director: Tom Glick Second Second Assistant Director: Rachel Sikora Location Manager: Rob Coleman
Amanda Marsalis, The Pit, “6:00 PM” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lanckwarden First Assistant Director: Eric Tinini 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 Plus)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Carl Caffrey First Assistant Director: Sean Guest
Ben Stiller, Severance, “Cold Harbor” (Apple TV+)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Caroline Barron First Assistant Director: Katie Pruitt Second Assistant Director: Kat McFaden Second Second Assistant Director: Forrest Viola Additional Second Assistant Director: Erin Skelly Unit Production Manager: Sean Fogel, Alexandra Vivas Location Manager: Ryan Smith, Grace Kwon
John Wells, The Pit, “7:00 AM” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lanckwarden First Assistant Director: Eric Tinini Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman Second Second Assistant Director: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers Additional Second Assistant Director: Chloe Huckins
comedy series
Lucia Aniello, Hux, “A Slippery Slope” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Mark Rabinowitz 1st Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg 2nd Assistant Director: Kirisa Gavrin 2nd Assistant Director: Alaina Newman Lakhdal 2nd Assistant Director: Amy Argle
Janicza Bravo, The Bear, “Worms” (FX on Hulu)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Rama, Tyson Bidner First Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek Second Assistant Director: Olivia Dame Second Second Assistant Director: Sofia Blanco Location Manager: Maria C. Rojas, Gilbert B. Morales Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Studio, “The One” (Apple TV+)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Sean Dyrdahl First Assistant Director: Donald Murphy Second Assistant Director: Peter Dress
Christopher Storer, The Bears, “Bears” (FX on Hulu)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Rama, Tyson Bidner First Assistant Director: Duccio Fabbri Second Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek, Olivia Dame Second Second Assistant Director: Sofia Blanco Location Manager: Maria C. Rojas, Gilbert B. Morales Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas
Mike White, White Lotus, “Denials” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Regina Hayman, Mark Kamine First Assistant Director: Justin Ritson Second Assistant Director: Joe Landry Assistant Unit Production Manager: Aidan Sleeper
Limited & Anthology Series
Jason Bateman, “The Black Rabbits” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Becky Phillips, Erica Kaye First Assistant Director: John Silvestri Second Assistant Director: Nick Notte Second Assistant Director: Jimmy Rosario, Jilly Blundell Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi
Antonio Campos “The Beast Inside Me” “Sick Puppy” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Caroline Barron 1st Assistant Director: Thomas Deccaj 2nd Assistant Director: Scott Bowers 2nd Assistant Director: Matt Merksummer, Sean Vogel Location Manager: Grace Kwon
Leslie Linka Glatter, Zero Day, “Episode 6” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers Second Assistant Director: Caitlin Hines Additional Second Assistant Director: Davis Woodall Assistant Unit Production Manager: Mike Buonanno Location Manager: Ronnie Kupferwasser
Shannon Murphy Dies for Sex, ‘It’s Not That Serious’ (FX on Hulu)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Francesca M. Mannix 1st Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom 2nd Assistant Director: Findlay Ward Zotter 2nd Assistant Director: Kristin Dombrowski, Laura E. Reiser
Ally Pankyu “Black Mirror” “Common People”
(Netflix)
Unit Production Manager: Sean Williamson
movies for tv
Jesse Armstrong “Mountainhead” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Jill Footrick First Assistant Director: Christo Morse Second Assistant Director: Marcelle Walker Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi
Stephen Chbosky “Nonnas” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Pamela Hirsch, Carla Dougherty First Assistant Director: Chris Sargent Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami Second Second Assistant Director: Cary Lee Location Manager: Tatiana Forster
Scott Derrickson “The Gorge” (Apple TV+)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Greg Goodman First Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning Second Assistant Director: Lee Taylor
Michael Morris “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (Peacock)
Kyle Newacheck “Happy Gilmore 2” (Netflix)
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Brittany Sugarman, David Bausch 1st Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein 2nd Assistant Director: Ryan Robert Howard 2nd Assistant Director: Caitlin Hines 2nd Assistant Director: Mia Bruno Location Manager: Luis Zupardi Assistant Location Manager: Scott Ferlisi
variety
Yvonne de Mare, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Julia Roberts; Sam Smith” (CBS)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Karen Yeager Stage Manager: Mark McKenna, Jeff Reeve
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, “Stephen Colbert, Kumail Nanjiani, Renee Rapp” (ABC)
Supervising team:
Associate Directors: Jeri-Anne Wong, Amy Stover, David Craig Stage Managers: Alec Potter, Josh Weider, Christian Jensen, Peter Epstein
Beth McCarthy Miller “SNL 50: Homecoming Concert” (Peacock)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Susan Sullivan Stage Manager: Lynn Finkel, Linda Carrizzo, Joey Despenzero, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, John Esposito, Andrew Fagin, Steve Hollander, Greg Kassoff, Alyssa Levithorn Hoyo , Arthur Lewis, Jennifer Marquette, Cindy Ogan, Jason Pacella, Tammy Rabe, Elise Reeves, Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Niklana Tolmasov, Brett Warren, Ali Woog
Liz Patrick, “SNL 50: Anniversary Special” (NBC)
Supervising team:
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Uziel Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini, Dan Dome Stage Manager: Gina Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Voake, Peter Epstein, Karen Tash Weiss, Steve Bautista, Joey Depenzero, Frank Fernandez, Doug Vogel, Jeffrey Gitter, Cindy Ogun, Elise Reeves, Niklanatormasov, Leslie Williams
Last Week Tonight with Paul Penolino and John Oliver, “Public Media” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Elliott Mendelsohn Stage Manager: Jeff Reeve, Mark McKenna, Craig Spinney
sports
Matthew Gangl, 2025 World Series – Game 7 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays (Fox Sports)
Supervising team:
Associate Directors: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stoikoff, Brian Colucci Stage Managers: Dominic Tringali, Dan Frank
Steve Milton, 2025 Masters Tournament – Augusta National Golf Club (CBS Sports)
Supervising team:
Associate Directors: Robert Matina, Chris Svendsen, Andy Friedman, Eric Spitzer, Ade Ellis, Tyler Jahn, Josh Weingart, Brian Maher, Stuart Milstein, Katy Keene, Adam Cohen, Jack Kempner, George Wishart, Dan Obermueller Stage Manager: Cory Fishman
Rich Russo, Super Bowl XI – Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Fox Sports)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Rich Gross, Casey Garland
Reality / Quizzes and Games
Lucinda M. Margolis, Jeopardy!, “Ep. 9341” (Syndicated)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Chloe Corwin Stage Manager: James F. McGuire
Adam Sandler, “The Price is Right,” “10,000th Episode” (CBS)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Jazmin Eckenberg Stage Manager: Steven Hollander, Jason Galland, Alex Weston
Mike Sweeney, Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Austria” (HBO Max)
Supervising team:
Associate Director: Jason Ciremi
documentary film
Mstislav Chernov “2000 meters to Andriivka” (PBS)
Gita Gundbir “Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix)
Sarah Karki and Mohammadreza Eini “Cutting Through Rocks” (Assembly Release)
Elizabeth Law “Mistress Dispera” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus “Cover Up” (Netflix)
Documentary series / News
Marshall Curry, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, “A Week in the SNL Writers Room” (Peacock)
Susan Lacey and Jessica Levine, Billy Joel: And Then It Goes “Part 2” (HBO Max)
Rebecca Miller, Scorsese: ‘This entire shoot is not healthy’ (Apple TV+)
Alexandra Stapleton, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Official Girl (Netflix)
Matt Wolf as Pee-wee himself, “Part 1” (HBO Max)
commercial
Kim Gehrig (Samsuch)
I can’t win. So you win. – Nike | Wieden+Kennedy
Supervising team:
First Assistant Director: Peter Jackson, John Mattern Second Assistant Director: Melina Green Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador
I’m inconspicuous – Apple | Client Direct
First Assistant Director: Guy Fogard Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson Second Assistant Director: Michael Dudley, Clyde Bloom
Miles Jay (smuggler)
Cooking – ChatGPT | Eni Island
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Yanni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nesis Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering Second Assistant Director: Reid Baum
Pullup – ChatGPT | Eni Island
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Yanni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nesis Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering Second Assistant Director: Reid Baum
Travel – ChatGPT | Eni Island
Supervising team:
Unit Production Manager: Yanni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nesis Second Assistant Director: Julia Branford Second Assistant Director: KJ Walsh
Holiday House – Meta | Droga5
Supervising team:
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Secret Santa – Meta | Droga5
Supervising team:
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Spike Jonze (MJZ)
Someday – Apple Airpods 4 | TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Supervising team:
First Assistant Director: Steve Dunton, Kate Greenberg Second Assistant Director: Matthew Dennis-Smith Second Assistant Director: Amy Hughes, Carly Sturgeon
Andreas Nilsson (Biscuit Filmworks)
Conquering your first school poop – Andrex | FCB London
Garrett – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct
Unit Production Manager: James Veal First Assistant Director: George Nesis Second Assistant Director: Reid Bohm
Big Flex – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct
Unit Production Manager: James Veal First Assistant Director: George Nesis Second Assistant Director: Reid Bohm
Trunk Truck Driver – Virgin Media | VCCP London
Steve Rogers (Biscuit Filmworks)
Bringing books to life – Amazon | Droga5 London
A story as old as websites – Squarespace | Client Direct
Everything is fine – Coinbase |Mother London
