70th Annual DGA Awards Nominations

The Directors Guild of America recently announced their annual nominees for their 70th Annual DGA Awards.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:

GUILLERMO del TORO
The Shape of Water
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

GRETA GERWIG
Lady Bird
(A24)

MARTIN McDONAGH
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Dunkirk
(Warner Bros.)

JORDAN PEELE
Get Out
(Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director:

GEREMY JASPER
Patti Cake$
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

WILLIAM OLDROYD
Lady Macbeth
(Roadside Attractions)

JORDAN PEELE
Get Out
(Universal Pictures)

TAYLOR SHERIDAN
Wind River
(Acacia Entertainment)

AARON SORKIN
Molly’s Game
(STX Entertainment)

DRAMATIC SERIES

THE DUFFER BROTHERS
Stranger Things, “Chapter Nine: The Gate”
(Netflix)

REED MORANO
The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred”
(Hulu)

JEREMY PODESWA
Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf”
(HBO)

MATT SHAKMAN
Game of Thrones, “The Spoils of War”
(HBO)

ALAN TAYLOR
Game of Thrones, “Beyond the Wall”
(HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

AZIZ ANSARI
Master of None, “The Thief”
(Netflix)

MIKE JUDGE
Silicon Valley, “Server Error”
(HBO)

MELINA MATSOUKAS
Master of None, “Thanksgiving”
(Netflix)

BETH McCARTHY-MILLER
Veep, “Chicklet”
(HBO)

AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
(Amazon)

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINISERIES

SCOTT FRANK
Godless
(Netflix)

BARRY LEVINSON
The Wizard of Lies
(HBO)

KYRA SEDGWICK
Story of a Girl
(Lifetime)

JEAN-MARC VALLÉE
Big Little Lies
(HBO)

GEORGE C. WOLFE
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(HBO)

VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS , REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

ANDRE ALLEN
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, “#2061”
(TBS)

PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time with Bill Maher, “#1527”
(HBO)

JIM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Joe Biden/Elton John”
(CBS)

DON ROY KING
Saturday Night Live, “Host: Jimmy Fallon”
(NBC)

PAUL PENNOLINO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “French Elections”
(HBO)

VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS , SPECIALS

STAN LATHAN
Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
(Netflix)

LINDA MENDOZA
Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman
(PBS)

PAUL PENNOLINO
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
(TBS)

AMY SCHUMER
Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
(Netflix)

GLENN WEISS
The 89th Annual Academy Awards
(ABC)

REALITY PROGRAMS

HISHAM ABED
Encore!, “Pilot”
(ABC)

JOHN GONZALEZ
Live PD, “Episode 50”
(A&E)

BRIAN SMITH
MasterChef, “Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks”
(FOX)

ADAM VETRI
Dare to Live, “Chainsmokers”
(MTV)

KENT WEED
Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge, “Season Premiere”
(NBC)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

NIKI CARO
Anne with an E, “Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny”
(Netflix)

BENJAMIN LEHMANN
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special
(HBO)

LILY MARIYE
Just Add Magic, “Just Add Meddling”
(Amazon)

ALISON McDONALD
An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life
(Amazon)

MATTHEW O’NEILL AND THALIA SODI
15: A Quinceañera Story: Zoey
(HBO)

DOCUMENTARY

KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK
The Vietnam War
(PBS)

BRYAN FOGEL
Icarus
(Netflix)

MATTHEW HEINEMAN
City of Ghosts
(Amazon Studios)

STEVE JAMES
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
(PBS)

ERROL MORRIS
Wormwood
(Netflix)

The 70th Annual DGA Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2018.

Keith Noakes

The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.