With Oscar nominations firmly set and multiple guild award shows every week between now and the big show in March, the race to the Academy Awards has entered its final leg. This weekend is a crucial one for award watchers, with the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America both giving out their annual prizes at ceremonies that could predict the Best Picture and Best Director race.
The 77th annual DGA Awards, which take place at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, February 8, will honor the year’s finest achievements in feature filmmaking, episodic TV, and commercial directing. Nominees for the evening’s top prize, Theatrical Feature Film, are Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Sean Baker (“Anora”), Edward Berger (“Conclave”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), and James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”). Last year’s Theatrical Feature Film award went to Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer,” which went on to sweep the Oscars.
Other notable categories include the Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film, which has the likes of Payal Kapadia (“All We Imagine as Light”) and RaMell Ross (“Nickel Boys”) as nominees, and Dramatic Series and Comedy Series, which are dominated by “Shogun” and “The Bear,” respectively.
Keep reading for a complete list of nominees at the 2025 DGA Awards. Winners will be listed as they are announced.
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
JACQUES AUDIARD – “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
SEAN BAKER – “Anora” (Neon)
EDWARD BERGER – “Conclave” (Focus Features)
BRADY CORBET – “The Brutalist” (A24)
JAMES MANGOLD – “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)
MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
PAYAL KAPADIA – “All We Imagine as Light” (Sideshow & Janus Films)
MEGAN PARK – “My Old Ass” (Amazon MGM Studios)
RAMELL ROSS – “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – “Armand” (IFC Films)
SEAN WANG – “Dìdi” (Focus Features)
DRAMATIC SERIES
ALEX GRAVES
The Diplomat, “Dreadnought”
(Netflix)
HIROMI KAMATA
Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”
(FX)
ISSA LÓPEZ
True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6”
(HBO)
WINNER FREDERICK E.O. TOYE
Shōgun, “Crimson Sky”
(FX)
JONATHAN VAN TULLEKEN
Shōgun, “Anjin”
(FX)
COMEDY SERIES
LUCIA ANIELLO
Hacks, “Bulletproof”
(Max)
Directorial Team:
AYO EDEBIRI
The Bear, “Napkins”
(FX)
DUCCIO FABBRI
The Bear, “Doors”
(FX)
JEFF SCHAFFER
Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned”
(HBO)
CHRISTOPHER STORER
The Bear, “Tomorrow”
(FX)
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
KEVIN BRAY
The Penguin, “Top Hat”
(HBO)
Directorial Team:
ALFONSO CUARÓN
Disclaimer
(Apple TV+)
JENNIFER GETZINGER
The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”
(HBO)
Directorial Team:
HELEN SHAVER
The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
(HBO)
WINNER STEVEN ZAILLIAN
Ripley
(Netflix)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger”
(HBO)
JIM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy”
(CBS)
DAVID PAUL MEYER
The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention ‑ Plot Twist!”
(Comedy Central)
WINNER LIZ PATRICK
Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan”
(NBC)
PAUL PENNOLINO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections”
(HBO)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
HAMISH HAMILTON
The 96th Annual Academy Awards
(ABC)
WINNER BETH McCARTHY‑MILLER
The Roast of Tom Brady
(Netflix)
DAVID PAUL MEYER
The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now
(Comedy Central)
GLENN WEISS
The 77th Annual Tony Awards
(CBS)
ALI WONG
Ali Wong: Single Lady
(Netflix)
REALITY PROGRAMS
WINNER NEIL DeGROOT
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland”
(National Geographic)
JOSEPH GUIDRY
Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”
(NBC)
ARI KATCHER
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”
(HBO)
PATRICK McMANUS
American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”
(NBC)
Directorial Team:
MIKE SWEENEY
Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland”
(Max)
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
KAT COIRO
The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”
(Roku Channel)
Directorial Team:
MICHAEL GOI
Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”
(Netflix)
Directorial Team:
JIM MICKLE
Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”
(Netflix)
JENNIFER PHANG
Descendants: The Rise of Red
(Disney+)
Directorial Team:
WINNER AMBER SEALEY
Out of My Mind
(Disney+)
COMMERCIALS
LANCE ACORD
(Park Pictures)
An American Love Story, Volkswagen ‑ Johannes Leonardo
KIM GEHRIG
(Somesuch)
A Life in Sound, SiriusXM – Uncommon
Am I A Bad Person?, Nike ‑ Wieden+Kennedy
Find Your Friends, Apple‑ Client Direct
TIM HEIDECKER & ERIC WAREHEIM
(Prettybird)
Michael CeraVe, CeraVe‑ WPP Onefluence (Ogilvy)
WINNER ANDREAS NILSSON
(Biscuit Filmworks)
Board Game, Hennessy‑ Wieden+Kennedy ‑ London
First Office Poo, Andrex‑ FCB ‑ London
One More, Apple ‑ Client Direct
Whizzer, Virgin Media ‑ VCCP ‑ London
IVAN ZACHARIÁŠ
(Smuggler)
Flock, Apple ‑ Media Arts Lab
DOCUMENTARY
WINNER BRENDAN BELLOMO & SLAVA LEONTYEV
Porcelain War
(Picturehouse)
JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE
Sugarcane
(National Geographic)
JOHAN GRIMONPREZ
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
(Kino Lorber)
IBRAHIM NASH’AT
Hollywoodgate
(Fourth Act Film)
NATALIE RAE & ANGELA PATTON
Daughters
(Netflix)
