The race for Best Picture took an interesting turn tonight as Sam Mendes took the top DGA Award prize for Best Director of a Feature Film for “1917.” The Universal Release has now won both the PGA Award and the DGA Awards top honor. The third major guild honor, the Best Ensemble Award at the SAG Awards, went to “Parasite.” The last time a film won both the PGA and the DGA and didn’t win Best Picture was when “Moonlight” triumphed over “La La Land” 2017.
READ MORE: “Parasite” triumphs at the 2020 SAG Awards
Alma Har’el was honored with the First-Time Feature award for Amazon Studios’ “Honey Boy.” “American Factor,” the potential Best Documentary winner at the Oscars, put Netflix on the board while “Barry” (Bill Hader’s second straight win) “Chernobyl” and “Watchmen” wins were notable for HBO.
Disney Plus earned its first major guild win as “Encore!” took the Reality category and Spike Jonze his second DGA in a row for the Commercials category.
A full list of this year’s nominees and winners is as follows:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Bong Joon Ho
“Parasite”
(Neon)
Sam Mendes – WINNER
“1917”
(Universal Pictures)
Martin Scorsese
“The Irishman”
(Netflix)
Quentin Tarantino
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
(Sony)
Taika Waititi
“Jojo Rabbit”
(Fox Searchlight)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director
Mati Diop, “Atlantics”
Alma Har’el, “Honey Boy” – WINNER
Melina Matsoukas, “Queen & Slim”
Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, “The Peanut Butter Falcon”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Nicole Kassell – WINNER
“Watchmen,” “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
(HBO
Mark Mylod
“Succession,” “This Is Not For Tears”
(HBO)
David Nutter
“Game of Thrones,” “The Last of the Starks”
(HBO)
Miguel Sapochnik
“Game of Thrones,” “The Long Night”
(HBO)
Stephen Williams
“Watchmen,” “This Extraordinary Being”
(HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Dan Attias
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s the Sixties, Man!”
(Prime Video)
Bill Hader – WINNER
“Barry,” “ronny/lily”
(HBO)
David Mandel
“Veep,” “Veep”
(HBO)
Amy Sherman-Palladino
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s Comedy or Cabbage”
(Prime Video)
Daniel Palladino
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Marvelous Radio”
(Prime Video)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television & Miniseries
Ava DuVernary
“When They See Us”
(Netflix)
Vince Gilligan
“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”
(Netflix)
Thomas Kail
“Fosse/Verdon”
(FX Networks)
Johan Renck – WINNER
“Chernobyl”
(HBO)
Minkie Spiro
“Fosse/Verdon”
(FX Networks)
Jessica Yu
“Fosse/Verdon”
(FX Networks)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
James Burrows (“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” – Directed by)
Andy Fisher (“Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ – Directed by)
(ABC) – WINNER
Spike Jonze
“Aziz Ansari: Right Now”
(Netflix)
Stan Lathan
“Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones”
(Netflix)
Linda Mendoza
“Wanda Sykes: Not Normal”
(Netflix)
Glenn Weiss
“The 91st Annual Academy Awards”
(ABC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – WINNER
“American Factory” (Netflix)
Feras Fayyad
“The Cave” (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Alex Holmes
“Maiden” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
“Honeyland” (Neon)
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
“One Child Nation” (Amazon Studios)
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time With Bill Maher, “1730”
(HBO)
NORA S. GERARD
CBS Sunday Morning, “40th Anniversary”
(CBS)
IM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “A. Ocasio-Cortez; Incubus”
(CBS)
DON ROY KING – WINNER
Saturday Night Live, “E. Murphy; Lizzo”
(NBC)
PAUL PENNOLINO, CHRISTOPHER WERNER
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “SLAPP Suits”
(HBO)
Reality Programs
HISHAM ABED
Queer Eye, “Black Girl Magic”
(Netflix)
JASON COHEN – WINNER
Encore!, “Annie”
(Disney+)
JON FAVREAU
The Chef Show, “Hog Island”
(Netflix)
ASHLEY S. GORMAN
First Responders Live, “103”
(FOX)
PATRICK McMANUS
American Ninja Warrior, “1116 Las Vegas National Finals Night 4”
(NBC)
Children’s Programs for 2019
DEAN ISRAELITE
Are You Afraid of the Dark?, “Part One: Submitted for Your Approval”
(Nickelodeon)
JACK JAMESON
Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Special
(HBO Documentary Films)
LUKE MATHENY
Ghostwriter, “Ghost in Wonderland, Part 1”
(Apple TV+)
AMY SCHATZ – WINNER
Song of Parkland
(HBO Documentary Films)
BARRY SONNENFELD
A Series of Unfortunate Events, “Penultimate Peril: Part 1”
(Netflix)
Commercials
FREDRIK BOND
(MJZ)
Lighter Than Air, HP Elite Dragonfly – Media Monks
Unit Production Manager: Line Postmyr
First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
Take it Lightly, Coca-Cola Light – Ingo
Nap, iPhone – Apple
SPIKE JONZE – WINNER
(MJZ)
Dream It, Squarespace – Squarespace
First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
The New Normal, Medmen – Mekanism
First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
Second Assistant Directors: David Marnell, Jeff Tavani
MARK MOLLOY
(Smuggler)
Underdogs, Apple – Apple
RIDLEY SCOTT
(RSA Films)
The Seven Worlds, Hennessy X.O. – DDB Paris
DOUGAL WILSON
(Furlined)
