Guild award season got serious Saturday night as the Directors Guild of America handed out its annual honors for directorial achievement. With a potential work stoppage in the months ahead, the 2023 DGA Awards were a moment of requisite celebration for the nominees, winners, and guild overall. Surprising no one, the top honor for Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film went to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” They are also the frontrunners for the Best Director Oscar which will be announced on March 12.
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Charlotte Wells continued a remarkable debut winning the First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director for “Aftersun.”
“Station Eleven” finished off its extended awards season run with Helen Shaver winning the DGA Award for the Movies for Television and Limited Series category. Bill Hader won his second Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series award for “Barry” in a very competitive field. Sam Levinson won his first DGA Award in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in the Dramatic Series category for “Euphoria.”
In other categories, Glenn Weiss took the award for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials (his ninth DGA Award win), Liz Patrick and “Saturday Night Live” won for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming, Anne Renton‘s work on “Best Foot Forward” took Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs, Ben Simmons took the Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs award for “Running Wild with Bear Grylls.”
The Oscar precursor awards will continue on Sunday, Feb. 19 when the BAFTA Film Awards are handed out in London.
The complete list of DGA Awards winners and nominees is as follows:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Theatrical Feature Film
TODD FIELD
Tár (Focus Features)
JOSEPH KOSINSKI
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
DANIEL KWAN & DANIEL SCHEINERT – ***WINNER***
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
MARTIN MCDONAGH
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
STEVEN SPIELBERG
The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
JASON BATEMAN
Ozark, “A Hard Way To Go” (Netflix)
VINCE GILLIGAN
Better Call Saul, “Waterworks” (AMC)
SAM LEVINSON – ***WINNER***
Euphoria, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (HBO)
AOIFE McARDLE
Severance, “Hide and Seek” (Apple TV+)
BEN STILLER
Severance, “The We We Are” (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement Of A First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director
ALICE DIOP
Saint Omer (Neon Rated)
AUDREY DIWAN
Happening (IFC Films)
JOHN PATTON FORD
Emily the Criminal (Roadside Attractions/Vertical)
ANTONETA ALAMAT KUSIJANOVIC
Murina (Kino Lorber)
CHARLOTTE WELLS – ***WINNER***
Aftersun (A24)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
TIM BURTON
Wednesday, “Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe” (Netflix)
BILL HADER – ***WINNER***
Barry, “710N” (HBO)
AMY SHERMAN‑PALLADINO
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” (Amazon)
CHRISTOPHER STORER
The Bear, “Review” (FX)
MIKE WHITE
The White Lotus, “Arrivederci” (HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
ERIC APPEL
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Channel)
DEBORAH CHOW
Obi‑Wan Kenobi (Disney+)
JEREMY PODESWA
Station Eleven, “Unbroken Circle” (HBO Max)
HELEN SHAVER
Station Eleven, “Who’s There?” (HBO Max) – ***WINNER***
TOM VERICA
Inventing Anna, “The Devil Wore Anna” (Netflix)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time with Bill Maher, “Episode #2010” (HBO)
JIM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Episode #1333” (CBS)
DAVID PAUL MEYER
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, “Brandi Carlile Discusses Her New Deluxe Album and Performs ‘You and Me on the Rock’” (Comedy Central)
LIZ PATRICK
Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow” (NBC) – ***WINNER***
PAUL PENNOLINO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Afghanistan” (HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
IAN BERGER
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Globe ‑ Hungary for Democracy (Comedy Central)
HAMISH HAMILTON
Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show 2022 (NBC)
JAMES MERRYMAN
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (ABC)
MARCUS RABOY
Mark Twain Prize 2022: Celebrating Jon Stewart (PBS)
GLENN WEISS
The 75th Annual Tony Awards (CBS) – ***WINNER***
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
JOSEPH H. GUIDRY
The Big Brunch, “Carb Loading Brunch” (HBO Max)
CARRIE HAVEL
The Go-Big Show, “Only One Can Win” (TBS)
RICH KIM
Lego Masters, “Jurass-brick World” (FOX)
FBoy Island, “Do You Like Cats?” (HBO Max)
BEN SIMMS
Running Wild with Bear Grylls, “Florence Pugh in the Volcanic Rainforests of Costa Rica” (National Geographic Channel) – ***WINNER***
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
TIM FEDERLE
Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+)
BONNIE HUNT
Amber Brown, “I, Amber Brown” (Apple TV+)
DEAN ISRAELITE
Are You Afraid of the Dark?, “The Tale of Room 13” (Nickelodeon)
MICHAEL LEMBECK
Snow Day The Musical (Paramount+)
ANNE RENTON
Best Foot Forward, “Halloween” (Apple TV+) – ***WINNER***
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
JUAN CABRAL
(MJZ)
For All Life’s Moments, John Lewis ‑ adam&eveDDB
Share the Joy, Apple AirPods ‑ TBWA\Media Arts Lab
KIM GEHRIG – ***WINNER***
(Somesuch, Inc.)
Accessibility, Apple ‑ Apple (Direct)
Run Baby Run, iPhone ‑ Apple (Direct)
CRAIG GILLESPIE
(MJZ)
Hard Knocks, Apple Watch Series 7 ‑ Apple
Problem, Jimmy John’s ‑ Anomaly
Thrill Driver, Nissan ‑ TBWA\Chiat\Day NY
DAVID SHANE
(O Positive, LLC)
Detectives, iPhone 13 Pro ‑ Apple
Smile, ITVX ‑ Uncommon
Traffic Stop, Native ‑ M/H
IVAN ZACHARIÁŠ
(SMUGGLER)
Data Auction, iPhone ‑ TBWA\ Media Arts Lab
This Is How We Work Now, Upwork ‑ Alto
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
SARA DOSA
Fire of Love (National Geographic Documentary Films) – ***WINNER***
MATTHEW HEINEMAN
Retrograde (National Geographic Documentary Films)
LAURA POITRAS
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (NEON)
DANIEL ROHER
Navalny (CNN+/HBO Max)
SHAUNAK SEN
All That Breathes (HBO/HBO Max)