77th Directors Guild of America Awards

77th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	February 8, 2025 (2025-02-08)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
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The 77th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials of 2024, will be presented on February 8, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. ^[1] The nominations for the television and documentary categories were announced on January 7, 2025, ^{[2] [3] [4]} while the nominations for the feature film categories were announced on January 8, 2025. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Sean Baker – Anora Edward Berger – Conclave Brady Corbet – The Brutalist James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Documentaries
Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – Sugarcane Johan Grimonprez – Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Ibrahim Nash'at – Hollywoodgate Natalie Rae and Angela Patton – Daughters
First-Time Feature Film
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light Megan Park – My Old Ass RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel – Armand Sean Wang – Dìdi

Television

Drama Series
Alex Graves – The Diplomat for "Dreadnought" (Netflix) Hiromi Kamata – Shōgun for "Ladies of the Willow World" (FX) Issa López – True Detective for "Part 6" (HBO) Frederick E. O. Toye – Shōgun for "Crimson Sky" (FX) Jonathan Van Tulleken – Shōgun for "Anjin" (FX)
Comedy Series
Lucia Aniello – Hacks for "Bulletproof" (Max) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear for "Napkins" (FX) Duccio Fabbri – The Bear for "Doors" (FX) Jeff Schaffer – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "No Lessons Learned" (HBO) Christopher Storer – The Bear for "Tomorrow" (FX)
Movies for Television and Limited Series
Kevin Bray – The Penguin for "Top Hat" (HBO) Alfonso Cuarón – Disclaimer (Apple TV+) Jennifer Getzinger – The Penguin for "A Great or Little Thing" (HBO) Helen Shaver – The Penguin for "Cent'Anni" (HBO) Steven Zaillian – Ripley (Netflix)
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher for "Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger" (HBO) Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy" (CBS) David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show for "Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention – Plot Twist!" (Comedy Central) Liz Patrick – Saturday Night Live for "John Mulaney / Chappell Roan" (NBC) Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "India Elections" (HBO)
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Hamish Hamilton – The 96th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) 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
Neil DeGroot – Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted for "The Cliffs of Ireland" (National Geographic) Joseph Guidry – Deal or No Deal Island for "Are You Decisive?" (NBC) Ari Katcher – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show for "Road Trip" (HBO) Patrick McManus – American Ninja Warrior for "Las Vegas Finals 4" (NBC) Mike Sweeney – Conan O'Brien Must Go for "Ireland" (Max)
Children's Programs
Kat Coiro – The Spiderwick Chronicles for "Welcome to Spiderwick" (The Roku Channel) Michael Goi – Avatar: The Last Airbender for "Aang" (Netflix) Jim Mickle – Sweet Tooth for "This Is a Story" (Netflix) Jennifer Phang – Descendants: The Rise of Red (Disney+) Amber Sealey – Out of My Mind (Disney+)

Commercials

Commercials
Lance Acord – Volkswagen's "An American Love Story" Kim Gehrig – Sirius XM's "A Life in Sound", Nike's "Am I A Bad Person", and Apple's "Find Your Friends" Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim – CeraVe's "Michael CeraVe" Andreas Nilsson – Hennessy's "Board Game", Andrex' "First Office Poo", Apple's "One More, Apple", and Virgin Media's "Whizzer" Ivan Zachariáš – Apple's "Flock"

Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film

• Ang Lee ^[9]

Frank Capra Achievement Award

• Thomas J. Whelan ^[8]

Robert B. Aldrich Award

• Mary Rae Thewlis ^[8]

References

1. Hipes, Patrick (April 18, 2024). "DGA Awards Sets Date For 2025 Ceremony". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
2. Verhoeven, Beatrice; Lewis, Hilary (January 7, 2025). "DGA Awards: The Bear, Shogun and The Penguin Lead TV Nominations with Three Nods Each". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
3. Pedersen, Erik (January 7, 2025). "Directors Guild Reveals TV, Doc & Commercials Noms For 2025 DGA Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
4. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
5. Lewis, Hilary; Zeitchik, Steven (January 8, 2025). "James Mangold in, Coralie Fargeat and Denis Villeneuve out as 2025 DGA Awards Nominations Are Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
6. Davis, Clayton (January 8, 2025). "DGA Awards Nominees: James Mangold and Edward Berger In, Denis Villeneuve and Jon M. Chu Snubbed". Variety . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
7. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
8. "DGA Announces Special Award Winners for 77th Annual DGA Awards" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. December 12, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
9. Saperstein, Pat (December 10, 2024). "Ang Lee Honored With DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award". Variety . Retrieved December 10, 2024.

External links

• Official website