78th Directors Guild of America Awards

78th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	February 7, 2026 (2026-02-07)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
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The 78th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials of 2025, will be presented on February 7, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. ^[1] The nominations for the television and documentary categories were announced on January 7, 2026, ^{[2] [3] [4]} while the nominations for the feature film categories were announced on January 8, 2026. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Documentary Film
Mstyslav Chernov – 2000 Meters to Andriivka Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni – Cutting Through Rocks Elizabeth Lo – Mistress Dispeller Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus – Cover-Up
First-Time Feature Film
Hasan Hadi – The President's Cake Harry Lighton – Pillion Charlie Polinger – The Plague Alex Russell – Lurker Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Television

Drama Series
Liza Johnson – The Diplomat for "Amagansett" (Netflix) Amanda Marsalis – The Pitt for "6:00 P.M." (HBO Max) Janus Metz Pedersen – Andor for "Who Are You?" (Disney+) Ben Stiller – Severance for "Cold Harbor" (Apple TV) John Wells – The Pitt for "7:00 A.M." (HBO Max)
Comedy Series
Lucia Aniello – Hacks for "A Slippery Slope" (HBO Max) Janicza Bravo – The Bear for "Worms" (FX) Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg – The Studio for "The Oner" (Apple TV) Christopher Storer – The Bear for "Bears" (FX) Mike White – The White Lotus for "Denials" (HBO)
Limited and Anthology Series
Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit for "The Black Rabbits" (Netflix) Antonio Campos – The Beast in Me for "Sick Puppy" (Netflix) Lesli Linka Glatter – Zero Day for "Episode 6" (Netflix) Shannon Murphy – Dying for Sex for "It's Not That Serious" (FX) Ally Pankiw – Black Mirror for "Common People" (Netflix)
Movies for Television
Jesse Armstrong – Mountainhead (HBO) Stephen Chbosky – Nonnas (Netflix) Scott Derrickson – The Gorge (Apple TV) Michael Morris – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock) Kyle Newacheck – Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)
Variety
Yvonne De Mare – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Julia Roberts; Sam Smith" (CBS) Andy Fisher – Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp" (ABC) Beth McCarthy-Miller – SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock) Liz Patrick – SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC) Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "Public Media" (HBO)
Sports
Matthew Gangl – 2025 World Series – Game 7 (Fox) Steve Milton – 2025 Masters Tournament (CBS) Rich Russo – Super Bowl LIX (Fox)
Reality / Quiz & Game
Lucinda M. Margolis – Jeopardy! for "Ep. 9341" (Syndicated) Adam Sandler – The Price Is Right for "10,000th Episode" (CBS) Mike Sweeney – Conan O'Brien Must Go for "Austria" (HBO Max)
Documentary Series / News
Marshall Curry – SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night for "Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room" (Peacock) Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin – Billy Joel: And So It Goes for "Part Two" (HBO) Rebecca Miller – Mr. Scorsese for "All This Filming Isn't Healthy" (Apple TV) Alex Stapleton – Sean Combs: The Reckoning for "Official Girl" (Netflix) Matt Wolf – Pee-wee as Himself for "Part 1" (HBO)

Commercials

Commercials

Kim Gehrig – Nike's "You Can't Win. So Win." and Apple's "I'm Not Remarkable" Miles Jay – ChatGPT's "Dish", "Pull Up", and "Trip", and Meta's "Home for the Holidays" and "Secret Santa" Spike Jonze – Apple's "Someday" Andreas Nilsson – Andrex' "Conquer the First School Poo", Apple's "Garrett" and "Big Flex", and Virgin Media's "Trunk Trucker" Steve Rogers – Amazon's "Bring a Book to Life", Squarespace's "A Tale as Old as Websites", and Coinbase's "Everything is Fine"

Frank Capra Achievement Award

• Gregory G. McCollum ^[8]

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

• David Charles ^[8]

References

1. Pedersen, Erik (July 24, 2025). "DGA Awards 2026 Date & Timeline Set; Ceremony Returns to Beverly Hilton – Update". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
2. Lewis, Hilary; Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 7, 2026). "Directors Guild Awards TV, Documentary, Commercial Nominations: The Pitt and The Bear Land Two Nods Each". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
3. Schneider, Michael (January 7, 2026). "The Pitt, The Bear, SNL50 Lead DGA Awards 2026 TV Nominations". Variety . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
4. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2025" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. January 7, 2026. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
5. Lewis, Hilary (January 8, 2026). "Directors Guild Reveals Film, First-Time Feature Director Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
6. Lattanzio, Ryan (January 8, 2026). "DGA Nominees 2026: Ryan Coogler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, Eva Victor, and More". IndieWire . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
7. "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2025" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. January 8, 2026. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
8. "DGA Announces Special Award Winners for 78th Annual DGA Awards" (Press release). Los Angeles: Directors Guild of America. December 12, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.

External links

• Official website