Meanwhile, the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series nominees for the upcoming 2024 DGA Awards include 'Ted Lasso', 'Barry' and 'The Bear'.
- Jan 11, 2024
AceShowbiz - The Directors Guild of America (DGA) unveiled its nominations for the 2024 DGA Awards where it will honor best works in the television, commercial as well as documentary departments. In TV categories, HBO's "Succession" leads the packs after earning four nominations.
The series is nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for four episodes, "Rehearsal" (Becky Martin), "Connor's Wedding" (Mark Mylod), "Tailgate Party" (Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman) and "America Decides" (Andrij Parekh). Also in the running for the award is "The Last of Us" with its Peter Hoar-directed episode "Long, Long Time".
In Comedy series, the nominees include "Ted Lasso" for "La Locker Room Aux Folles" (Erica Dunton) and "So Long, Farewell" (Declan Lowney), "Barry" for "Wow" (Bill Hader), "The Bear" for "Fishes" (Christopher Storer) and "Honeydew" (Ramy Youssef).
Netflix's "All the Light We Cannot See" is additionally nominated this year. The show is up for Movies for Television and Limited Series category, going against "Lesson in Chemistry" and "Daisy Jones & the Six".
"Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss", "The Golden Bachelor", "Project Greenlight: A New Generation", "Lego Masters" and "American Ninja Warrior" are nominated for Reality Programs category. Meanwhile, Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming nominees are "Real Time with Bill Maher", "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "Saturday Night Live", "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" and "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver".
As for the Documentary categories, "Bobi Wine: The People's President" will go against "20 Days in Mariupol", "Beyond Utopia", "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie" and "Kokomo City".
The 2024 Directors Guild of America Awards will present its awards to the winners at the ceremony on February 10 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Find out the movie nominees here.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series:
- Peter Hoar - "The Last of Us", "Long, Long Time" (HBO/Max)
- Becky Martin - "Succession", "Rehearsal" (HBO/Max)
- Mark Mylod - "Succession", "Connor's Wedding" (HBO/Max)
- Andrij Parekh - "Succession", "America Decides" (HBO/Max)
- Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman - "Succession", "Tailgate Party" (HBO/Max)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:
- Erica Dunton - "Ted Lasso", "La Locker Room Aux Folles" (Apple TV+)
- Bill Hader - "Barry", "Wow" (HBO/Max)
- Declan Lowney - "Ted Lasso", "So Long, Farewell" (Apple TV+)
- Christopher Storer - "The Bear", "Fishes" (FX)
- Ramy Youssef - "The Bear", "Honeydew" (FX)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series:
- Shawn Levy - "All the Light We Cannot See" (Netflix)
- Tara Mielle - "Lessons in Chemistry", "Introduction to Chemistry" (Apple TV+)
- Millicent Shelton - "Lessons in Chemistry", "Poirot" (Apple TV+)
- Sarah Adina Smith - "Lessons in Chemistry", "Her and Him" (Apple TV+)
- Nzinga Stewart - "Daisy Jones & The Six", " Track 10: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" (Amazon)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming:
- Paul G. Casey - "Real Time with Bill Maher", "Episode 2117" (HBO/Max)
- Jim Hoskinson - "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "Jan. 19, 2023: Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Meet Me at the Altar; Special appearance by Harvey Guillen" (CBS)
- Michael Mancini and Liz Patrick - "Saturday Night Live", "Pedro Pascal / Coldplay" (NBC)
- David Paul Meyer - "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah", "Singer Charley Crockett Performs 'Name on a Billboard' and Discusses New Album with Jordan Klepper" (Comedy Central)
- Paul Pennolino - "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver", "Episode 1018: Dollar Stores" (HBO/Max)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials:
- Joel Gallen - "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage" (Netflix)
- Stan Lathan - "Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer" (Netflix)
- Linda Mendoza - "Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer" (Netflix)
- Paul Miller - "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love" (NBC)
- Glenn Weiss - The 95th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs:
- Niharika Desai - "Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss", "Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil" (Peacock)
- Ken Fuchs "The Golden Bachelor", "Premiere" (ABC)
- Joseph Guidry and Alexandra Lipsitz - "Project Greenlight: A New Generation", "PGL vs. Gray Matter Problem" (HBO/Max)
- Rich Kim - "Lego Masters", "Is It Brick?" (FOX)
- Patrick McManus - "American Ninja Warrior", "Season 15 Finale" (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children Programs:
- James Bobin - "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher" (Disney+)
- Destin Daniel Cretton - "American Born Chinese", "What Guy Are You" (Disney+)
- Rob Letterman - "Goosebumps", "Say Cheese and Die" (Disney+)
- Amy Schatz - "Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School" (HBO/Max)
- Dinh Thai - "American Born Chinese", "A Monkey on a Quest" (Disney+)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials:
- Martin de Thurah (Epoch Films) - "Fair Exchange", Levi's 501 Jeans – Droga5 and "Legends Never Die", Levi's 501 Jeans, Droga5
- Seb Edwards (Park Pictures) - "Rumble", Battle of the Baddest – Droga5
- Kim Gehrig (Somesuch) - "Run This Town", Apple Music – Apple (Client Direct) and "The Travelers", Expedia – Wieden & Kennedy
- Craig Gillespie (MJZ) - "Waiting Room", Apple iPhone – TBWA/Media Arts Lab
- Andreas Nilsson (Biscuit Filmworks) - "R.I.P. Leon", Apple iPhone – Apple (Client Direct), "Action Mode", Apple iPhone14 – Apple (Client Direct), "Choose Happy", Les Mills Fitness – Nice&Frank, San Francisco and "Wait'll You See" This, Snapchat – Snapchat (Client Direct)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:
- Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp - "Bobi Wine: The People's President" (National Geographic)
- Mstyslav Chernov - "20 Days in Mariupol" (PBS Distribution)
- Madeleine Gavin - "Beyond Utopia" (Roadside Attractions)
- Davis Guggenheim - "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie" (Apple Original Films)
- D. Smith - "Kokomo City" (Magnolia Pictures)
