{"id":79107,"date":"2026-02-07T22:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=79107"},"modified":"2026-02-07T22:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:10:45","slug":"directors-guild-of-america-announces-78th-annual-dga-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=79107","title":{"rendered":"Directors Guild of America Announces 78th Annual DGA Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Paul Thomas Anderson Wins DGA Theatrical Feature Film Award for One Battle After Another.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Winners in 11 Other Categories also Announced.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Los Angeles \u2013 February 7, 2026 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The winners of the Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 2025 were announced tonight during the 78th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Thomas Anderson won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for\u00a0<em>One Battle After Another<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumail Nanjiani hosted the ceremony before an audience of more than 1,000 guests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenters included (in alphabetical order): Emily Bader, Sean Baker, Patrick Ball, Yvette Nicole Brown, D\u2019arcy Carden, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Taylor Dearden, Paul W. Downs, Leonardo DiCaprio, DGA Associate National Executive Director\/Eastern Executive Director Neil Dudich, Jacob Elordi, Lukas Gage, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Jim Jenkins, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Keaton, Adam Scott, Rhea Seehorn, Kerri Kenny-Silver, Steven Spielberg, Charissa Thompson, J Rupert Thompson, Kerry Washington, and Olivia Wilde.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate Director \/ Stage Manager David Charles was the recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award, which recognizes extraordinary service to the industry and the Guild, and Commercials 1st AD Gregory G. McCollum was the recipient of the Frank Capra Achievement Award, which is given in recognition of notable career achievements and for outstanding service to the DGA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Theatrical Feature Film<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>One Battle After Another<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske<\/li>\n<li>First Assistant Director: Adam Somner<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Directors: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Directors: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez<\/li>\n<li>Additional Second Assistant Directors: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Anderson\u2019s third DGA Award nomination. Anderson was previously nominated in this category in 2007 for\u00a0<em>There Will Be Blood<\/em>\u00a0and again in 2021 for\u00a0<em>Licorice Pizza<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHARLIE POLINGER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>The Plague<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Independent Film Company)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Polinger\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Dramatic Series<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>AMANDA MARSALIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>The Pitt<\/em><\/strong><strong>, \u201c6:00 P.M.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(HBO Max)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden<\/li>\n<li>First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Directors: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers, Chloe Huckins<\/li>\n<li>Additional Second Assistant Director: Michelle Akeley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Marsalis\u2019 first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Comedy Series<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>SETH ROGEN &amp; EVAN GOLDBERG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>The Studio<\/em><\/strong><strong>, \u201cThe Oner\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Apple TV)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Unit Production Manager: Shawn Dyrdahl<\/li>\n<li>First Assistant Director: Donald Murphy<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Peter Dress<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Director: Denise Anderson Poore<\/li>\n<li>Additional Second Assistant Director: Abran Trujillo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Rogen\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Goldberg\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Limited &amp; Anthology Series<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Limited &amp; Anthology Series for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>SHANNON MURPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Dying for Sex<\/em><\/strong><strong>, \u201cIt\u2019s Not That Serious\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(FX on Hulu)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Unit Production Manager: Francesca M. Mannix<\/li>\n<li>First Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Findlay Ward Zotter<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Directors: Kristin Dombroski, Laura E. Rizer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Murphy\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Movies for Television<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>STEPHEN CHBOSKY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Nonnas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Netflix)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Unit Production Managers: Pamela Hirsch, Kara Doherty<\/li>\n<li>First Assistant Director: Chris Surgent<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Director: Cary Lee<\/li>\n<li>Location Manager: Tatiana Forster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Chbosky\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Variety<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>LIZ PATRICK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>SNL50: The Anniversary Special<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NBC)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini, Dan Dome<\/li>\n<li>Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk, Peter Epstein, Karen Tasch Weiss, Steve Bautista, Joey Despenzero, Frank Fernandez, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Cyndi Owgang, Elise Reaves, Niclana Tolmasoff, Leslie Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Patrick\u2019s fourth DGA Award nomination. Patrick won the Variety\/Talk\/News\/Sports \u2013 Regularly Scheduled Programming awards for\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u00a0episodes \u201cJack Harlow\u201d (2022), \u201cJohn Mulaney\/Chappell Roan\u201d (2024) and with Michael Mancini for \u201cPedro Pascal\/Coldplay\u201d (2023).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Sports<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Sports for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MATTHEW GANGL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>2025 World Series &#8211; Game 7 &#8211; Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(FOX Sports)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Associate Directors: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stojkov, Bryan Colucci<\/li>\n<li>Stage Managers: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Gangl\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Reality \/ Quiz &amp; Game<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality \/ Quiz &amp; Game for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MIKE SWEENEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Conan O\u2019Brien Must Go<\/em><\/strong><strong>, \u201cAustria\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(HBO Max)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Associate Director: Jason Chillemi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Sweeney\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Commercials<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>KIM GEHRIG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Somesuch)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>You Can\u2019t Win. So Win<\/em><\/strong><strong>. \u2013 Nike<\/strong>\u00a0| Wieden+Kennedy<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>First Assistant Director: Peter Jackson, John Mattern<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Melina Greene<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>I\u2019m Not Remarkable<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2013 Apple<\/strong>\u00a0| Client Direct<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Directorial Team:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>First Assistant Director: Guy Forgaard<\/li>\n<li>Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Gehrig\u2019s fourth DGA Award nomination. Gehrig previously won in this category in 2022 for\u00a0<em>The Greatest<\/em>\u00a0(Apple) and\u00a0<em>Run Baby Run<\/em>\u00a0(Apple iPhone 13); in 2023 for\u00a0<em>Run This Town<\/em>\u00a0(Apple) and\u00a0<em>The Travelers<\/em>\u00a0(Expedia); and was nominated in 2024 for\u00a0<em>A Life in Sound<\/em>\u00a0(SiriusXM),\u00a0<em>Am I a Bad Person?<\/em>\u00a0(Nike) and\u00a0<em>Find Your Friends<\/em>\u00a0(Apple).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Documentary Film<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MSTYSLAV CHERNOV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>2000 Meters to Andriivka<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(PBS)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Chernov\u2019s second DGA Award nomination. Chernov previously won in this category in 2023 for\u00a0<em>20 Days in Mariupol<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Documentary Series \/ News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series \/ News for 2025 is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>REBECCA MILLER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Mr. Scorsese<\/em><\/strong><strong>, \u201cAll This Filming Isn\u2019t Healthy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Apple TV)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was Miller\u2019s first DGA Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Thomas Anderson Wins DGA Theatrical&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-ca-local","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79109,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79107\/revisions\/79109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}