The Directors Guild of America have announced the nominees for the 2019 Directors Guild Awards, honoring outstanding directorial achievements across film and television. There were few surprises in the film categories, as recent Golden Globe winner Alfonso Cuarón, Spike Lee, and Bradley Cooper earned nods for Roma, BlacKkKlansman, and A Star Is Born, respectively. Cooper also scored a nomination in the First-Time Feature Film category, however, alongside Eighth Grade‘s Bo Burnham and Sorry to Bother You‘s Boots Riley, among others. In TV, both Atlanta and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel score multiple nominations in the Comedy Series category, while mainstays like Homeland and The Americans were joined by The Handmaid’s Tale, Ozark, and new HBO series Succession. Winners will be announced on Feb. 2 in a ceremony in Hollywood; read through for the full list of nominees below.
Feature Film
First-Time Feature Film
Dramatic Series
Comedy Series
Movies for Television / Limited Series
Documentary
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
- Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher, “#1633”
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Daniel Gray Longino, Dan Mazer – Who Is America?, “Episode 102”
- Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “#480”
- Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live, “Adam Driver; Kanye West”
- Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Episode 502 – Italian Election”
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
- The 60th Grammy Awards
- The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018
- Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma
- Steve Martin & Martin Short – “An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life”
- The 72nd Annual Tony Awards
Reality Programs
- Better Late Than Never, “How Do You Say Roots in German?”
- Iron Chef Gauntlet, “Episode 201”
- American Ninja Warrior, “Miami City Qualifiers”
- The Final Table, “Japan”
- The Amazing Race, “It’s Just a Million Dollars, No Pressure”
Children’s Programs
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, “Hostile Hospital: Part 1”
- Sesame Street, “When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special”
- The Dangerous Book for Boys, “How to Walk on the Moon”
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, “The Vile Village: Part 1”
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, “The Ersatz Elevator: Part 1”
