Directors Guild of America announces film and TV nominees for 78th DGA Awards

LOS ANGELES -- The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced television and film nominees for the 78th Annual DGA Awards, with nominees such as "The Bear," "Andor" and "Dying for Sex" marking another tough year of competition.

DGA President Christopher Nolan remarked, "On behalf of the entire Guild community, I extend my congratulations to these directors on this achievement, and we look forward to celebrating your work at the DGA Awards."

See below for a selection of the nominees:

Dramatic Series
Janus Metz - "Andor," "Who Are You?"
Liza Johnson - "The Diplomat," "Amagansett"
Amanda Marsalis - "The Pitt," "6:00 P.M."
John Wells - "The Pitt," "7:00 A.M."
Ben Stiller - "Severance," "Cold Harbor"

Comedy Series
Janicza Bravo - "The Bear," "Worms"
Christopher Storer - "The Bear," "Bears"
Lucia Aniello - "Hacks," A Slippery Slope"
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg - "The Studio," "The Oner"
Mike White - "The White Lotus," "Denials"

Limited & Anthology Series
Shannon Murphy - "Dying for Sex," "It's Not That Serious"
Jason Bateman - "Black Rabbit, "The Black Rabbits"
Antonio Campos - "The Beast in Me," "Sick Puppy"
Lesli Linka Glatter - "Sero Day," "Episode 6"
Ally Pankiw - "Black Mirror," "Common People

Variety
Andy Fisher - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp"
Yvonne De Mare - "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Julia Roberts; Sam Smith"
Beth McCarthy-Miller - "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert"
Liza Patrick - "SNL50: The Anniversary Special"
Paul Pennolino - "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," "Public Media"

Reality/Quiz and Game
Lucina M. Margolis - "Jeopardy!," "Ep. 9341"
Adam Sandler - "The Price is Right," "10,000th Episode"
Mike Sweeney - "Conan O'Brien Must Go," "Austria"

Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson - "One Battle After Another"
Ryan Coogler - "Sinners"
Guillermo Del Toro - "Frankenstein"
Josh Safdie - "Marty Supreme"
Chloé Zhao - "Hamnet"

First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
Hasan Hadi - "The President's Cake"
Harry Lighton - "Pillion"
Charlie Polinger - "The Plague"
Alex Russell - "Lurker"
Eva Victor "Sorry, Baby"

For a complete list of nominees, visit DGA.org.

The winners will be announced at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 7, 2026.

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