The winners of the 72nd DGA Awards presented by the Directors Guild of America on January 25 included the directors of a Watchmen episode, and the genre-adjacent Chernobyl miniseries.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
NICOLE KASSELL – Watchmen, “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” (HBO)
Ms. Kassell’s Directorial Team:
- Unit Production Managers: Karen Wacker, Ron Schmidt, Joseph E. Iberti
- First Assistant Director: Keri Bruno
- Second Assistant Directors: Lisa Zugschwerdt, Ben White
- Second Second Assistant Director: Jessie Sasser White
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
JOHAN RENCK – Chernobyl (HBO)
The complete list of winners follows the jump.
Film
Feature Film
- Sam Mendes – 1917
Documentaries
- Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory
First-Time Feature Film
- Alma Har’el – Honey Boy
Television
Drama Series
- Nicole Kassell – Watchmen for “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
Comedy Series
- Bill Hader – Barry for “ronny/lily”
Movies for Television and Limited Series
- Johan Renck – Chernobyl
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
- Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for “Eddie Murphy/Lizzo”
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
- James Burrows and Andy Fisher – Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons
Reality Programs
- Jason Cohen – Encore! for “Annie”
Children’s Programs
- Amy Schatz – Song of Parkland
Commercials (division)
Commercials
- Spike Jonze – Squarespace’s “Dream It” and MedMen’s “The New Normal”
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