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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”