2024 DGA Awards winners list in 3 film and 8 TV categories

The 76th Directors Guild of America Awards took place on Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT with Judd Apatow hosting the in-person, non-televised ceremony. These kudos honored the best helmers of the year in movies and television, as voted on by more than 18,000 members of the directing guild. Scroll down for the 2024 DGA Awards winners list in three film and eight TV categories.

As always, the all-important feature film category is one of the most telling bellwethers for the eventual Best Director Oscar. The guild and the academy have only disagreed for Best Director eight times over the past seven decades, with the last three years lining up perfectly for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Jane Campion (2021’s “The Power of the Dog”) and Chloé Zhao (2020’s “Nomadland”).

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This year, just three of the DGA’s nominees also reaped directing Oscar bids: Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”), Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”) and Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”). The other two guild nominees, Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”) and Alexander Payne (“The Holdovers”), were replaced by Jonathan Glazer (“The Zone of Interest”) and Justine Triet (“Anatomy of a Fall”) at the Academy Awards.

Another film category that awards pundits had their eye on was the first-time director race, where the inaugural nominees were Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”), Manuela Martelli (“Chile ’76”), Noora Niasari (“Shayda”), A. V. Rockwell (“A Thousand and One”) and Celine Song (“Past Lives”).

On the TV side, the drama series lineup was led by four episodes of “Succession” and one from “The Last of Us.” The comedy series roster listed two episodes from “The Bear,” two from “Ted Lasso” and one from “Barry.” And the limited series race featured a trio of “Lessons in Chemistry” episodes, plus “Daisy Jones and the Six” and “All the Light We Cannot See.”

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Below are the complete results for the 2024 DGA Awards, with winners denoted in gold.

FILM

Best Feature Film Director — Presented by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”)
Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”)
X — Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”)
Alexander Payne (“The Holdovers”)
Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)

Best Documentary Director — Presented by Jeffrey Wright
Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp (“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”)
X — Mstyslav Chernov (“20 Days in Mariupol”)
Madeleine Gavin (“Beyond Utopia”)
Davis Guggenheim (“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”)
D. Smith (“Kokomo City”)

Best First-Time Feature Film Director — Presented by Patty Jenkins
Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”)
Manuela Martelli (“Chile ’76”)
Noora Niasari (“Shayda”)
A. V. Rockwell (“A Thousand and One”)
X — Celine Song (“Past Lives”)

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series Director — Presented by Rose Byrne and Zooey Deschanel
X — Peter Hoar (“The Last of Us”) for “Long, Long Time” (HBO)
Becky Martin (“Succession”) for “Rehearsal” (HBO)
Mark Mylod (“Succession”) for “Connor’s Wedding” (HBO)
Andrij Parekh (“Succession”) for “America Decides” (HBO)
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (“Succession”) for “Tailgate Party” (HBO)

Best Comedy Series Director — Presented by Rashida Jones
Erica Dunton (“Ted Lasso”) for “La Locker Room Aux Folles” (Apple TV+)
Bill Hader (“Barry”) for “wow” (HBO)
Declan Lowney (“Ted Lasso”) for “So Long, Farewell” (Apple TV+)
X — Christopher Storer (“The Bear”) for “Fishes” (FX / Hulu)
Ramy Youssef (“The Bear”) for “Honeydew” (FX / Hulu)

Best Limited Series/TV Movie Director — Presented by Matt Bomer and Eva Longoria
Shawn Levy (“All the Light We Cannot See”) (Netflix)
Tara Miele (“Lessons in Chemistry”) for “Introduction to Chemistry” (Apple TV+)
Millicent Shelton (“Lessons in Chemistry”) for “Poirot” (Apple TV+)
X — Sarah Adina Smith (“Lessons in Chemistry”) for “Her and Him” (Apple TV+)
Nzingha Stewart (“Daisy Jones & the Six”) for “Track 10: Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” (Prime Video)

Best Variety Series Director — Presented by Jay Ellis and Nasim Pedrad
Paul G. Casey (“Real Time with Bill Maher”) for “Episode 2117” (HBO)
Jim Hoskinson (“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”) for “Jan. 19, 2023: Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Meet Me at the Altar; Special appearance by Harvey Guillén” (CBS)
X — Michael Mancini and Liz Patrick (“Saturday Night Live”) for “Pedro Pascal / Coldplay” (NBC)
David Paul Meyer (“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”) for “Singer Charley Crockett Performs ‘Name on a Billboard’ and Discusses New Album with Jordan Klepper” (Comedy Central)
Paul Pennolino (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”) for “Dollar Stores” (HBO)

Best Variety Special Director — Presented by Jay Ellis and Nasim Pedrad
Joel Gallen (“Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”) (Netflix)
Stan Lathan (“Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer”) (Netflix)
Linda Mendoza (“Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”) (Netflix)
X — Paul Miller (“Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love”) (NBC)
Glenn Weiss (“The 95th Annual Academy Awards”) (ABC)

Best Reality Program Director — Presented by Carla Gallo and Ilana Glazer
X — Niharika Desai (“Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss”) for “Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil” (Peacock)
Ken Fuchs (“The Golden Bachelor”) for “Premiere” (ABC)
Joseph Guidry and Alexandra Lipsitz (“Project Greenlight: A New Generation”) for “PGL vs. Gray Matter Problem” (HBO)
Rich Kim (“Lego Masters”) for “Is It Brick?” (Fox)
Patrick McManus (“American Ninja Warrior”) for “Season 15 Finale” (NBC)

Best Children’s Program Director — Presented by Rachel Sennott
James Bobin (“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”) for “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher” (Disney+)
Destin Daniel Cretton (“American Born Chinese”) for “What Guy Are You” (Disney+)
Rob Letterman (“Goosebumps”) for “Say Cheese and Die” (Disney+ / Hulu)
X — Amy Schatz (“Stand Up & Shout: Songs”) from a Philly High School (HBO)
Dinh Thai (“American Born Chinese”) for “A Monkey on a Quest” (Disney+)

Best Commercial Director — Presented by Carla Gallo and Ilana Glazer
Martin de Thurah (Levi’s’ “Fair Exchange” and “Legends Never Die”)
Seb Edwards (Battle of the Baddest’s “Rumble”)
X — Kim Gehrig (Apple’s “Run This Town” and Expedia’s “The Travelers”)
Craig Gillespie (Apple’s “Waiting Room”)
Andreas Nilsson (Apple’s “R.I.P. Leon” and “Action Mode”, Les Mills’ “Choose Happy” and Snapchat’s “Wait’ll You See This”)

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