DGA Awards Film Nominations: Gerwig, Nolan, Scorsese, Lanthimos & Payne

The Directors Guild of America has nominated Barbie’s Greta Gerwig, Oppenheimer’s Christopher Nolan, Poor Things’ Yorgos Lanthimos, Killers of the Flower Moon’s Martin Scorsese and The Holdovers’ Alexander Payne for the top feature film prize at its 76th annual DGA Awards. See the full list below.

After nominating no women for its marquee prize last year, the guild only went 1-for-5 this time, after Gerwig’s Barbie became the No. 1 movie of 2023.

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Also following its 2023 script, the guild’s nominees for its First-Time Feature Film Prize include four women and one man: Manuella Martelli (Chile ’76), Noora Niasari (Shayda), A.V. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) and Celine Song (Past Lives), along with Cord Jefferson (American Fiction).

The DGA is a strong predictor of Oscar success historically, missing the eventual Best Director winner only eight times in 75 years. The group handed its top trophy to the Daniels for Everything Everywhere All at Once last year, and Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert went on to snag the Academy Award a month later, becoming only the third duo to claim that prized statuette.

“In a year full of so many extraordinary films, DGA members have nominated an incredible group of gifted storytellers,” DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter said. “Their films fused technical prowess with unique artistic visions that captured the depth of the human experience and left an indelible impact on audiences around the world.”

The 2024 DGA Awards will be handed out Saturday, February 10, at the Beverly Hilton. Here is the full list of film nominees revealed today:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

Greta Gerwig
Barbie
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Michael Sharp

• First Assistant Director: Josh Robertson

• Second Assistant Directors: David Keadell, Matthew Milan (Los Angeles Unit)

Yorgos Lanthimos
Poor Things
(Searchlight Pictures)

Christopher Nolan
Oppenheimer
(Universal Pictures)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Managers: Thomas Hayslip, Nathan Kelly, Rafael Lima (New Jersey / New York Unit)

• First Assistant Director: Nilo Otero

• Second Assistant Director: Andrew Stahl

• Second Second Assistant Director: Jesse Carmona

• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Dixon McPhillips, Richard Molloy (New Jersey / New York Unit), AJ Jackson (New Jersey / New York Unit)

• Location Manager: Patty Carey Perazzo (New Jersey / New York Unit)

Alexander Payne
The Holdovers
(Focus Features)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Chris Stinson

• First Assistant Director: Rod Smith

• Second Assistant Director: John Nasraway

• Second Second Assistant Director: Tim LaDue

Martin Scorsese
Killers of the Flower Moon
(Apple Original Films / Paramount Pictures)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Managers: Daniel Lupi, Shea Kammer

• First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

• Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks

• Second Second Assistant Director: Dominic Pacitti

• Additional Second Assistant Director: Nuekellar Hardy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

Cord Jefferson
American Fiction
(Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)

Manuella Martelli
Chile ‘76
(Kino Lober)

Noora Niasari
Shayda
(Sony Pictures Classics / ORIGMA 45)

A.V. Rockwell
A Thousand and One
(Focus Features)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Jamin O’Brien

• First Assistant Director: Daniel Lugo

• Second Assistant Director: Teena Marie Delerme-Lugo

• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Rob York

• Second Second Assistant Director: Donté Bouyer

• Additional Second Assistant Director: T.J. Hallett

• Location Manager: Joanna Lu

Celine Song
Past Lives
(A24)
Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Kerry Johnson

• First Assistant Director: Ben Kahn

• Second Assistant Director: Geraldine Schubert

• Second Second Assistant Director: Dan Levy

Location Manager: Joseph Mullaney

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