HBO is leading the way for the Director’s Guild of America television nominees for their 2020 awards ceremony coming in late January. The cable channel is king with five shows nominated across the drama and comedy categories, withGame of ThronesandWatchmenscooping up the majority of nominations.
The categories included in this latest release of nominees include Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Dramatic Series, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Comedy Series, and Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials for 2019. The nominees listed are the episode directors but the teams who helped make their episode a success are also included in the nominations list. The categories are fairly trim, with five nominees per category.
HBO completely dominates the Drama Series category, with directorsMiguel SapochnikandDavid Nuttereach scoring nominations for their work on respective mid-seasonGame of Thronesepisodes “The Long Night” and “The Last of the Starks”. Those episodes center on the story-defining battle at Winterfell and its aftermath and are among those favorite episodes of the show’s fans. Additional drama nominees includeNicole KassellandStephen Williamsfor their work onWatchmenas well asMark Mylodfor his direction of the Season 2 finale ofSuccession.
Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video is the leader in the Comedy Series category with award show faveThe Marvelous Mrs. Maiseldominating. Three of the five nominees —Dan Attias,Amy Sherman Palladino, andDaniel Palladino— each earned nominations for their work of a respective Season 3 episode. Additional nominees in the comedy category includeBill Haderfor his work onBarryandDavid Mandelfor the series finale episode ofVeep.
The winners in each category will be announced during the DGA Awards, set to take place on January 25 in Los Angeles. For more, check out the list ofDGA Awards nomineesfor feature films.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN TELEVISION DRAMATIC SERIES
David Nutter,Game of Thrones, “The Last of the Starks” (HBO)
Miguel Sapochnik,Game of Thrones, “The Long Night” (HBO)
Nicole Kassell,Watchmen, “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” (HBO)
Stephen Williams,Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being” (HBO)
Mark Mylod,Succession, “This Is Not For Tears” (HBO)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
Dan Attias,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “It’s the Sixties, Man!” (Prime Video)
Amy Sherman Palladino,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” (Prime Video)
Daniel Palladino,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Marvelous Radio” (Prime Video)
Bill Hader,Barry, “ronny/lily” (HBO)
David Mandel,Veep, “Veep” (HBO)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS — SPECIALS FOR 2019
Jame Burrows (All in the FamilyandThe Jeffersons– Directed by); Andy Fisher (Live in Front of a Studio Audience– Directed by): Live in Front of a Studio Audience Norman Lear’sAll in the FamilyandThe Jeffersons(ABC)
