Directors Guild of America (DGA) Television, Commercials and Documentary Nominations

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK - The Vietnam War
BRYAN FOGEL - Icarus
MATTHEW HEINEMAN - City of Ghosts
STEVE JAMES - Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
ERROL MORRIS - Wormwood

 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series 
THE DUFFER BROTHERS - Stranger Things, “Chapter Nine: The Gate”
REED MORANO - The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred”
JEREMY PODESWA - Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf”
MATT SHAKMAN - Game of Thrones, “The Spoils of War”
ALAN TAYLOR - Game of Thrones, “Beyond the Wall”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
AZIZ ANSARI - Master of None, “The Thief”
MIKE JUDGE - Silicon Valley, “Server Error”
MELINA MATSOUKAS - Master of None, “Thanksgiving”
BETH McCARTHY-MILLER - Veep, “Chicklet”
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
SCOTT FRANK - Godless
BARRY LEVINSON - The Wizard of Lies
KYRA SEDGWICK - Story of a Girl
JEAN-MARC VALLÉE - Big Little Lies
GEORGE C. WOLFE - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled 
ANDRE ALLEN - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, “#2061”
PAUL G. CASEY - Real Time with Bill Maher, “#1527”
JIM HOSKINSON - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Joe Biden/Elton John”
DON ROY KING - Saturday Night Live, “Host: Jimmy Fallon”
PAUL PENNOLINO - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “French Elections”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
STAN LATHAN - Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
LINDA MENDOZA - Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman
PAUL PENNOLINO - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
AMY SCHUMER - Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
GLENN WEISS - The 89th Annual Academy Awards

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
HISHAM ABED - Encore!, “Pilot”
JOHN GONZALEZ - Live PD, “Episode 50”
BRIAN SMITH - MasterChef, “Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks”
ADAM VETRI - Dare to Live, “Chainsmokers”
KENT WEED - Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge, “Season Premiere”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
NIKI CARO - Anne with an E, “Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny”
BENJAMIN LEHMANN - The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special
LILY MARIYE - Just Add Magic, “Just Add Meddling”
ALISON McDONALD - An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life
MATTHEW O’NEILL and THALIA SODI - 15: A Quinceañera Story: Zoey

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
MARTIN de THURAH - Festival, StubHub – Goodby Silverstein
ALMA HAR’EL - Love Without Bias, P&G – Wieden + Kennedy
HOFFMAN/METOYER - Anthem, KitchenAid – DigitasLBi
MILES JAY - Alive, Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones – Grey
ISAIAH SERET - Growing Up, Samsung Galaxy – Wieden + Kennedy Portland