77th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Television and Documentary Nominations

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

Alex Graves - The Diplomat, “Dreadnought”

Hiromi Kamata - Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”

Issa López - True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6”

Frederick E.O. Toye - Shōgun, “Crimson Sky”

Jonathan Van Tulleken - Shōgun, “Anjin”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

Lucia Aniello - Hacks, “Bulletproof”

Ayo Edebiri - The Bear, “Napkins”

Duccio Fabbri - The Bear, “Doors”

Jeff Schaffer - Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned”

Christopher Storer - The Bear, “Tomorrow”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series

Kevin Bray - The Penguin, “Top Hat”

Alfonso Cuarón - Disclaimer

Jennifer Getzinger - The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”

Helen Shaver - The Penguin, “Cent'anni”

Steven Zaillian - Ripley

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming

Paul G. Casey - Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger”

Jim Hoskinson - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy”

David Paul Meyer - The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention - Plot Twist!” 

Liz Patrick - Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan”

Paul Pennolino - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials

Hamish Hamilton - The 96th Annual Academy Awards

Beth McCarthy-Miller - The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady

David Paul Meyer - The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now

Glenn Weiss - The 77th Annual Tony Awards

Ali Wong - Ali Wong: Single Lady

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

Neil DeGroot - Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland”

Joseph Guidry - Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”

Ari Katcher - Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”

Patrick McManus - American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”

Mike Sweeney - Conan O'Brien Must Go, “Ireland”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

Kat Coiro  - The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”

Michael Goi - Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”

Jim Mickle - Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”

Jennifer Phang - Descendants: The Rise of Red

Amber Sealey - Out of My Mind

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

Lance Acord

Park Pictures

Kim Gehrig

Somesuch

Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim

Prettybird

Andreas Nilsson

Biscuit Filmworks

Ivan Zachariáš

Smuggler

Outstanding Directorial Achievement invDocumentary

Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev - Porcelain War

Julian Brave Noisecat & Emily Kassie - Sugarcane

Johan Grimonprez - Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Ibrahim Nash’at - Hollywoodgate

Natalie Rae & Angela Patton - Daughters