Sean Baker for “Anora,” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist,” James Mangold for “A Full Unknown,” Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” and Edward Berger for “Conclave” have been nominated for the Characteristic Movie directing prize from the DGA Awards on behalf of the Administrators Guild of America.
The winner for the highest prize will likely be introduced on the 77th Annual DGA Awards ceremony held on February 8.
Additionally introduced on Wednesday are the 5 nominees for the Michael Apted Award for First-Time Theatrical Characteristic Movie. These nominees are: Payal Kapadia for “All We Think about As Gentle,” Megan Park for “My Outdated Ass,” RaMell Ross for “Nickel Boys,” Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for “Armand,” and Sean Wang for “Didi.”
DGA Awards nominees within the TV, actuality, business, and documentary classes have been unveiled on Tuesday, with “Shōgun,” “The Bear,” and “The Penguin” main the way in which with three directing nominations every. Within the documentary class, the nominees have been the administrators behind “Porcelain Warfare,” “Sugarcane,” “Daughters,” “Hollywoodgate,” and “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.”
Christopher Nolan gained final yr’s Characteristic Movie directing prize for “Oppenheimer,” beating out a discipline that included Greta Gerwig, Yorgos Lanthimos, Alexander Payne, and Martin Scorsese. Whereas the winner of the DGA Award tends to go on to win the Oscar, the extra worldwide voting block of the Academy has opted for a wider group of administrators than the DGA lately. Celine Tune for “Previous Lives” gained final yr’s Michael Apted prize, and Mstyslav Chernov gained the Documentary award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” which additionally gained the Oscar.
As IndieWire wrote on Tuesday after the discharge of the documentary nominees, all 5 of the DGA’s nominees additionally landed on the Oscars shortlist for the Greatest Documentary Characteristic race, with “Sugarcane” and “Porcelain Warfare” among the many almost certainly nominees to hold over to the Oscars. It suggests a decent race that ought to present some readability as soon as the DGA Awards winners are unveiled.
See the total listing of nominees beneath:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
The nominees for Excellent Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Characteristic Movie for 2024 are (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD – “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
SEAN BAKER – “Anora” (Neon)
Directorial Staff:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Olivia Kavanaugh
First Assistant Director: Liza Mann
Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Coleman
Location Supervisor: Ross Brodar
EDWARD BERGER – “Conclave” (Focus Options)
BRADY CORBET – “The Brutalist” (A24)
JAMES MANGOLD – “A Full Unknown” (Searchlight Photos)
Directorial Staff:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Michael Bederman
First Assistant Director: Douglas Torres
Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson
Second Second Assistant Administrators: Billy Brennan, Veronica Grant
Location Supervisor: Anthony Pisani
MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
As well as, Glatter additionally introduced 5 nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Excellent Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Characteristic Movie.
PAYAL KAPADIA – “All We Think about as Gentle” (Sideshow & Janus Movies)
MEGAN PARK – “My Outdated Ass” (Amazon MGM Studios)
RAMELL ROSS – “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Directorial Staff:
Unit Manufacturing Supervisor: Kenneth Yu
First Assistant Director: James Roque
Second Assistant Director: Jonathan M. Warren
Second Second Assistant Director: Thalia Skaleris
Further Second Assistant Director: Zachery Scherer
Location Supervisor: Batou Chandler
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – “Armand” (IFC Movies)
SEAN WANG – “Dìdi” (Focus Options)