Directors Guild of America (DGA) Sets Its 2017 Awards Timeline

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The full timeline for next year’s Directors Guild of America nominations, voting and awards has been set with Television, Documentary and Commercial nominees being announced January 11, 2017 and Feature Film and First Time Feature Film nominations announced the next day, January 12.

The voting period begins immediately after the nominations announcement and the awards dinner will be held February 4, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Here is the full timeline of DGA events:

FEATURE FILM AWARD
Nov. 30, 2016: Online voting for feature film nominations
Jan. 9, 2017: Deadline to vote online for feature film nominations
Jan. 12: Feature film nominations announced, online voting begins
Jan. 16-20: Membership screening of nominated films
Feb. 3: Deadline for feature-film voting

Check out our 2016/2017 Awards Calender

TELEVISION AWARDS
Oct. 3, 2016: Entry forms for TV & commercials available online
Dec. 2: Deadline for submitting television and commercials entries
Dec. 12: Online voting for television nominations opens
Jan. 9, 2017: Deadline to vote online for television nominations
Jan. 11: Television and commercial nominations announced

FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR AWARD
Sept. 6, 2016: Entry forms for first-time feature film director available online
Oct. 7: Deadline for first-time feature director entries with a theatrical release 
during the period of Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, 2016
Nov. 11: Deadline for first-time feature director entries with a theatrical release 
during the period of Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2016
Jan. 12, 2017: First-time feature film director nominees announced

Check out last year’s DGA nominees and winners

DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Sept. 7, 2016: Entry form for documentary available online
Oct. 3: Deadline for documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast 
during the period of Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, 2016
Nov. 1: Deadline for documentary entries with a theatrical release or broadcast 
during the period of Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2016
Jan. 11, 2017: Documentary nominations announced

69th ANNUAL DGA AWARDS
Dec. 2, 2016: Dinner reservation forms available
Jan. 27: Deadline for returning all dinner reservation forms
Feb. 4: DGA Awards dinner, Beverly Hilton Hotel

About the DGA:

In the 80 years since its founding in 1936, the DGA has fought for the economic and creative rights of its members; protected their ability to financially benefit from the reuse of their work; established strong pension and health plans; and established jurisdiction in new technologies and distribution platforms. Today we represent nearly 16,000 directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, new media and other audiovisual media.

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