‘Ozark,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘WandaVision’ topline Directors Guild TV nominations (DGA)

Erik Anderson March 8, 2021

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced its nominations for television and documentaries on Monday and the Golden-Globe and Critics Choice-winning comedy Ted Lasso from Apple TV+ toplined the comedy category with two nominations.

HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm also earned two DGA nominations in comedy while the drama series nominees were: Ozark, The Mandalorian, Better Call Saul, Homeland and Bridgerton.

The most buzzed about show of the new year, WandaVision on Disney+, was nominated in the limited series section alongside Hamilton, The Undoing, Little Fires Everywhere and The Queen’s Gambit.

The Documentary Feature nominees are: Boys State, My Octopus Teacher, The Painter and the Thief, The Truffle Hunters and Welcome to Chechnya. All five films are on the Oscar shortlist; My Octopus Teacher and The Truffle Hunters also have PGA nominations.

Nominations for theatrical feature film will be announced tomorrow, March 9. Here is the full list of TV nominations.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

JASON BATEMAN
Ozark, “Wartime”
(Netflix)

JON FAVREAU
The Mandalorian, “Chapter 9: The Marshal”
(Disney+)

VINCE GILLIGAN
Better Call Saul, “Bagman”
(AMC)

LESLI LINKA GLATTER
Homeland, “Prisoners of War”
(Showtime)

JULIE ANNE ROBINSON
Bridgerton, “Diamond of the First Water”
(Netflix)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

ZACH BRAFF
Ted Lasso, “Biscuits”
(Apple TV+)

MJ DELANEY
Ted Lasso, “The Hope that Kills You”
(Apple TV+)

SUSANNA FOGEL
The Flight Attendant, “In Case of Emergency”
(HBO Max)

ERIN O’MALLEY
Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Surprise Party”
(HBO)

JEFF SCHAFFER
Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Spite Store”
(HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series

SUSANNE BIER
The Undoing
(HBO)

SCOTT FRANK
The Queen’s Gambit
(Netflix)

THOMAS KAIL
Hamilton
(Disney+)

MATT SHAKMAN
WandaVision
(Disney+)

LYNN SHELTON
Little Fires Everywhere, “Find a Way”
(Hulu)

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

PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time With Bill Maher, “Episode 1835”
(HBO)

JIM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “#1025 Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection”
(CBS)

DON ROY KING
Saturday Night Live, “Dave Chappelle; Foo Fighters”
(NBC)

DAVID PAUL MEYER
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, “President Obama: Inspiring Future Leaders & “A Promised Land””
(Comedy Central)

CHRISTOPHER WERNER
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Trump & Election Results”
(HBO)

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

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents “Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cried with Desi Lydic”
(Comedy Central)

MARIELLE HELLER
What the Constitution Means to Me
(Amazon)

JIM HOSKINSON
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020″
(Showtime)

SPIKE LEE
American Utopia
(HBO)

THOMAS SCHLAMME
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
(HBO Max)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

DAVID CHARLES
Eco Challenge, “3,2,1…Go!”
(Amazon)

JON FAVREAU
The Chef Show, “Tartine”
(Netflix)

KEN FUCHS
Shark Tank, “1211”
(ABC)

JOSEPH GUIDRY
Full Bloom, “Petal to the Metal”
(HBO Max)

RICH KIM
Lego Masters, “Mega City Block”
(FOX)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs

KABIR AKHTAR
High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, “Opening Night”
(Disney+)

LARISSA BILLS
On Pointe, “Showtime!”
(Disney+)

DEAN ISRAELITE
The Astronauts, “Countdown”
(Nickelodeon)

RICHIE KEEN
The Healing Powers of Dude, “Second Step: Homeroom”
(Netflix)

AMY SCHATZ
We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest
(HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

STEVE AYSON
(MJZ)
The Great Chase, Nike – Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai

NISHA GANATRA
(Chelsea Pictures)
#wombstories, Bodyform/Libresse – AMVBBDO

NICLAS LARSSON
(MJZ)
See the Unseen, VW Touareg – adam&eveDDB
The Parents, Volvo XC60 – Forsman & Bodenfors

MELINA MATSOUKAS
(Prettybird)
You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre – Translation

TAIKA WAITITI
(Hungry Man)
The Letter, Coca-Cola – Wieden & Kennedy London

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

MICHAEL DWECK & GREGORY KERSHAW
The Truffle Hunters
(Sony Pictures Classics)

PIPPA EHRLICH & JAMES REED
My Octopus Teacher
(Netflix)

DAVID FRANCE
Welcome to Chechnya
(HBO Max)

AMANDA MCBAINE & JESSE MOSS
Boys State
(A24)

BENJAMIN REE
The Painter and the Thief
(Elevation Pictures)

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.