Directors Guild Announces Nominations for 2024 DGA Awards

Theatrical Feature Film

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2023 are (in alphabetical order):

GRETA GERWIG
Barbie
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ms. Gerwig’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Michael Sharp
First Assistant Director: Josh Robertson
Second Assistant Directors: David Keadell, Matthew Milan (Los Angeles Unit)

YORGOS LANTHIMOS
Poor Things
(Searchlight Pictures)

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Oppenheimer
(Universal Pictures)
Mr. Nolan’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Thomas Hayslip, Nathan Kelly, Rafael Lima (New Jersey/New York Unit)
First Assistant Director: Nilo Otero
Second Assistant Director: Andrew Stahl
Second Second Assistant Director: Jesse Carmona
Additional Second Assistant Directors: Dixon McPhillips, Richard Molloy (New Jersey/New York Unit), AJ Jackson (New Jersey/New York Unit)
Location Manager: Patty Carey Perazzo (New Jersey/New York Unit)
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ALEXANDER PAYNE
The Holdovers
(Focus Features)
Mr. Payne’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Chris Stinson
First Assistant Director: Rod Smith
Second Assistant Director: John Nasraway
Second Second Assistant Director: Tim LaDue
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MARTIN SCORSESE
Killers of the Flower Moon
(Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
Mr. Scorsese’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Daniel Lupi, Shea Kammer
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

First-Time Theatrical Feature Film

The nominees for the DGA’s Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director for 2023 are (in alphabetical order):

CORD JEFFERSON
American Fiction

MANUELA MARTELLI
Chile ‘76

NOORA NIASARI
Shayda

A.V. ROCKWELL
A Thousand and One

CELINE SONG
Past Lives
(A24)