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The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the television and documentary nominations for its 75th anniversary DGA Awards, which will be handed out next month.

The helmers vying for Dramatic Series are Jason Bateman (Ozark), Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul), Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Aoife McArdle (Severance) and Ben Stiller (also Severance). Up for Comedy Series are Tim Burton (Wednesday), Bill Hader (Barry), Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Christopher Storer (The Bear) and Mike White (The White Lotus).

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Last year’s Dramatic Series winner, Succession, didn’t air any episodes in 2022 and therefore isn’t eligible, and the defending Comedy Series champ, Hacks,...

The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary in 2022.

Nominees were announced in the categories dramatic series, comedy series, movies made for television and limited series, variety/talk/new/sports – regularly scheduled programming, variety/talk/news/sports – specials, reality programs, children’s programs, commercials and documentary.

Apple TV+’s Severance received two nominations for episodes “Hide and Seek,” directed by Aoife McArdle, and “The We We Are,” directed by Ben Stiller. HBO Max’s Station Eleven also scored two nominations, one for the episode “Who’s There?” directed by Helen Shaver and one for “Unbroken” directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

In the drama category, Jason Bateman (Ozark), Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul), and Sam Levinson (Euphoria) also scored nods, while in the comedy category, Tim Burton (Wednesday), Bill Hader (Barry), Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Christopher Storer (The Bear) and...

“Severance,” “Station Eleven” and “The Daily Show” are among the frontrunners (with two nods each) as the Directors Guild of America has announced the 2023 nominees in television categories, including Dramatic Series; Comedy Series; Movies for Television and Limited Series; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials; Reality Program, as well as for children’s programs, commercials and documentary.

This year’s DGA Awards take place on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Here are the nominees:

Dramatic Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark, “A Hard Way To Go” (Netflix)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Dana Scott, Patrick Markey; First Assistant Director: Townson Wells; Second Assistant Director: Jill Somers; Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Gorczyk; Additional Second Assistant Director: Evan Marsh

Vince Gilligan, Better Call Saul, “Waterworks” (AMC)

Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Richard E. “Slab” Chaplain Jr.; First Assistant Director: Angie Meyer; Second...

The Directors Guild of America on Monday revealed its nominations for the 73rd annual DGA Awards in the fields of TV, commercials and documentary. The guild, which will unveil its theatrical feature film and first-time feature film nominees tomorrow, will announce this year’s winners April 10 during a virtual event.

Among the notable nominees today was Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, the Golden Globe and Critics Choice winner. It snagged two noms today for directors Zach Braff and Mj Delaney in the Comedy Series category. It is joined there by HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm which also pulled off the double, for helmers Erin O’Malley and Jeff Schaffer.

Jon Favreau was nominated for two separate projects: for Disney+’s The Mandalorian in Dramatic Series and Netflix’s The Chef Show in Reality. CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert director Jim Hoskinson also scored two noms.

Lynn Shelton, who died...

“Ted Lasso” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” have each received two nominations to lead all shows in nominations for the TV categories at the 73rd annual DGA Awards, the Directors Guild of America announced on Monday.

“The Flight Attendant” received the fifth nomination in the comedy series category, while the drama-series nominees were “Ozark,” “The Mandalorian,” “Better Call Saul,” “Homeland” and “Bridgerton.”

Among the nominees were Spike Lee for “David Byrne’s American Utopia,” Marielle Heller for “What the Constitution Means to Me” and the late Lynn Shelton for an episode of “Little Fires Everywhere.”

Film nominees will be announced Tuesday. The winners will be announced at the 73rd annual DGA Awards on Saturday, April 10.

The nominations:

Dramatic Series

Jason Bateman

Ozark, “Wartime”

(Netflix)

Mr. Bateman’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Matthew Spiegel

First Assistant Director: Peter Thorell

Second Assistant Director: Townson Wells

Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Gorczyk

Jon Favreau

The Mandalorian,...

The Directors Guild of America has revealed this year’s TV nominees for its 73rd annual DGA Awards, including achievement in drama, comedy, limited/TV movie, variety, reality, children’s and commercials. Also announced on Monday were the nominees for this year’s directorial achievement in documentaries.

“Ted Lasso” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” lead DGA Awards nominations this year in scripted TV, with two each in the comedy category.

Also scoring multiple nods: Director Jon Favreau, who landed mentions both in the drama category, for “The Mandalorian,” and in reality, for “The Chef Show.” The other individual with multiple nominations is “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s” Jim Hoskinson, nominated in variety/talk/news/sports—regularly scheduled programming for the episode “#1025 Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection” and variety/talk/news/sports—specials for “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better...