Theatrical Feature Film

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Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regular

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Lifetime Achievement & Service Awards

• Unit Production Manager: Dylan Brodie
• First Assistant Director: Jeff Dubray
• Second Assistant Director: Ann Laudick
• Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen J. Hanan

This is Mr. Chung’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Reena Magsarili Raasch
• Second Assistant Director: Alexander Armero
• Second Second Assistant Director: Anthony Manzo

This is Ms. Fennell’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Allen Kupetsky
• First Assistant Director: Richard Goodwin
• Second Assistant Director: Samantha McGrady
• Second Second Assistant Director: Matt McKinnon
• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Jeff Goodell, John Stern, George Williams III

This is Mr. Fincher’s seventh DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Social Network (2010), and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He was also nominated in the Dramatic Series category in 2013 for his pilot episode of House of Cards. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for Speed Chain (Nike), Gamebreakers (Nikegridiron.com), and Beauty for Sale (Xelebri Phones) in 2003 and was nominated in that category again in 2008.

• Unit Production Managers: Charles Miller, Stuart M. Besser, Jonathan Shoemaker
• First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
• Second Assistant Director: Rachel Jaros
• Second Second Assistant Director: Justin Bischoff
• Second Second Assistant Director: Pablo Gambetta (Chicago Unit)
• Location Managers: Dennis Voskov, Nick Rafferty (Chicago Unit)

This is Mr. Sorkin’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film category in 2017 for Molly’s Game.

• Unit Production Manager: Mary Kerrigan
• First Assistant Director: Mary Kerrigan

This is Ms. Zhao’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: James Price
• First Assistant Director: Michael L. Walker
• Second Assistant Director: Kenyon Noble
• Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan Santos
• Location Managers: Katarina Dedicova, Tim Stacker

This is Ms. Blank’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Production Managers: Martín Pérez Valle, Assia Fratz (New York Unit)
• First Assistant Director: Carlos Suazo
• Second Assistant Directors: Alí Santiago, Alex Burstein (New York Unit)
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Karen Alcázar, Anthony James Faure (New York Unit)

This is Mr. Frías’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Paul O. Davis
• First Assistant Director: Mark Anthony Little
• Second Assistant Director: Kevin O’Neil
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kate Ransome Wilcox

This is Ms. King’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Amy Greene

This is Mr. Marder’s first DGA Award nomination.

• First Assistant Director: George Every
• Second Assistant Director: Jamie D. Allen

This is Mr. Zeller’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Matthew Spiegel
• First Assistant Director: Peter Thorell
• Second Assistant Director: Townson Wells
• Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Gorczyk
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Jill Somers

This is Mr. Bateman’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2018 for his Ozark episode, “Reparations.”

• Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson
• First Assistant Director: Kim Richards
• Second Assistant Director: Heather Wagner‑Wang
• Second Second Assistant Director: Heather Kehayas
• Additional Second Assistant Director: David Buchwald

This is Mr. Favreau’s third DGA Award nomination. He is also nominated this year in the Reality Programs category for his The Chef Show episode, “Tartine” and was previously nominated in that same category in 2019 for his The Chef Show episode, “Hog Island.”

• Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas
• First Assistant Director: Efrain Cortes
• Second Assistant Director: Louis Lanni
• Second Second Assistant Director: KiKi Levine

This is Mr. Gilligan’s fourth DGA Award nomination. He previously won in this category in 2013 for his Breaking Bad episode “Felina” and was previously nominated in 2011 his Breaking Bad episode, “Face Off.” He was also nominated in the Movies for Television and Limited Series category in 2019 for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

• Unit Production Managers: Michael Klick, Philippa Naughten
• First Assistant Director: Sunday Stevens
• Second Assistant Director: Wendy Bledsoe
• Second Second Assistant Director: Yarden Levo

This is Ms. Glatter’s eighth DGA Award nomination. She previously won in this category in 2015 for Homeland, “From A to B and Back Again, as well as in 2009 for Mad Men, “Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency.” She was also nominated in 2018, 2016, 2013 and 2012 for Homeland episodes, “Paean to the People,” “The Tradition of Hospitality,” “The Star,” and “Q & A,” as well as in 1990 for Twin Peaks, “Episode 32006.”

• First Assistant Director: Ian Foster Woolf

This is Ms. Robinson’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Braff’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Ms. Delaney’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Bonnie Muñoz
• First Assistant Director: Derek Peterson
• Second Assistant Director: Jacquie Dore
• Second Second Assistant Director: Zach Citarella
• Location Manager: Chris Banks

This is Ms. Fogel’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Mary Church
• First Assistant Director: Adam Feil
• Second Assistant Director: Candice Lee
• Second Second Assistant Director: D.J. Carter

This is Ms. O’Malley’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Manager: Mary Church
• First Assistant Director: Adam Feil
• Second Assistant Director: Candice Lee
• Second Second Assistant Directors: D.J. Carter, Brent Stanton

This is Mr. Schaffer’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2009 for his Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, “Seinfeld.”

• Unit Production Manager: Deb Dyer
• First Assistant Director: Richard Styles
• Second Assistant Director: Josh Muzaffer
• Location Manager: Lauri Pitkus
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Steven Lafferty, Alex Scricco
• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Alex Scricco, Zachary Citarella

This is Ms. Bier’s first DGA Award nomination.

• First Assistant Director: Aldric La’auli Porter

This is Mr. Frank’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2017 for Godless.

• Unit Production Manager: David Backus
• First Assistant Director: Robin Abrams
• Second Assistant Director: Thomas Gaito

This is Mr. Kail’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2019 for his Fosse/Verdon episode, “Nowadays” and also in 2016 with Alex Rudzinski for Grease Live!

• Unit Production Manager: Mary Kane
• First Assistant Director: Janell Sammelman
• Second Assistant Directors: Meaghan F. McLaughlin, Stephanie Tull Coscina
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Katye Kalivoda, Nadeem Ashayer (Los Angeles Unit)
• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Kate Pulley, George Williams (Los Angeles Unit)

This is Mr. Shakman’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the Dramatic Series category in 2017 for his Game of Thrones episode, “The Spoils of War.”

• Unit Production Manager: Brad Yacobian
• First Assistant Director: Luke Maxcy
• Second Assistant Director: Kirisa Gavrin
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Christina Lee, Gabriella Poli Vidal

This is Ms. Shelton’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Associate Director: Stacy Talbot
• Stage Managers: Brian Anderson, Patrick Whitney

This is Mr. Casey’s seventh DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 for Real Time with Bill Maher, “Episode 1730,” “Show #1633,” “Show #1527,” Show #1437,” “Show #1334” and “Show #1226.”

Mr. Hoskinson’s Directorial Team:

• Associate Directors: Yvonne De Mare, Karen Yaeger
• Stage Managers: Mark McKenna, Jeff Leib

This is Mr. Hoskinson’s ninth DGA Award nomination. He is also nominated this year in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials category for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020.” He was previously nominated in this category for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert episodes in 2019 for “A. Ocasio-Cortez; Incubus,” in 2018 for “Episode #480,” in 2017 for “Joe Biden/Elton John,” in 2016 for “Episode #0179” and in 2015, 2013 and 2007 for The Colbert Report episodes, “11040,” “10004” and “3052.”

• Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel‑Mack
• Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk

This is Mr. King’s 15th DGA Award nomination. He previously won the DGA Award in this category for SNL episodes: E. Murphy; Lizzo” in 2019, “Adam Driver; Kanye West” in 2018, “Host: Jimmy Fallon” in 2017, “Host: Dave Chappelle” in 2016 and for “Host: Justin Timberlake” in 2013. Mr King also won the DGA Award for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials for SNL 40th Anniversary Special in 2015. He was previously nominated for SNL episodes in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, and in 2015 in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming category for the Saturday Night Live episode, “Host: Tracy Morgan/Musical Guest: Demi Lovato.”

Mr. Meyer’s Directorial Team:

• Associate Director: Susan Faith Locke‑Shapiro

This is Mr. Meyer’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Associate Director: John Scott Wilson
• Stage Manager: Dino Castelli
• Location Manager: Demian Resnick

This is Mr. Werner’s second DGA Award nomination. He previously
was nominated in this category in 2019 with Paul Pennolino for
their Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episode, “SLAPP Suits.”

This is Ms. Angeles’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Associate Director: Tomas ‘Dutch’ Deckaj
• Stage Manager: Nicole Payson

This is Ms. Heller’s second DGA Award nomination. She was previously nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film category in 2015 for The Diary of a Teenage Girl.

• Associate Directors: Yvonne De Mare, Karen Yaeger
• Stage Managers: Mark McKenna, Jeff Leib

This is Mr. Hoskinson’s ninth DGA Award nomination. He is also nominated this year in the Regularly Scheduled Programming category for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “#1025 Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection.” He was previously nominated in this category for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert episodes in 2019 for “A. Ocasio-Cortez; Incubus,” in 2018 for “Episode #480,” in 2017 for “Joe Biden/Elton John,” in 2016 for “Episode #0179” and in 2015, 2013 and 2007 for The Colbert Report episodes “11040,” “10004” and “3052.”

• Unit Production Manager: Nina Shiffman
• First Assistant Director: Jermaine Sumra
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Steven Bruno
• Location Manager: John Maher

This is Mr. Lee’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category in 2018 for BlacKkKlansman.

• Unit Production Manager: Debra James
• First Assistant Director: Shawn Pipkin‑West
• Second Assistant Director: Courtney Franklin
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Ni’cole Pettis, Cathy Bond

This is Mr. Schlamme’s ninth DGA nomination. He is a three-time DGA Award-winner: in the Dramatic Series – Night category in 2000 for his The West Wing episode “Noel;” and in the Comedy Series category in 1998 for his Sports Night episode “Small Town” and in 1999 for the pilot episode of that series. He was also previously nominated in the Dramatic Series category in 2006 for the pilot episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, in 2002 for his The West Wing episode “Two Cathedrals;” in 1999 for the pilot episode of that series; and in the Musical/Variety category in 1996 for his Tracey Takes On... episode, “Tracy Takes On 1976,” and in 1996 for “Tracy Takes On Romance.”

• Associate Director: Daniel Curran
• Stage Managers: Ian Blankenship, Kevin Fletcher, Andy Nelson, Mickel Picco

This is Mr. Charles’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Associate Director: Annie Johnson

This is Mr. Favreau’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2019 for his The Chef Show episode “Hog Island.” He is also nominated this year in the Dramatic Series category for his The Mandalorian episode, “Chapter 9: The Marshal.”

• Associate Director: Amy Barker
• Head Stage Manager: Eric Rhoden
• Stage Managers: Doug Neal, Michael Strauss

This is Mr. Fuchs’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2016 and 2015 for his Shark Tank episodes, “801” and “702.”

• Associate Director: Sean Galvin
• Lead Stage Manager: Jimmy Chriss
• Stage Managers: Rachel Shimko, Kristianna Laroda, Richard Melendez

This is Mr. Guidry’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Associate Director: Ryan Bunnell
• Stage Managers: Will Baker, Kevin Fletcher

This is Mr. Kim’s first DGA Award nomination.

• Unit Production Managers: Jeff T. Miller, Greg A. Hampson
• First Assistant Director: Brent Geisler
• Second Assistant Director: Cody Harbaugh

This is Mr. Akhtar’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Ms. Bills’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Israelite’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2019 for his Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode, “Part One: Submitted for Approval.”

• Unit Production Manager: Chris Phillips
• First Assistant Director: Natalie Van Doren

This is Mr. Keen’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Ms. Schatz’s twelfth DGA Award nomination. She has won six DGA Awards in this category for: Song of Parkland in 2019, An Apology to Elephants in 2013, A Child’s Garden of Poetry in 2011, Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now), “The Poetry Show” in 2008, ‘Twas the Night in 2001 and Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepy Time Tales in 1999. She was also nominated an additional five times in this category for Saving My Tomorrow, “Part 3” in 2015, Saving My Tomorrow, “Part 1 and 2” in 2014, Don’t Divorce Me! Kids’ Rules for Parents on Divorce in 2012, Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression in 2009 and Through a Child’s Eyes: September 11, 2001 in 2002.

• First Assistant Director: John Lowe

This is Mr. Ayson’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2018 for his Dollar Shave Club ad Get Ready and his Speight’s ad, The Dance; and in 2012 for his Carlton Draught ad, Beer Chase and his Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas ad, Let Me Go.

This is Ms. Ganatra’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Larsson’s first DGA Award nomination.

• First Assistant Director: Paul Norman
• Second Assistant Director: Don Johnson

This is Ms. Matsoukas’s third DGA Award nomination. She was previously nominated in the Comedy Series category in 2017 for her Master of None episode, “Thanksgiving;” and in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film category in 2019 for Queen & Slim.

This is Mr. Waititi’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category in 2019 for Jojo Rabbit.

This is Mr. Dweck’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Kershaw’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Ms. Ehrlich’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Reed’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. France’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2012 for How to Survive a Plague.

This is Ms. McBaine’s first DGA Award nomination.

This is Mr. Moss’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2014 for The Overnighters.

This is Mr. Ree’s first DGA Award nomination.