77th Directors Guild of America Awards

Sean Baker – Anora

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Edward Berger – Conclave
• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
• James Mangold – A Complete Unknown

Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War

• Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – Sugarcane
• Johan Grimonprez – Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
• Ibrahim Nash'at – Hollywoodgate
• Natalie Rae and Angela Patton – Daughters

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

• Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
• Megan Park – My Old Ass
• Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel – Armand
• Sean Wang – Dìdi

Frederick E. O. Toye – Shōgun for "Crimson Sky" (FX)

• Alex Graves – The Diplomat for "Dreadnought" (Netflix)
• Hiromi Kamata – Shōgun for "Ladies of the Willow World" (FX)
• Issa López – True Detective for "Part 6" (HBO)
• Jonathan Van Tulleken – Shōgun for "Anjin" (FX)

Lucia Aniello – Hacks for "Bulletproof" (Max)

• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear for "Napkins" (FX)
• Duccio Fabbri – The Bear for "Doors" (FX)
• Jeff Schaffer – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "No Lessons Learned" (HBO)
• Christopher Storer – The Bear for "Tomorrow" (FX)

Steven Zaillian – Ripley (Netflix)

• Kevin Bray – The Penguin for "Top Hat" (HBO)
• Alfonso Cuarón – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Jennifer Getzinger – The Penguin for "A Great or Little Thing" (HBO)
• Helen Shaver – The Penguin for "Cent'Anni" (HBO)

Liz Patrick – Saturday Night Live for "John Mulaney / Chappell Roan" (NBC)

• Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher for "Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger" (HBO)
• Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy" (CBS)
• David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show for "Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention – Plot Twist!" (Comedy Central)
• Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "India Elections" (HBO)

Beth McCarthy-Miller – The Roast of Tom Brady (Netflix)

• Hamish Hamilton – The 96th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now (Comedy Central)
• Glenn Weiss – The 77th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
• Ali Wong – Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)

Neil DeGroot – Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted for "The Cliffs of Ireland" (National Geographic)

• Joseph Guidry – Deal or No Deal Island for "Are You Decisive?" (NBC)
• Ari Katcher – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show for "Road Trip" (HBO)
• Patrick McManus – American Ninja Warrior for "Las Vegas Finals 4" (NBC)
• Mike Sweeney – Conan O'Brien Must Go for "Ireland" (Max)

Amber Sealey – Out of My Mind (Disney+)

• Kat Coiro – The Spiderwick Chronicles for "Welcome to Spiderwick" (The Roku Channel)
• Michael Goi – Avatar: The Last Airbender for "Aang" (Netflix)
• Jim Mickle – Sweet Tooth for "This Is a Story" (Netflix)
• Jennifer Phang – Descendants: The Rise of Red (Disney+)

Andreas Nilsson – Hennessy's "Board Game", Andrex' "First Office Poo", Apple's "One More, Apple", and Virgin Media's "Whizzer"

• Lance Acord – Volkswagen's "An American Love Story"
• Kim Gehrig – Sirius XM's "A Life in Sound", Nike's "Am I A Bad Person", and Apple's "Find Your Friends"
• Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim – CeraVe's "Michael CeraVe"
• Ivan Zachariáš – Apple's "Flock"