78th Directors Guild of America Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Mstyslav Chernov – 2000 Meters to Andriivka

• Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor
• Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni – Cutting Through Rocks
• Elizabeth Lo – Mistress Dispeller
• Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus – Cover-Up

Charlie Polinger – The Plague

• Hasan Hadi – The President's Cake
• Harry Lighton – Pillion
• Alex Russell – Lurker
• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Amanda Marsalis – The Pitt for "6:00 P.M." (HBO Max)

• Liza Johnson – The Diplomat for "Amagansett" (Netflix)
• Janus Metz Pedersen – Andor for "Who Are You?" (Disney+)
• Ben Stiller – Severance for "Cold Harbor" (Apple TV)
• John Wells – The Pitt for "7:00 A.M." (HBO Max)

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg – The Studio for "The Oner" (Apple TV)

• Lucia Aniello – Hacks for "A Slippery Slope" (HBO Max)
• Janicza Bravo – The Bear for "Worms" (FX)
• Christopher Storer – The Bear for "Bears" (FX)
• Mike White – The White Lotus for "Denials" (HBO)

Shannon Murphy – Dying for Sex for "It's Not That Serious" (FX)

• Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit for "The Black Rabbits" (Netflix)
• Antonio Campos – The Beast in Me for "Sick Puppy" (Netflix)
• Lesli Linka Glatter – Zero Day for "Episode 6" (Netflix)
• Ally Pankiw – Black Mirror for "Common People" (Netflix)

Stephen Chbosky – Nonnas (Netflix)

• Jesse Armstrong – Mountainhead (HBO)
• Scott Derrickson – The Gorge (Apple TV)
• Michael Morris – Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
• Kyle Newacheck – Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)

Liz Patrick – SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)

• Yvonne De Mare – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Julia Roberts; Sam Smith" (CBS)
• Andy Fisher – Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp" (ABC)
• Beth McCarthy-Miller – SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock)
• Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "Public Media" (HBO)

Matthew Gangl – 2025 World Series – Game 7 (Fox)

• Steve Milton – 2025 Masters Tournament (CBS)
• Rich Russo – Super Bowl LIX (Fox)

Mike Sweeney – Conan O'Brien Must Go for "Austria" (HBO Max)

• Lucinda M. Margolis – Jeopardy! for "Ep. 9341" (Syndicated)
• Adam Sandler – The Price Is Right for "10,000th Episode" (CBS)

Rebecca Miller – Mr. Scorsese for "All This Filming Isn't Healthy" (Apple TV)

• Marshall Curry – SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night for "Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room" (Peacock)
• Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin – Billy Joel: And So It Goes for "Part Two" (HBO)
• Alex Stapleton – Sean Combs: The Reckoning for "Official Girl" (Netflix)
• Matt Wolf – Pee-wee as Himself for "Part 1" (HBO)

Kim Gehrig – Nike's "You Can't Win. So Win." and Apple's "I'm Not Remarkable"

• Miles Jay – ChatGPT's "Dish", "Pull Up", and "Trip", and Meta's "Home for the Holidays" and "Secret Santa"
• Spike Jonze – Apple's "Someday"
• Andreas Nilsson – Andrex' "Conquer the First School Poo", Apple's "Garrett" and "Big Flex", and Virgin Media's "Trunk Trucker"
• Steve Rogers – Amazon's "Bring a Book to Life", Squarespace's "A Tale as Old as Websites", and Coinbase's "Everything is Fine"