Christopher Nolan took home the leading reward at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday night, making his very first DGA Award for the historic legendary Oppenheimer
Previous Lives director Celine Song won the Michael Apted Award for very first function. Accepting the award, Song assured to “continue to keep directing movies for as long as I can– I guarantee to keep going.” Mstyslav Chernov won for his Oscar-nominated documentary 20 Days in Mariupol.
In the television classifications, The Last of United StatesPeter Hoar won for directing the well-known 3rd episode of the HBO drama, “Long, Long Time,” The Bear developer Christopher Storer won for directing the Hulu funny series and Lessons in Chemistry‘s Sarah Adina Smith won for directing the Apple restricted series.
DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter opened the 2024 DGA Awards event on Saturday with a recommendation of in 2015’s historical double strike. “I have a hard time to discover words to resolve the discomfort everybody dealt with in our market in our cumulative battle to get what all of us are worthy of,” stated Glatter, who kept in mind how terrific it was to be back on set. “We are happy that we are back doing the work that we enjoy with remarkable brand-new innovative and financial securities for DGA members therefore lots of others. Our sibling guilds, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, had tough battles and attained strong offers on behalf of their members.”
Glatter likewise looked ahead at the upcoming settlements in between IATSE and the AMPTP. “Now it is time to support IATSE and the Teamsters in their approaching fight,” she stated. “We will not be pleased up until all of us have reasonable agreements that reward everybody for our work, developing a dynamic, sustainable market that relatively values everybody’s contributions.”
Host Judd Apatow Referenced last year’s strike– and the DGA preventing its own work interruption. “My representative stated that I need to claim more cash, however in the spirit of the DGA I accepted their very first deal,” stated Apatow, who marked his 5th time emceeing the event. “Ultimately, what did we gain from the strikes? We found out that Fran Drescher is the voice of factor, and sadly, that’s what factor seems like. And 2, audiences enjoy viewing old programs that have actually been on a great deal of seasons. They do not care at all if they’re brand-new.”
Throughout the night, the 5 directors chosen for the leading reward were likewise granted medallions following discussions of their chosen functions.
“I’ve had the honor of providing Greta with a couple of awards now, however I understand this one is most significant of them all to her,” stated Barbie star Ryan Gosling of Greta Gerwig. The Barbie director– who was infamously snubbed by the Academy for the Oscar for finest director last month– tearfully accepted the honor while stating she was “in the business of my heroes … Every single individual who is chosen tonight has actually made movies that belong of the factor I wished to make anything.”
Throughout Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo’s discussion of Poor ThingsRuffalo remembered a day on embeded in which co-star Willem Dafoe brought Oscar Isaac to the shoot and joked that the star was changing Ruffalo. After Ruffalo thanked director Yorgot Lanthimos for not shooting him to include Isaac, the director took the phase and offered a shout out to fellow candidate Martin Scorsese. “You’re a giant,” Lanthimos stated, who noted he was a kid when a few of Scorsese’s most significant movies were launched. “Being here in front of you now, two times your size– just physically, [I have] still a long method to go artistically,” joked Lanthimos, “I simply can’t assist however believe how it seems like an insane fever dream to me.”
Previous DGA president and two-time DGA Award candidate Taylor Hackford honored The HoldoversAlexander Payne. “Today’s my birthday and there’s no location I ‘d rather be than right here, today,” stated Payne. “To be here this evening, with where we remain in human history, and to get acknowledgment, we are all extremely, really, extremely fortunate.”
Cillian Murphy honored regular partner Christopher Nolan, whose Oppenheimer significant their 6th movie together. “It’s the exact same each time: The scripts are constantly genuinely amazing, the worlds are constantly difficult and distinct, they are smart and substantial and, constantly, they are occasions,” stated Murphy. Nolan called the DGA acknowledgment especially unique due to the fact that “no one gets up here by themselves.” Nolan thanked his cast, team and better half Emma Thomas, whom he referred to as the “lead manufacturer on all these movies and lead moms and dad of 4 kids.”
Jonah Hill, who made a supporting star Oscar nom for The Wolf of Wall Streethonored Martin Scorsese and explained dealing with the Killers of the Flower Moon director as “the single biggest emphasize of my imaginative life.” Scorsese screamed out child and Francesa in his speech– “she’s accountable for those TikToks”– and thanked the DGA for 13 profession elections. (He has one as soon as in 2007 for The Departed)
The Directors Guild likewise honored David Nutter with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Television, Janet G. Knutsen with the Frank Capra Achievement Award and Gary Natoli with the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.
A total list of winners for the 76th yearly DGA Awards follows.
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
Cable Jefferson, American Fiction
Manuela Martelli, Chile ’76
Noora Niasari, Shayda
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Celine Song, Previous Lives (WINNER)
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Peter Hoar, The Last of United States“Long, Long Time” (WINNER)
Becky Martin, Succession“Rehearsal”
Mark Mylod, Succession“Connor’s Wedding”
Andrij Parekh, Succession“America Decides”
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman, Succession“Tailgate Party”
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Erica Dunton, Ted Lasso“La Locker Room Aux Folles”
Expense Hader, Barry“wow”
Declan Lowney, Ted Lasso“So Long, Farewell”
Christopher Storer, The Bear“Fishes” (WINNER)
Ramy Youssef, The Bear“Honeydew”
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
Shawn Levy, All the Light We Can not See
Tara Miele, Lessons in Chemistry“Introduction to Chemistry”
Millicent Shelton, Lessons in Chemistry“Poirot”
Sarah Adina Smith, Lessons in Chemistry“Her and Him” (WINNER)
Nzingha Stewart, Daisy Jones & & The Six“Track 10: Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide”
Exceptional Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/ Sports– Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul G. Casey, Actual Time with Bill Maher“Episode 2117”
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert“Jan. 19, 2023: Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Meet Me at the Altar; Special look by Harvey Guillén”
Michael Mancini and Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live“Pedro Pascal/ Coldplay” (WINNER)
David Paul Meyer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah“Singer Charley Crockett Performs “Name on a Billboard” and Discusses New Album with Jordan Klepper”
Paul Pennolino, Recently Tonight with John Oliver“Episode 1018: Dollar Stores
Exceptional Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/ Sports– Specials
Joel Gallen, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Stan Lathan, Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
Linda Mendoza, Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer
Paul Miller, Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (WINNER)
Glenn Weiss, The 95th Annual Academy Awards
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Niharika Desai, Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss“Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil” (WINNER)
Ken Fuchs, The Golden Bachelor“Premiere”
Joseph Guidry and Alexandra Lipsitz, Task Greenlight: A New Generation“PGL vs. Gray Matter Problem”
Rich Kim, Lego Masters“Is It Brick?”
Patrick McManus, American Ninja Warrior“Season 15 Finale”
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
James Bobin, Percy Jackson and the Olympians“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”
Destin Daniel Cretton, American Born Chinese“What Guy Are You”
Rob Letterman, Goosebumps“Say Cheese and Die”
Amy Schatz, Stand & & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (WINNER)
Dinh Thai, American Born Chinese“A Monkey on a Quest”
Impressive Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Martin de Thurah (Epoch Films)
Fair ExchangeLevi’s 501 Jeans– Droga5
Legends Never DieLevi’s 501 Jeans, Droga5
Seb Edwards (Park Pictures)
RumbleBattle of the Baddest– Droga5
Kim Gehrig (Somesuch) (WINNER)
Run This TownApple Music– Apple (Client Direct)
The TravelersExpedia– Wieden & & Kennedy
Craig Gillespie (MJZ)
Waiting RoomApple iPhone– TBWA/Media Arts Lab
Andreas Nilsson (Biscuit Filmworks)
R.I.P. LeonApple iPhone– Apple (Client Direct)
Action ModeApple iPhone14– Apple (Client Direct)
Pick HappyLes Mills Fitness– Nice&& Frank, San Francisco
Wait’ll You See ThisSnapchat– Snapchat (Client Direct)
Exceptional Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Mstyslav Chernov, 20 Days in Mariupol (WINNER)
Madeleine Gavin, Beyond Utopia
Davis Guggenheim, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
D. Smith, Kokomo City