13 Mar DGA Awards: Campion Wins Another Major Precursor En Route to Oscar
Of all the above-the-line categories, Best Director is the closest to being locked as Campion will likely sweep the precursors on her way to Oscar glory.
This precursor is also an important one for the Doc race. Stanley Nelson won for Attica and though I’m not saying that Summer of Soul missing here will move it from frontrunner status, I do think it’s vulnerable for a film like Flee to take the prize at the last second.
Here are the DGA results:
Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
**WINNER Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”
First-Time Feature Film Director
**WINNER Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Rebecca Hall, “Passing”
Tatiana Huezo, “Prayers for the Stolen”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby”
Documentary
Jessica Kingdon, “Ascension”
**WINNER Stanley Nelson, “Attica”
Raoul Peck, “Exterminate All the Brutes”
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, “The Rescue”
Drama Series
Kevin Bray, “Succession”: “Retired Janitors of Idaho”
**WINNER Mark Mylod, “Succession”: “All the Bells Say”
Andrij Parekh, “Succession”: “What It Takes”
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, “Succession”: “Lion in the Meadow”
Lorene Scafaria, “Succession”: “Too Much Birthday”
Comedy Series
**WINNER Lucia Aniello, “Hacks”: “There Is No Line”
MJ Delaney, “Ted Lasso”: “No Weddings and a Funeral”
Erica Dunton, “Ted Lasso”: “Rainbow”
Sam Jones, “Ted Lasso”: “Beard After Hours”
Mike White, “The White Lotus”: “Mysterious Monkeys”
Movies for Television and Limited Series
**WINNER Barry Jenkins, “The Underground Railroad”
Barry Levinson, “Dopesick”: “First Bottle”
Hiro Murai, “Station Eleven”: “Wheel of Fire”
Danny Strong: “Dopesick”: “The People vs. Purdue Pharma”
Craig Zobel, “Mare of Easttown”
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul G. Casey, “Real Time With Bill Maher”: “Episode 1935: Fareed Zakaria, Chris Christie, Eric Adams”
Jim Hoskinson, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: “Episode 1105”
**WINNER Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live”: “Keegan-Michael Key; Olivia Rodrigo”
David Paul Meyer, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”: “Episode 26112”
Paul Pennolino & Christopher Werner, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”: “Episode 830 – Season Finale”
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Ian Berger, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Into the Magaverse”
Bo Burnham, “Bo Burnham: Inside”
**WINNER Paul Dugdale, “Adele: One Night Only”
Stan Lathan, “Dave Chappelle: The Closer”
Glenn P. Weiss, “The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors”
Reality Programs
Joseph Guidry, “Full Bloom”: “Final Floral Face Off”
Patrick McManus, “American Ninja Warrior”: “1304: Qualifiers 4”
Ramy Romany, “Making the Cut”: “Brand Statement”
Ben Simms, “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”: “Gina Carano In The Dolomites”
**WINNER Adam Vetri, “Getaway Driver”: “Electric Shock”
Children’s Programs
James Bobin, “The Mysterious Benedict Society”: “A Bunch of Smart Orphans”
Michael Lembeck, “The J Team”
Phill Lewis, “Head of the Class”: “Three More Years”
**WINNER Smriti Mundhra, “Through Our Eyes”: “Shelter”
Jeff Wadlow, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”: “The Tale of the Darkhouse”
Commercials
Steve Ayson (MJZ), Anthem, Mattress Firm – Droga5
Kathryn Bigelow (Smuggler), Hollywood In Your Pocket, iPhone 13 – Media Arts Lab
Ian Pons Jewell (Reset), ECG, Apple Watch – Apple; Sleep, Apple Watch – Apple; Time, Squarespace – Squarespace; Your Mom’s Short Ribs, Instacart – Goodby Silverstein
Henry-Alex Rubin (Smuggler), Teenage Dream, Sandy Hook Promise – BBDO – New York
**WINNER Bradford Young (Serial Pictures x Somesuch), Super. Human., Channel 4 Paralympics – 4Creative
Source: The Wrap