19 Feb DGA Awards 2023: The Daniels Win Another Major Prize on Their Way to Oscar
The Daniels’ winning at DGA, means another major prize for Everything Everywhere All at Once on its way to presumed triumph at the Oscars on March 12th. This gives them two of the four major directing precursors (they also won for directing at Critics Choice) and are definitively in the pole position in the category.
On the documentary side, Fire of Love’s Sara Dosa won for her work. In the last five years, every Best Documentary winner has won at least one genre documentary award at the Critics Choice Awards, and this year Fire of Love and Navalny are the only nominees with a genre documentary prize. My chips are on Navalny to win as the Academy has shown a bias against archival documentaries unless they were undeniable winners (like last year’s Summer of Soul). Navalny’s win at BAFTA further cements it in my mind as the likely winner.
Here are the rest of the winners at DGA:
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All at Once
DRAMA SERIES
Sam Levinson
Euphoria, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (HBO)
Mr. Levinson’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield
First Assistant Directors: Valerie Johnson, Sally Brunski
Second Assistant Directors: Cindy King, Colin Duffy
Second Second Assistant Directors: James Chestnut
Additional Second Assistant Director: Aaron Rose Leone
COMEDY SERIES
Bill Hader
Barry, “710N” (HBO)
Mr. Hader’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Aida Rodgers
First Assistant Director: Gavin Kleintop
Second Assistant Director: Erin Stern Linares
Second Second Assistant Directors: Yarden Levo, Chalis Romero
COMMERCIALS
Kim Gehrig
Somesuch, Inc.
Accessibility, Apple ‑ Apple (Direct)
First Assistant Directors: Michael Estrella
Second Assistant Director: Brian Steffen
Second Second Assistant Director: Shauna Frontera
Run Baby Run, iPhone ‑ Apple (Direct)
First Assistant Director: Matias Nilsson
Second Assistant Director: Carl Jackson
Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Paulson
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
Charlotte Wells
Aftersun
(A24)
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
Helen Shaver
Station Eleven, “Who’s There?” (HBO Max)
Ms. Shaver’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: David Nicksay
First Assistant Director: Jennifer Wilkinson
Second Assistant Director: Anna Vogt
REALITY PROGRAMS
Ben Simms
Running Wild with Bear Grylls, “Florence Pugh in the Volcanic Rainforests of Costa Rica” (National Geographic Channel)
Mr. Simms’ Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Sara Brown
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Anne Renton
Best Foot Forward, “Halloween” (Apple TV+)
Ms. Renton’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Lance W. Lanfear
First Assistant Director: Nandi Bowe
Second Assistant Director: Susie Balaban
Second Second Assistant Director: Tim Neven
DOCUMENTARY
Sara Dosa
Fire of Love (National Geographic)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
Glenn Weiss
The 75th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Mr. Weiss’s Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Susan Kopensky, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Bennymar Almonte, Phyllis Digilio, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Tyler Goldman, Arthur Lewis, Kevin Lishawa, Julie LoRusso, Seth Mellman, Jason Pacella, Jeffrey Pearl, Annette Powlis, Lauren Class Schneider, Eddie Valk
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
Liz Patrick
Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow” (NBC)
Ms. Patrick’s Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel‑Mack
Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk
Source: Deadline