Oppenheimer writer/director Christopher Nolan continues to rack up wins, with the Directors Guild of America honoring the critically acclaimed (and this year’s Oscar favorite) filmmaker with the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film award. Judd Apatow hosted this year’s DGA Awards ceremony, which presented honorary awards to David Nutter (2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for Television Direction), unit production manager Janet Knutsen (2024 Frank Capra Achievement Award), and Gary Natoli (2024 Franklin J. Schaffner Award).
Presenters included Matt Bomer, Rose Byrne, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zooey Deschanel, David Duchovny, Jay Ellis, Carla Gallo, and Ilana Glazer. Ryan Gosling, Taylor Hackford, Jonah Hill, Patty Jenkins, Rashida Jones, Daniel Kwan, Eva Longoria, Cillian Murphy, Nasim Pedrad, and Mark Ruffalo were also on hand to help celebrate the best of 2024.
Additional presenters included Rachel Sennott, Daniel Scheinert, Emma Stone, Glenn Weiss, and Jeffrey Wright.
76th Annual DGA Awards Winners:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film – CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, Oppenheimer
Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film – CELINE SONG, Past Lives
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – PETER HOAR, The Last of Us, “Long, Long Time”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series – CHRISTOPHER STORER, The Bear, “Fishes”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series – SARAH ADINA SMITH, Lessons in Chemistry, “Her and Him”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming – MICHAEL MANCINI & LIZ PATRICK, Saturday Night Live, “Pedro Pascal / Coldplay”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials – PAUL MILLER, Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs – NIHARIKA DESAI, Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, “Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs – AMY SCHATZ, Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials – KIM GEHRIG, Somesuch
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary – MSTYSLAV CHERNOV, 20 Days in Mariupol
Lifetime Achievement & Service Award Recipients:
DAVID NUTTER – Lifetime Achievement Award in Television
JANET G. KNUTSEN – Frank Capra Achievement Award
GARY NATOLI – Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
