The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominations for the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards. There were no real surprises in the nods for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film with Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Campion, Steven Spielberg, and Denis Villeneuve forming the final five.
For the first time in the awards’ history, there are six nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film including four female filmmakers.
The Directors Guild of America Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 12. Full list of nominations below.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
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
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries
Jessica Kingdon – Ascension
Stanley Nelson Jr. – Attica
Raoul Peck – Exterminate All the Brutes
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue
