The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominations for the 75th Directors Guild of America Awards. The only true surprise in the final five nominees would be Joseph Kosinski for Top Gun: Maverick. Most pundits aren’t considering Kosinski a strong contender for a Best Director Oscar nod and DGA hasn’t matched the Academy 5/5 in more than 15 years.
Disappointingly, there are no female nominees in the Theatrical Feature Film category this year. However, four of the five nominees for First-Time Feature Film are female filmmakers.
The Directors Guild of America Awards will be announced on Saturday, February 18. Full list of nominations below.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Todd Field – TÁR
Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
Alice Diop – Saint Omer
Audrey Diwan – Happening
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović – Murina
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries
Sara Dosa – Fire of Love
Matthew Heineman – Retrograde
Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Daniel Roher – Navalny
Shaunak Sen – All That Breathes
