The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominations for 2020. History has been made with two female filmmakers nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film in the same year for the very first time. Emerald Fennell and Chloé Zhao became the ninth and tenth women ever to be nominated by the DGA. They’re joined by Lee Isaac Chung, David Fincher, and Aaron Sorkin.
In a curious move, the DGA did not also nominate Fennell for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film. The five first-time filmmakers nominated in that category are Radha Bank, Fernando Frias de la Parra, Regina King, Darius Marder, and Florian Zeller.
The Directors Guild of America Awards will be announced on April 10. Full list of nominations below.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Fernando Frías de la Parra – I’m Not Longer Here
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal
Florian Zeller – The Father
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed – My Octopus Teacher
David France – Welcome to Chechnya
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss – Boys State
Benjamin Ree – The Painter and the Thief
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