DGA Awards Announce TV, Documentary, and Commercial Nominees: ‘The Pitt’ and ‘The Bear’ Recognized with Two Nominations Each

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced the nominees for the television, documentary, and commercials categories of its 78th DGA Awards.

HBO Max’s The Pitt and FX’s The Bear each received two nominations in the Dramatic Series and Comedy Series categories, respectively. The winners will be celebrated at the DGA Awards ceremony on February 7, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton.

Television Nominees for the 78th DGA Awards

Dramatic Series

• Liza Johnson
  The Diplomat, "Amagansett" (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: John P. Fedynich
  First Assistant Director: Adam Escott
  Second Assistant Director: Tom Glick
  Second Second Assistant Director: Rachel Sikora
  Location Manager: Rob Coleman

• Amanda Marsalis
  The Pitt, "6:00 P.M." (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden
  First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini
  Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman
  Second Second Assistant Director: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers, Chloe Huckins
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Michelle Akeley

• Janus Metz
  Andor, "Who Are You?" (Disney+)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Karl Caffrey
  First Assistant Director: Sean Guest

• Ben Stiller
  Severance, "Cold Harbor" (Apple TV+)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Caroline Baron
  First Assistant Director: Katie Pruitt
  Second Assistant Director: Cat McFayden
  Second Second Assistant Director: Forrest Viola
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Erin Skelly
  Assistant Unit Production Manager: Sean Fogel, Alexandra Vivas
  Location Manager: Ryan Smith, Grace Kwon

• John Wells
  The Pitt, "7:00 A.M." (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden
  First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini
  Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman
  Second Second Assistant Director: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Chloe Huckins

Comedy Series

• Lucia Aniello
  Hacks, "A Slippery Slope" (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Mark Rabinowitz
  First Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg
  Second Assistant Director: Kirisa Gavrin
  Second Second Assistant Director: Alaina Neumann Rafdal
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Amy Ergle

• Janicza Bravo
  The Bear, "Worms" (FX on Hulu)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner
  First Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek
  Second Assistant Director: Olivia Dame
  Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
  Location Manager: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales
  Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas

• Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
  The Studio, "The Oner" (Apple TV+)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Shawn Dyrdahl
  First Assistant Director: Donald Murphy
  Second Assistant Director: Peter Dress

• Christopher Storer
  The Bear, "Bears" (FX on Hulu)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner
  First Assistant Director: Duccio Fabbri
  Second Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek, Olivia Dame
  Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco
  Location Manager: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales
  Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas

• Mike White
  The White Lotus, "Denials" (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Regina Heyman, Mark Kamine
  First Assistant Director: Justin Ritson
  Second Assistant Director: Joe Landry
  Assistant Unit Production Manager: Aidan Sleeper

Limited & Anthology Series

• Jason Bateman
  Black Rabbit, "The Black Rabbits" (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Becky Phillips, Erica Kay
  First Assistant Director: John Silvestri
  Second Assistant Director: Nick Notte
  Second Second Assistant Director: Jimmy Rosario, Jilly Blundell
  Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi

• Antonio Campos
  The Beast in Me, "Sick Puppy" (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Caroline Baron
  First Assistant Director: Tomas Deckaj
  Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers
  Second Second Assistant Director: Matt Merksamer, Sean Fogel
  Location Manager: Grace Kwon

• Lesli Linka Glatter
  Zero Day, "Episode 6" (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman
  First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman
  Second Assistant Director: Scott Bowers
  Second Second Assistant Director: Kaitlin Heins
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Davis Woodall
  Assistant Unit Production Manager: Mike Buonanno
  Location Manager: Ronnie Kupferwasser

• Shannon Murphy
  Dying for Sex, "It’s Not That Serious" (FX on Hulu)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Francesca M. Mannix
  First Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom
  Second Assistant Director: Findlay Ward Zotter
  Second Second Assistant Director: Kristin Dombroski, Laura E. Rizer

• Ally Pankiw
  Black Mirror, "Common People" (Netflix)
  Unit Production Manager: Shawn Williamson

Movies for Television

• Jesse Armstrong
  Mountainhead (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Jill Footlick
  First Assistant Director: Christo Morse
  Second Assistant Director: MarSchelle Walker
  Location Manager: Paul Eskenazi

• Stephen Chbosky
  Nonnas (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Pamela Hirsch, Kara Doherty
  First Assistant Director: Chris Surgent
  Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami
  Second Second Assistant Director: Cary Lee
  Location Manager: Tatiana Forster

• Scott Derrickson
  The Gorge (Apple TV+)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Greg Goodman
  First Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning
  Second Assistant Director: Lee Tailor

• Michael Morris
  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)

• Kyle Newacheck
  Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Brittany Sugarman, David Bausch
  First Assistant Director: David M. Bernstein
  Second Assistant Director: Ryan Robert Howard
  Second Second Assistant Director: Kaitlin Heins
  Additional Second Assistant Director: Mia Bruno
  Location Manager: Louis Zuppardi
  Assistant Location Manager: Scott Ferlisi

Variety

• Yvonne de Mare
  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, "Julia Roberts; Sam Smith" (CBS)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Karen Yaeger
  Stage Manager: Mark McKenna, Jeff Leib

• Andy Fisher
  Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp" (ABC)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Jeri-Ann Wong, Amy Stober, David Craig
  Stage Manager: Alec Potter, Josh Wader, Christian Jensen, Peter Epstein

• Beth McCarthy-Miller
  SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Susan Sullivan
  Stage Manager: Lynn Finkel, Linda Carrizzo, Joey Despenzero, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, John Esposito, Andrew Feigin, Steve Hollander, Greg Kasoff, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Arthur Lewis, Jennifer Marquet, Cyndi Owgang, Jason Pacella, Tammy Raab, Elise Reaves, Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Niclana Tolmasoff, Bret Warren, Ari Woog

• Liz Patrick
  SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini, Dan Dome
  Stage Manager: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk, Peter Epstein, Karen Tasch Weiss, Steve Bautista, Joey Despenzero, Frank Fernandez, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Cyndi Owgang, Elise Reaves, Niclana Tolmasoff, Leslie Williams

• Paul Pennolino
  Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, "Public Media" (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Elliot Mendelson
  Stage Manager: Jeff Leib, Mark McKenna, Craig Spinney

Sports

• Matthew Gangl
  2025 World Series – Game 7 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays (FOX Sports)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stojkov, Bryan Colucci
  Stage Manager: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank

• Steve Milton
  2025 Masters Tournament – Augusta National Golf Club (CBS Sports)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Robert Matina, Chris Svendsen, Andy Freedman, Eric Spitzer, Ade Ellis, Tyler Jahn, Josh Weingardt, Brian Maher, Stuart Millstein, Katie Keane, Adam Cohen, Jack Kempner, George Wishart, Dan Obermuller
  Stage Manager: Cory Fishman

• Rich Russo
  Super Bowl LIX – Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs (FOX Sports)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Rich Gross, Casey Garland

Reality/Quiz and Game

• Lucinda M. Margolis
  Jeopardy!, "Ep. 9341" (Syndicated)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Chloe Corwin
  Stage Manager: James F. McGuire

• Adam Sandler
  The Price is Right, "10,000th Episode" (CBS)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Jazmin Eckenberg
  Stage Manager: Steven Hollander, Jason Galland, Alex Weston

• Mike Sweeney
  Conan O’Brien Must Go, "Austria" (HBO Max)
  Directorial Team:
  Associate Director: Jason Chillemi

Documentary Film

• Mstyslav Chernov
  2000 Meters to Andriivk (PBS)

• Geeta Gandbhir
  The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)

• Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
  Cutting Through Rocks (Assembly Releasing)

• Elizabeth Lo
  Mistress Dispeller (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

• Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
  Cover-Up (Netflix)

Documentary Series / News

• Marshall Curry
  SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, "Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room" (Peacock)

• Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin
  Billy Joel: And So It Goes, "Part Two" (HBO Max)

• Rebecca Miller
  Mr. Scorsese, "All This Filming Isn’t Healthy" (Apple TV)

• Alexandria Stapleton
  Sean Combs: The Reckoning, "Official Girl" (Netflix)

• Matt Wol
  Pee-Wee as Himself, "Part 1" (HBO Max)

Commercials

• Kim Gehrig

  • You Can’t Win. So Win. – Nike | Wieden+Kennedy
    Directorial Team:
    First Assistant Director: Peter Jackson, John Mattern
    Second Assistant Director: Melina Greene
    Second Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador

  • I’m Not Remarkable – Apple | Client Direct
    First Assistant Director: Guy Forgaard
    Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson
    Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom

• Miles Jay
  (Smuggler)

• Dish – ChatGPT | Isle of Any
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
  First Assistant Director: George Nessis
  Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering
  Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

• Pull Up – ChatGPT | Isle of Any
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
  First Assistant Director: George Nessis
  Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering
  Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

• Trip – ChatGPT | Isle of Any
  Directorial Team:
  Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos
  First Assistant Director: George Nessis
  Second Assistant Director: Julia Blanford
  Second Second Assistant Director: K.J. Walsh

• Home for the Holidays – Meta | Droga5
  Directorial Team:
  First Assistant Director: David Webb

• Secret Santa – Meta | Droga5
  Directorial Team:
  First Assistant Director: David Webb

• Spike Jonze
  (MJZ)

• Someday – Apple Airpods 4 | TBWAMedia Arts Lab
  Directorial Team:
  First Assistant Director: Steve Danton, Kate Greenberg
  Second Assistant Director: Matthew Dennis Smith
  Second Second Assistant Director: Amy Hughes, Carly Sturgeon

• Andreas Nilsson
  (Biscuit Filmworks)

• Conquer the First School Poo – Andrex | FCB London

• Garrett – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct
  Unit Production Manager: James Veal
  First Assistant Director: George Nessis
  Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

• Big Flex – Apple iPhone 16 Pro | Client Direct
  Unit Production Manager: James Veal
  First Assistant Director: George Nessis
  Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum

• Trunk Trucker – Virgin Media | VCCP London

• Steve Rogers
  (Biscuit Filmworks)

• Bring a Book to Life – Amazon | Droga5 London

• A Tale as Old as Websites – Squarespace | Client Direct

• Everything is Fine – Coinbase | Mother London