Paul Thomas Anderson has won the top award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for One Battle After Another at the 78th Directors Guild of America DGA Awards.
Anderson bested Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Guillermo Del Toro for Frankenstein, Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, and Chloé Zhao for Hamnet. This was Anderson’s third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2007 for There Will Be Blood and again in 2021 for Licorice Pizza.
The winner of the DGA Award for First-Time Theatrical Feature Film went to Charlie Polinger for The Plague, and for Documentary Film went to Mstyslav Chernov for 2000 Meters to Andriivka.
78th DGA Awards Winners
Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone
Second Second Assistant Directors: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez
Additional Second Assistant Directors: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young
Michael Apted Award First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
Charlie Polinger
The Plague
(Independent Film Company)
Dramatic Series
Amanda Marsalis
The Pitt, “6:00 P.M.”
(HBO Max)
Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden
First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini
Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman
Second Second Assistant Directors: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers, Chloe Huckins
Additional Second Assistant Director: Michelle Akeley
Comedy Series
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
Second Second Assistant Director: Denise Anderson Poore
Additional Second Assistant Director: Abran Trujillo
Limited & Anthology Series
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 Directors: Kristin Dombroski, Laura E. Rizer
Movies for Television
Stephen Chbosky
Nonnas
(Netflix)
Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Pamela Hirsch, Kara Doherty
First Assistant Director: Chris Surgent
Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami
Second Second Assistant Director: Cary Lee
Location Manager: Tatiana Forster
Variety
Liz Patrick
SNL50: The Anniversary Special
(NBC)
Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel Mack, Janine DeVito, Amy Mancini, Dan Dome
Stage Managers: 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
Sports
Matthew Gangl
2025 World Series – Game 7 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays
(FOX Sports)
Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stojkov, Bryan Colucci
Stage Managers: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank
Reality / Quiz & Game
Mike Sweeney
Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Austria”
(HBO Max)
Directorial Team:
Associate Director: Jason Chillemi
Commercials
Kim Gehrig
(Somesuch)
You Can’t Win. So Win. – Nike | Wieden+Kennedy
First Assistant Directors: 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 Directors: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom
Documentary Film
Mstyslav Chernov
2000 Meters to Andriivka
(PBS)
This was Chernov’s second DGA Award nomination. Chernov previously won in this category in 2023 for 20 Days in Mariupol.
Documentary Series / News
Rebecca Miller Rebecca Miller
Mr. Scorsese, “All This Filming Isn’t Healthy”
(Apple TV)
This was Miller’s first DGA Award nomination.
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