Winners of the 69th annual edition of the Directors Guild of America Awards were revealed on Saturday, February 4 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. During the proceedings, Sir Ridley Scott was honored with the Life Achievement Award. See the complete list of 2017 DGA winners (and nominees) below.
FILM
FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
X – Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)
Garth Davis (“Lion”)
Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)
Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”)
FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
X – Garth Davis (“Lion”)
Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”)
Tim Miller (“Deadpool”)
Nate Parker (“The Birth of a Nation”)
Dan Trachtenberg (“10 Cloverfield Lane”)
DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Otto Bell (“The Eagle Huntress”)
X – Ezra Edelman (“O.J.: Made in America”)
Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg (“Weiner”)
Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”)
Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated”)
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TELEVISON
DRAMA SERIES
Duffer Brothers – “Stranger Things” (“Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”)
Ryan Murphy – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (“From the Ashes of Tragedy”)
Jonathan Nolan – “Westworld” (“The Original”)
X – Miguel Sapochnik – “Game of Thrones” (“The Battle of the Bastards”)
John Singleton – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (“The Race Card”)
COMEDY SERIES
Alec Berg – “Silicon Valley” (“Daily Active Users”)
Donald Glover – “Atlanta” (“B.A.N.”)
Mike Judge – “Silicon Valley” (“Founder Friendly”)
X – Becky Martin – “Veep” (“Inauguration”)
Dale Stern – “Veep” (“Mother”)
TV MOVIE/MINISERIES
Raymond de Felitta – “Madoff”
Thomas Kail & Alex Rudinski – “Grease Live”
Kenny Leon & Alex Rudinski – “Hairspray Live”
Jay Roach – “All the Way”
X – Steven Zaillian – “The Night Of” (“The Beach”)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SERIES
Paul G. Casey – “Real Time With Bill Maher” (#1437)
Nora Gerard – “CBS Sunday Morning” (“Charles Osgood Farewell”)
Jim Hoskinson – “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (#179)
X – Don Roy King – “Saturday Night Live” (“Host: Dave Chapelle”)
Paul Pennolino- “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (“#1030”)
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VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
Jerry Foley – “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – The Best is Yet to Come”
Tim Manicelli – “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” “Carpool Karaoke”
Linda Mendoza – “Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House”
Paul Myers – “A Very Special Full Frontal Special”
X – Glenn Weiss – “The 70th Annual Tony Awards”
REALITY PROGRAM
Ken Fuchs – “Shark Tank” (#801)
John Gonzalez – “Live PD” (#5)
Brian Smith – “Strong” (“Welcome to Strong”)
X – J. Rupert Thompson – “American Grit” (“Finale”)
Bertram van Munster – “The Amazing Race” (“We’re Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today”)
CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Liz Allen – “The Kicks ” (“Pilot”)
Althea Jones – “Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street” (“Gortimer and the Jacks of All Trades”)
Michael Lembeck – “A Nutcracker Christmas”
X – Tina Mabry – “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win”
John Schultz – “Adventures in Babysitting”
COMMERCIAL
Lance Acord
Dante Ariola
Fredrik Bond
X – Derek Cianfrance
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