2025 DGA Awards Nominations: TV, Documentaries, Commercials

The Directors Guild of America has announced its TV, documentary and commercial award nominations for the 2025 DGA Awards.

Shogun, The Penguin and The Bear led the TV categories with three nods each, while other notable nominees included Ripley, Disclaimer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks, and The Diplomat. In the variety/yalk/news/sports categories, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received nods.

Deal or No Deal Island, Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted, The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, American Ninja Warrior and Conan O’Brien Must Go were nominated in the reality TV category, while documentaries Porcelain War, Sugarcane, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Hollywoodgate and Daughters received nominations.

The guild will reveal its theatrical feature film and first time feature film nominees on Wednesday.

The DGA also previously announced that Ang Lee would receive a lifetime achievement honor at the 77th annual DGA Awards.

The 2025 DGA Awards is set to take place on Saturday, Feb. 8 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

A complete list of this year’s TV, documentary and commercial nominees follows.

DRAMATIC SERIES

ALEX GRAVES, The Diplomat, “Dreadnought” (Netflix)

HIROMI KAMATA, Shogun, “Ladies of the Willow World” (FX)

ISSA LÓPEZ, True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6” (HBO)
Directorial Team:

FREDERICK E.O. TOYE, Shogun, “Crimson Sky” (FX)

JONATHAN VAN TULLEKEN, Shogun, “Anjin” (FX)

COMEDY SERIES

LUCIA ANIELLO, Hacks, “Bulletproof” (Max)
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AYO EDEBIRI, The Bear, “Napkins” (FX)
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DUCCIO FABBRI, The Bear, “Doors” (FX)
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JEFF SCHAFFER, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned” (HBO)
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CHRISTOPHER STORER, The Bear, “Tomorrow” (FX)
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MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES

KEVIN BRAY, The Penguin, “Top Hat” (HBO)
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ALFONSO CUARÓN, Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
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JENNIFER GETZINGER, The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing” (HBO)
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HELEN SHAVER, The Penguin, “Cent’anni” (HBO)
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STEVEN ZAILLIAN, Ripley (Netflix)
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VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

PAUL G. CASEY, Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger” (HBO)
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JIM HOSKINSON, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy” (CBS)
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DAVID PAUL MEYER, The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention ‑ Plot Twist!” (Comedy Central)
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LIZ PATRICK, Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan” (NBC)
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PAUL PENNOLINO, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections” (HBO)

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VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS

HAMISH HAMILTON, The 96th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
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BETH McCARTHY‑MILLER, The Roast of Tom Brady (Netflix)
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DAVID PAUL MEYER, The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now (Comedy Central)
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GLENN WEISS, The 77th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
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ALI WONG, Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)
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REALITY PROGRAMS

NEIL DeGROOT, Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland” (National Geographic)
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JOSEPH GUIDRY, Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?” (NBC)
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ARI KATCHER, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip” (HBO)

PATRICK McMANUS, American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4” (NBC)
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MIKE SWEENEY, Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland” (Max)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

KAT COIRO, The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick” (Roku Channel)
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MICHAEL GOI, Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang” (Netflix)
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JIM MICKLE, Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story” (Netflix)

JENNIFER PHANG, Descendants: The Rise of Red (Disney+)
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AMBER SEALEY, Out of My Mind (Disney+)

COMMERCIALS

LANCE ACORD (Park Pictures)

An American Love Story, Volkswagen ‑ Johannes Leonardo

KIM GEHRIG (Somesuch)

A Life in Sound, SiriusXM – Uncommon

Am I A Bad Person?, Nike ‑ Wieden+Kennedy

Find Your Friends, Apple‑ Client Direct

TIM HEIDECKER & ERIC WAREHEIM (Prettybird)

Michael CeraVe, CeraVe‑ WPP Onefluence (Ogilvy)

ANDREAS NILSSON (Biscuit Filmworks)

Board Game, Hennessy‑ Wieden+Kennedy ‑ London

First Office Poo, Andrex‑ FCB ‑ London

One More, Apple ‑ Client Direct

Whizzer, Virgin Media ‑ VCCP ‑ London

IVAN ZACHARIÁŠ (Smuggler)

Flock, Apple ‑ Media Arts Lab

DOCUMENTARY

BRENDAN BELLOMO & SLAVA LEONTYEV, Porcelain War (Picturehouse)

JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE, Sugarcane (National Geographic)

JOHAN GRIMONPREZ, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Kino Lorber)  

IBRAHIM NASH’AT, Hollywoodgate (Fourth Act Film)

NATALIE RAE & ANGELA PATTON, Daughters (Netflix)