The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 is:

• 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

This was Anderson’s third DGA Award nomination. Anderson was previously nominated in this category in 2007 for There Will Be Blood and again in 2021 for Licorice Pizza.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 is:

This was Polinger’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for 2025 is:

• 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

This was Marsalis' first DGA Award nomination.

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

• 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

This was Rogen’s first DGA Award nomination.
This was Goldberg’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Limited & Anthology Series for 2025 is:

• 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

This was Murphy’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2025 is:

• 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

This was Chbosky’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety for 2025 is:

• 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

This was Patrick’s fourth DGA Award nomination. Patrick won the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming awards for Saturday Night Live episodes “Jack Harlow” (2022), “John Mulaney/Chappell Roan” (2024) and with Michael Mancini for “Pedro Pascal/Coldplay” (2023).

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Sports for 2025 is:

• Associate Directors: Larry Lancaster, Aaron Stojkov, Bryan Colucci
• Stage Managers: Dominick Tringali, Dan Frank

This was Gangl’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality / Quiz & Game for 2025 is:

• Associate Director: Jason Chillemi

This was Sweeney’s first DGA Award nomination.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2025 is:

• First Assistant Directors: Peter Jackson, John Mattern
• Second Assistant Director: Melina Greene
• Second Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador

• First Assistant Director: Guy Forgaard
• Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom

This was Gehrig’s fourth DGA Award nomination. Gehrig previously won in this category in 2022 for The Greatest (Apple) and Run Baby Run (Apple iPhone 13); in 2023 for Run This Town (Apple) and The Travelers (Expedia); and was nominated in 2024 for A Life in Sound (SiriusXM), Am I a Bad Person? (Nike) and Find Your Friends (Apple).

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film for 2025 is:

This was Chernov’s second DGA Award nomination. Chernov previously won in this category in 2023 for 20 Days in Mariupol.

The winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series / News for 2025 is:

This was Miller’s first DGA Award nomination.