61st Annual DGA Awards Ceremony

61st Annual DGA Awards

Honoring Outstanding Directorial Achievement for 2008
2023
Feature Film Winner
Christopher Nolan
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures
  • First Assistant Director / Nilo Otero
  • Second Assistant Director / Andrew Stahl
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Jesse Carmona
  • Location Manager / Patty Carey-Perazzo
  • Unit Production Manager / Thomas Hayslip
  • Additional Second Assistant Director / Dixon McPhillips
  • Unit Production Manager / Nathan Kelly
  • Additional Second Assistant Director / Richard Molloy
  • Unit Production Manager / Rafael Lima
  • Additional Second Assistant Director / AJ Jackson
2023
Documentary Winner
Mstyslav Chernov
20 Days in Mariupol
2023
Dramatic Series Winner
Peter Hoar
The Last of Us, "Long, Long Time"
  • Unit Production Manager / Cecil O'Connor
  • First Assistant Director / Bethan K Mowat
2023
Comedy Series Winner
Christopher Storer
The Bear, "Fishes"
  • Second Assistant Director / Larissa Malarek
  • Location Manager / Maria C. Roxas
  • Unit Production Manager / Tyson Bidner
  • First Assistant Director / Duccio Fabbri
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Olivia Dame
  • Unit Production Manager / Carrie Holt De Lama
  • First Assistant Director / Pablo Gambetta
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Hirotatsu Taniguchi
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Lauren Mrozek
2023
Movies for Television and Limited Series Winner
Sarah Adina Smith
Lessons In Chemistry, "Her and Him"
  • Unit Production Manager / Steven P. Brown
  • First Assistant Director / Kristofer Kolpek
  • Second Assistant Director / Debbie Chung
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Gabriella Vidal
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Jake Halstead
2023
Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Series Winner
Michael Mancini & Liz Patrick
Saturday Night Live, "Pedro Pascal / Coldplay"
  • Associate Director / Janine DeVito
  • Stage Manager / Gena Rositano
  • Associate Director / Michael Poole
  • Stage Manager / Chris Kelly
  • Associate Director / Laura Ouziel-Mack
  • Stage Manager / Eddie Valk
2023
Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials Winner
Paul Miller
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
  • Associate Director / Sara Niimi
  • Stage Manager / Gary Natoli
  • Stage Manager / Alissa Levisohn Hoyo
  • Stage Manager / Christopher McDonald
  • Stage Manager / Jackie Stathis
2023
Reality Programs Winner
Niharika Desai
Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, "Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil"
2023
Children's Programs Winner
Amy Schatz
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School
2023
Commercials Winner
Kim Gehrig
  • First Assistant Director / Zaida Fakih
  • First Assistant Director / David Webb
2023
First-Time Feature Film Winner
Celine Song
Past Lives
A24
  • Unit Production Manager / Kerry Johnson
  • First Assistant Director / Ben Kahn
  • Second Assistant Director / Geraldine Schubert
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Dan Levy
  • Location Manager / Joseph Mullaney
2024
Lifetime Achievement in Television Recipient
David Nutter
2024
Frank Capra Achievement Award Recipient
Janet Knutsen
2024
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award Recipient
Gary Natoli