72nd DGA Award Winner Sam Mendes

72nd Annual DGA Awards

Honoring Outstanding Directorial Achievement for 2019
2019
Feature Film Winner
Sam Mendes
1917
Universal Pictures
  • Unit Production Manager / Callum McDougall
  • Unit Production Manager / Hannah Godwin
  • First Assistant Director / Michael Lerman
  • Second Assistant Director / Joey Coughlin
2019
Documentary Winner
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
American Factory
2019
Dramatic Series Winner
Nicole Kassell
Watchmen, "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
  • First Assistant Director / Keri Bruno
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Jessie Sasser White
  • Unit Production Manager / Karen Wacker
  • Second Assistant Director / Lisa Zugschwerdt
  • Unit Production Manager / Ron Schmidt
  • Second Assistant Director / Ben White
  • Unit Production Manager / Joseph E. Iberti
2019
Comedy Series Winner
Bill Hader
Barry, "Ronny/Lily"
  • Unit Production Manager / Aida Rodgers
  • First Assistant Director / Gavin Kleintop
  • Second Assistant Director / Kevin Zelman
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Heather Kehayas
  • Additional Second Assistant Director / Mikaela Mathern
2019
Movies for Television and Limited Series Winner
Johan Renck
Chernobyl
2019
Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Series Winner
Don Roy King
Saturday Night Live, "E. Murphy; Lizzo"
  • Associate Director / Mike Poole
  • Associate Director / Michael Mancini
  • Associate Director / Laura Ouziel-Mack
  • Stage Manager / Gena Rositano
  • Stage Manager / Chris Kelly
2019
Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials Winner
James Burrows, Andy Fisher
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'
  • Associate Director / Martin Pasetta Jr.
  • Stage Manager / John Esposito
  • Associate Director / Sara Niimi
  • Stage Manager / Valdez Flagg
  • Stage Manager / Alissa Levisohn Hoyo
  • Stage Manager / Harvey Levine
  • Stage Manager / Doug Tobin
  • Stage Manager / Richard Silva
  • Stage Manager / Jenny Nolan Bailey
2019
Reality Programs Winner
Jason Cohen
Encore!, "Annie"
  • Associate Director / Daniel Shultz
2019
Children's Programs Winner
Amy Schatz
Song of Parkland
2019
Commercials Winner
Spike Jonze
  • Dream It, Squarespace / First Assistant Director / Thomas Smith
  • New Normal, Medmen / First Assistant Director / Thomas Smith
  • New Normal, Medmen / Second Assistant Director / David Marnell
  • New Normal, Medmen / Second Assistant Director / Jeff Tavani
2019
First-Time Feature Film Winner
Alma Har'el
Honey Boy
Amazon Studios
  • Unit Production Manager / David Grace
  • First Assistant Director / Sean Vawter
  • Second Assistant Director / Colin Flaherty
  • Second Second Assistant Director / Sarah Balboa
2020
Frank Capra Achievement Award Recipient
Duncan S. Henderson
2020
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award Recipient
Arthur E. Lewis
Meet the Nominees: Theatrical Feature Film Symposium

See video and photos from this year's event celebrating the DGA Award nominees for Theatrical Feature Film.

72nd Annual DGA Awards Arrivals and Cocktail Reception Gallery

See photos from the 72nd Annual DGA Awards Arrivals and Cocktail reception.

DGA Awards Ceremony Gallery

See photos from 72nd Annual DGA Awards ceremony and press room. Sam Mendes won the Theatrical Feature Film Award for 1917 and ten additional category winners were announced.

DGA Awards Nominee Breakfast Photo Gallery

See photos from the 72nd Annual DGA Awards Nominee Breakfast.

Meet the Nominees: Commercials

See video and photos from this year's event celebrating the DGA Award nominees for Commercials.

Meet the Nominees: Documentary

See video and photos from this year's event celebrating the DGA Award nominees for Documentary.

Meet the Nominees: Reality Programs

See photos and video from this year's event celebrating the DGA Award nominees for Reality Programs.

Meet the Teams

The Council honored director's team members at the 17th Annual Meet the AD/UPMs of the DGA Award-Nominated Projects. See photos from this discussion.