The Directors Guild of America announced the nominations for its feature-film award on Wednesday, lending further momentum to nominee Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”), who won the Golden Globe for directing on Sunday.
The four other directors nominated for the top DGA Award were Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”), Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”), Alexander Payne (“The Holdovers”) and Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
Four of the five nominees will typically go on to receive an Oscar nomination for best director. Last year, DGA nominee Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”) was the only man to miss out, supplanted at the Oscars by Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”), while the year before, DGA nominee Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”) was cut for Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”).
Since the Oscars often favor international auteurs over big-studio filmmakers, directors like Justine Triet (“Anatomy of a Fall”) and Jonathan Glazer (“The Zone of Interest”) still have a strong shot at making the Oscar lineup. But the DGA snub of Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”) is more concerning for his candidacy, especially since Cooper did make the DGA lineup five years ago for his directorial debut, “A Star Is Born.”
Here is a rundown of the nominees in the major film and television categories. For the complete list, including reality shows and children’s programming, go to dga.org. The winners will be announced Feb. 10.
Film
Feature
Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Alexander Payne, “The Holdovers”
Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
First-Time Feature
Cord Jefferson, “American Fiction”
Manuela Martelli, “Chile ’76”
Noora Niasari, “Shayda”
A.V. Rockwell, “A Thousand and One”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”
Documentary
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
Mstyslav Chernov, “20 Days in Mariupol”
Madeleine Gavin, “Beyond Utopia”
Davis Guggenheim, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
D. Smith, “Kokomo City”
Television
Drama Series
“The Last of Us,” Peter Hoar (for the episode “Long, Long Time”)
“Succession,” Becky Martin (“Rehearsal”)
“Succession,” Mark Mylod (“Connor’s Wedding”)
“Succession,” Andrij Parekh (“America Decides”)
“Succession,” Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (“Tailgate Party”)
Comedy Series
“Ted Lasso.” Erica Dunton (“La Locker Room Aux Folles”)
“Barry” Bill Hader (“wow”)
“Ted Lasso,” Declan Lowney (“So Long, Farewell”)
“The Bear,” Christopher Storer (“Fishes”)
“The Bear,” Ramy Youssef (“Honeydew”)
Television Movies and Limited Series
“All the Light We Cannot See,” “Shawn Levy
“Lessons in Chemistry,” Tara Miele (“Introduction to Chemistry”)
“Lessons in Chemistry,” Millicent Shelton (“Poirot”)
“Lessons in Chemistry,” Sarah Adina Smith (“Her and Him”)
“Daisy Jones & the Six,” Nzingha Stewart (“Track 10: Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide”)
