THE WIZ LIVE's Kenny Leon, Matthew Diamond Receive Directors Guild Nominations; Full List

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2015.

THE WIZ LIVE's Kenny Leon (Director) and Matthew Diamond (Live Television Direction) were nominated in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series.

This is Mr. Leon's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2008 for A Raisin in the Sun.

The nomination is Mr. Diamond's seventh DGA Award nomination. He won DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety for Great Performances: Dance in America - Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater in 2005; for From Broadway: Fosse in 2002, and for Some Enchanted Evening, Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein in 1995. He was previously nominated in the Musical Variety category in 1998 for Savion Glover - Stomp, Slide & Swing: Performance in the White House; in the Documentary category in 1998 for Dance Maker; and in the Children's Programs category in 2008 for Camp Rock.

In the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs, Kenny Ortega received a nod for his direction of Disney Channel's THE DESCENDANTS. This is Mr. Ortega's third DGA Award nomination. He previously won in this category in 2006 for High School Musical, and was nominated in this category in 2007 for High School Musical 2.

The winners will be announced at the 68th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The DGA Awards will be hosted by actor Jane Lynch.

A full list of nominations follows:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

Michael Engler
Downton Abbey, "Episode 8" (PBS)

LesLi Linka Glatter
Homeland, "The Tradition of Hospitality" (Showtime)

DAVID NUTTER
Game of Thrones, "Mother's Mercy" (HBO)

Steven Soderbergh
The Knick, "Williams and Walker" (Cinemax)

Matthew Weiner
Mad Men, "Person to Person" (AMC)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

CHRIS ADDISON
Veep, "Election Night" (HBO)

Louis C.K.
Louie, "Sleepover" (FX)

MIKE JUDGE
Silicon Valley, "Binding Arbitration" (HBO)

Gail Mancuso
Modern Family, "White Christmas" (ABC)

Jill Soloway
Transparent, "Kina Hora" (Amazon)

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINISERIES

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries

Angela Bassett
Whitney (Lifetime)

LAURIE COLLYER
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)

Paul Haggis
Show Me a Hero (HBO)

Kenny Leon (Directed By)
Matthew Diamond (Live Television Direction By)
The Wiz Live! (NBC)

DEE REES
Bessie (HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming

PAUL G. CASEY
Real Time With Bill Maher, "Show #1334" (HBO)

DAVE DIOMEDI
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, "Episode #325" (NBC)

DON ROY KING
Saturday Night Live, "Host: Tracy Morgan/Musical Guest: Demi Lovato" (NBC)

Ryan McFaul & Amy Schumer
Inside Amy Schumer, "12 Angry Men" (Comedy Central)

CHUCK O'NEIL
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, "Episode #20142" (Comedy Central)

VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS - SPECIALS

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials

Sofia Coppola
A Very Murray Christmas (Netflix)

HAMISH HAMILTON
The 87th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)

DON ROY KING
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)

BETH MCCARTHY MILLER
Adele Live in New York City (NBC)

Chris Rock
Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

BRADY CONNELL
The Great Christmas Light Fight, "Episode 304" (ABC)

KEN FUCHS
Shark Tank, "702" (ABC)

STEVE HRYNIEWICZ
Cutthroat Kitchen, "Superstar Sabotage Finale: It's Raining Ramen" (Food Network)

Bertram van Munster
The Amazing Race, "Bring the Fun, Baby!" (CBS)

ADAM VETRI
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge, "Gods of War" (CMT)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

PAUL HOEN
Invisible Sister (Disney Channel)

JOSEPH MAZZARINO
Sesame Street, "The Cookie Thief" (PBS)

Kenny Ortega
Descendants (Disney Channel)

AMY SCHATZ
Saving My Tomorrow, "Part 3" (HBO)

SASIE SEALY
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, "Gortimer and the Vengeful Violinist" (Amazon)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

JIMMY CHIN & ELIZABETH CHAI VASARHELYI
Meru
Music Box Films; Itinerant Media, Little Monster Films

LIZ GARBUS
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Netflix Documentary; RadicalMedia, Moxie Firecracker

ALEX GIBNEY
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
HBO Documentary Films; Sky Atlantic, Jigsaw Productions

MATTHEW HEINEMAN
Cartel Land
The Orchard; A&E Indie Films, Our Time Projects, The Documentary Group, Whitewater Films

ASIF KAPADIA
Amy
A24; Cinetic, Globe Productions, On The Corner

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

JUAN CABRAL
(MJZ)
Monkeys, Ikea - Mother
Freestyle, Lurpak - Wieden + Kennedy London

MILES JAY
(Smuggler)
It Can Wait, ESPN - ESPN Creative Works

TOM KUNTZ
(MJZ)
So It Begins, Old Spice - Wieden + Kennedy Portland
The Chase, Heineken - Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam
Revenge, Clash of Clans - Barton F. Graff

ANDREAS NILSSON
(Biscuit Filmworks)
Emily's Oz, Comcast - Goodby, Silverstein & Partners NY
Time Upon A Once, General Electric - BBDO
Dad Song, Old Spice - Wieden + Kennedy

STEve Rogers
(Biscuit Filmworks)
Ripple, Nike Golf - Wieden + Kennedy Portland
Snow Day, Nike - Wieden + Kennedy Portland

Source: DGA.org

Image courtesy of NBC

Nominations list courtesy of Deadline