The Directors Guild of America honored outstanding achievement in directing for film and television at the DGA Awards last night. Big winners included Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, Reed Morano's The Handmaid's Tale, Jordan Peele's Get Out, Jean-Marc Vallee's Big Little Lies, and Beth McCarthy Miller's Veep. Director Michael Apted received the DGA's honorary life member award.
The spotlight also shone on Directors Guild President Thomas Schlamme who gave a speech on combating sexual harassment.
Check out the full list of winners below!
Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film
Guillermo Del Toro
The Shape Of Water
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale
Production Manager: Dennis Chapman
First Assistant Director: Pierre Henry
Second Assistant Director: Tyler Delben
Dramatic Series
Reed Morano
The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred"
(Hulu)
Movies For Television And Mini Series
Jean Marc Vallée
Big Little Lies
(HBO)
Vallée's Directorial Team:
• Unit Production Managers: Barbara A. Hall, G.d. Fienberg
• First Assistant Director: David Ticotin
• Second Assistant Director: Christine Danahy
• Second Second Assistant Director: Bob Riley
• Additional Second Assistant Directors: Bryan Landrine, Rob Burgess, Allison Rushton, Mallory Squeo
Commercials
Martin De Thurah
(Epoch Films)
Festival, Stubhub - Goodby Silverstein
• First Assistant Director: Charles Conner
Machines, Stubhub - Goodby Silverstein
• First Assistant Director: Charles Conner
Mad World, Wealthsimple - Wealthsimple In House
• First Assistant Director: Jey Wada
• Second Assistant Director: Curtis Smith
Comedy Series
Beth McCarthy Miller
Veep, "Chicklet"
(HBO)
Mccarthy Miller's Directorial Team:
• Unit Production Manager: David Hyman
• First Assistant Director: Dale Stern
• Second Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg
• Second Second Assistant Director: Yarden Levo
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Chalis Romero
Outstanding Directorial Achievement Of A First-time Feature Film Director
Jordan Peele
Get Out
(Universal Pictures)
Unit Production Managers: Marcei A. Brown, Rick A. Osako (fairhope Unit)
First Assistant Director: Gerard Dinardi
Second Assistant Directors: Ram Paul Silbey, Marc Newland (fairhope Unit), Jack McKenna (New York Unit)
Second Second Assistant Director: Maggie Ballard
Location Manager: Kurt Enger (New York Unit)
Documentary
Matthew Heineman
City Of Ghosts
(Amazon Studios)
Reality Programs
Brian Smith
Masterchef, "vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks"
(Fox)
Smith's Directorial Team:
• Associate Director: Anna Moulaison
• Stage Managers: Drew Lewandowski, Brady Hess
Variety/talk/news/sports - Specials
Glenn Weiss
The 89th Annual Academy Awards
(ABC)
Weiss's Directorial Team:
• Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Eve Adair, Susan Kopensky, Lori Margules, Robin Mishkin Abrams, Michael Polito
• Stage Managers: Gary Natoli, Rita Cossette, Dave Cove, John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Chris Hines, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Arthur Lewis, Roxanne Lozano, Ron Paul, Tammy Raab, Jason Seligman, Jackie Stathis, Cheryl Teetzel Moore, Debbie Williams, Ari Woog
Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming
Don Roy King
Saturday Night Live, "host: Jimmy Fallon"
(NBC)
King's Directorial Team:
• Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Bob Caminiti
• Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly
Children's Programs
Niki Caro
Anne With An E, "your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny"
(Netflix)
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