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Inarritu, HBO & More Among 2015 DGA Award Winners- Full List Announced

By: Feb. 07, 2016
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The DGA (Directors Guild of America) Awards have just been announced! Among the winners are THE REVENANT's Alejandro Inarritu, GAME OF THRONES' David Nutter, and DESCENDANTS' Kenny Ortega. Check out the full list of winners below!

About the nominations, DGA President Paris Barclay writes, "What makes this year different is the unbridled ambition of the five nominated films - in theme, in production, in visual imagination."

He concludes, "What makes this year the same is that the films were all chosen by the directors' peers, and it's clear our members love when people use their vision and skill to push the media to new heights. Congratulations to all of the nominees for their incredible work."

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU

The Revenant

(20th Century Fox)

Mr. Iñárritu's Directorial Team:

  • Unit Production Managers: Drew Locke, James W. Skotchdopole, Doug Jones
  • First Assistant Director: Scott Robertson
  • Second Assistant Directors: Megan M. Shank, Matthew Haggerty, Jeremy Marks
  • Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
  • First Assistant Director: Adam Somner (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
  • Second Assistant Directors: Trevor R. Tavares, Jasmine Marie Alhambra (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)
  • Second Second Assistant Directors: Brett Robinson, Kasia Trojak (Argentina, California, and Montana Unit)

This is Mr. Iñárritu's fourth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2014 for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He was also nominated in this category for Babel in 2006. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for "Best Job" (Proctor and Gamble) in 2012.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director

ALEX GARLAND
Ex Machina
(A24)
Unit Production Manager: Sara Desmond
First Assistant Director: Nick Heckstall?Smith
Second Assistant Director: Ray Kenny

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

CHRIS ADDISON
Veep, "Election Night" (HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries

DEE REES
Bessie (HBO)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

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

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

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

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

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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

KENNY ORTEGA
Descendants (Disney Channel)



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