The Directors Guild of America unveiled the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2018, as well as the nods for the First-Time Feature Film Director honor.
Earning nominations in both categories was Bradley Cooper for his feature directorial debut, A Star is Born.
Joining him for the marquee Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award are fellow nominees Alfonso Cuaron for Roma; Peter Farrelly for Green Book; Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman; and Adam McKay for Vice.
Farrelly and Lee are both first-time DGA Award nominees. This marks the second career Guild nod for Cuaron who won in 2013 for Gravity. Also garnering his second career feature nomination was McKay whose first came for The Big Short in 2015. McKay additionally picked up a separate DGA Award nomination yesterday in the TV competition for the dramatic series Succession. He thus has a total of three career DGA noms.
Thomas Schlamme, president of the DGA, said of this year’s field of nominees, “To be chosen by one’s peers in a year full of such extraordinary films is the true mark of outstanding directorial achievement. In bringing all elements of the filmmaking process together, each of these directors has demonstrated an exceptional command of the medium, creating excellence for the screen. Congratulations to all of the nominees.”
Outstanding Achievement for a First-Time Director
In addition to Cooper, the other nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for 2018 are: Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade; Carlos Lopez Estrada for Blindspotting; Matthew Heineman for A Private War; and Boots Riley for Sorry to Bother You.
All are first-time DGA nominees except for Heineman, who made his narrative feature debut with A Private War. Heineman as a documentary filmmaker earned two prior DGA Award nominations, winning both times–for Cartel Land in 2015 and City of Ghosts in 2017.
Winners will be announced and honored at the 71st Annual DGA Awards on Saturday evening, February 2, at the Hollywood & Highland Center’s Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.
Here’s a full rundown of the feature and first-time feature nominees along with members of their support teams:
The nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM FOR 2018 are (in alphabetical order):
BRADLEY COOPER
A Star is Born
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mr. Cooper’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Robert J. Dohrmann
First Assistant Director: Michele «Shelley» Ziegler
Second Assistant Director: Xanthus Valan
Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew R. Milan
This is one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Cooper. He is also nominated in the First-Time Feature Film category for A Star Is Born.
ALFONSO CUARÓN
Roma
(Netflix)
Mr. Cuarón’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Ana Hernandez
First Assistant Director: Frederic Henocque Albino
Second Assistant Director: Patrick Heyerdahl
Second Second Assistant Directors: Luis Fernando Vásquez, Julián ‘Chico’ Valdés, Arturo Garcia
This is Mr. Cuarón’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2013 for Gravity.
PETER FARRELLY
Green Book
(Universal Pictures)
Mr. Farrelly’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Alissa M. Kantrow, John Brister, Franses Simonovich (New York Unit)
First Assistant Directors: J.B. Rogers, Alejandro Ramia (New York Unit)
Second Assistant Directors: Paul B. Uddo, Jack McKenna (New York Unit)
Second Second Assistant Directors: Gerson Paz, Jonathan Warren
Location Manager: Louis Zuppardi
This is Mr. Farrelly’s first DGA Award nomination.
SPIKE LEE
BlacKkKlansman
(Focus Features)
Mr. Lee’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Marcei A. Brown
First Assistant Director: Mike Ellis
Second Assistant Director: Tracey Hinds
Second Second Assistant Directors: Jason Perez, Christina Ann Walker, Anastasia Folorunso
Location Manager: Tim Stacker
This is Mr. Lee’s first DGA Award nomination.
ADAM MCKAY
Vice
(Annapurna Pictures)
Mr. McKay’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Julie Hartley, Jeff Waxman
First Assistant Director: Matt Rebenkoff
Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly
Second Second Assistant Directors: Yarden Levo, Dave Vogel (Washington D.C. Unit)
This is Mr. McKay’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for The Big Short in 2015. Mr. McKay also received a nomination this year in the Dramatic Series category for Succession.
In addition, the DGA announced the five nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR FOR 2018. The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
BO BURNHAM
Eighth Grade
|(A24)
Mr. Burnham’s Directorial Team:
First Assistant Director: Dan Taggatz
Second Assistant Director: Vic Coram
Second Second Assistant Director: Evelyn Fogleman
This is Mr. Burnham’s first DGA Award nomination.
BRADLEY COOPER
A Star is Born
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mr. Cooper’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Robert J. Dohrmann
First Assistant Director: Michele «Shelley» Ziegler
Second Assistant Director: Xanthus Valan
Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew R. Milan
This is one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Cooper. He is also nominated in the Feature Film category for A Star Is Born.
CARLOS LÓPEZ ESTRADA
Blindspotting
(Summit Entertainment)
Mr. Estrada’s Directorial Team:
Assistant Director: La Mar Stewart
Second Second Assistant Director: Dominic Martin
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Armin Houshmandi
This is Mr. Estrada’s first DGA Award nomination.
MATTHEW HEINEMAN
A Private War
(Aviron Pictures)
Mr. Heineman’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Louise Killin
First Assistant Directors: George Walker, Peter Freeman (Jordan Unit)
Second Assistant Directors: Tom Mulberge (UK Unit), Tom Browne (Jordan Unit)
Second Second Assistant Director: Tarik Afifi (Jordan Unit)
This is Mr. Heineman’s third DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 2017 for City of Ghosts and in 2015 for Cartel Land.
BOOTS RILEY
Sorry to Bother You
(Annapurna Pictures)
Mr. Riley’s Directorial Team:
Production Manager: Chris Martin
First Assistant Director: Brian Benson
Second Assistant Director: Hilton Jamal Day
Second Second Assistant Directors: Sam Purdy, Nick Alvarez
This is Mr. Riley’s first DGA Award nomination.
