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Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 Winners
Sam Mendes, Alma Har’el, Nicole Kassell, and the other winners of the 2020 Directors Guild of America Awards have been announced. The 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards are sponsored by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) [and signify outstanding directorial achievement in a theatrical Feature Film. [Nominees are selected by fellow directors. The DGA is] “the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry…the DGA is a craft union. It represents directors, assistant directors, stage managers, and production associates in television, and directors, assistant directors, unit production managers, technical coordinators, and location managers (New York & Chicago only) in film as well as similar positions in television commercials production.”
Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 Winners
Theatrical Feature Film
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WINNER: Sam Mendes, “1917” (Universal Pictures) Mr. Mendes’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Callum McDougall, Hannah Godwin First Assistant Director: Michael Lerman Second Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin First-Time Feature Film Documentary Feature Films WINNER: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert “American Factory” (Netflix) Dramatic Series WINNER: Nicole Kassell, “Watchmen” (HBO) “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” Ms. Kassell’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Karen Wacker, Ron Schmidt, Joseph E. Iberti First Assistant Director: Keri Bruno Second Assistant Directors: Lisa Zugschwerdt, Ben White Second Second Assistant Director: Jessie Sasser White Comedy Series WINNER: Bill Hader, “Barry” (HBO) “ronny/lily” Mr. Hader’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Aida Rodgers First Assistant Director: Gavin Kleintop Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman Second Second Assistant Director: Heather Kehayas Additional Second Assistant Director: Mikaela Mathern Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Specials WINNERS: James Burrows (“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” – Directed by) and Andy Fisher (“Live in Front of a Studio Audience” – Directed by) “Live in Front of a Studio Audience Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’” (ABC) Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Martin Pasetta Jr., Sara Niimi Stage Managers: John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Harvey Levine, Doug Tobin, Richard Silva, Jenny Nolan Bailey Movies for Television and Limited Series WINNER: Johan Renck, “Chernobyl” (HBO)
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Variety/Talk/News/Sports — Regularly Scheduled Programming WINNER: Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) “E. Murphy; Lizzo” Mr. King’s Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Mike Poole Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly Reality Programs WINNER: Jason Cohen, “Encore!” (Disney Plus) “Annie” Mr. Cohen’s Directorial Team: Associate Director: Daniel Shultz Children’s Programs WINNER: Amy Schatz, “Song of Parkland” (HBO Documentary Films) Commercials WINNER: Spike Jonze (MJZ) “Dream It,” Squarespace – Squarespace First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith “The New Normal,” Medmen – Mekanism First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith Second Assistant Directors: David Marnell, Jeff Tavani Leave your thoughts on the Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 winners and this article below in the comments section. Readers seeking to support this type of content can visit our Patreon Page and become one of FilmBook’s patrons. Readers seeking more film awards news can visit our Film Awards Page. Readers seeking more TV show awards can visit our TV Show Awards Page. Readers seeking more TV mini-series awards news can visit our TV mini-series Awards Page. Want up-to-the-minute notifications? FilmBook staff members publish articles by Email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Flipboard.
