78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026)

Film
Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
ChloƩ Zhao - Hamnet
Documentary Film
Mstyslav Chernov - 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Geeta Gandbhir - The Perfect Neighbor
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni - Cutting Through Rocks
Elizabeth Lo - Mistress Dispeller
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus - Cover-Up
First-Time Feature Film
Charlie Polinger - The Plague
Hasan Hadi - The President's Cake
Harry Lighton - Pillion
Alex Russell - Lurker
Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
Television
Drama Series
Amanda Marsalis - The Pitt for "6:00 P.M." (HBO Max)
Liza Johnson - The Diplomat for "Amagansett" (Netflix)
Janus Metz Pedersen - Andor for "Who Are You?" (Disney+)
Ben Stiller - Severance for "Cold Harbor" (Apple TV)
John Wells - The Pitt for "7:00 A.M." (HBO Max)
Comedy Series
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg - The Studio for "The Oner" (Apple TV)
Lucia Aniello - Hacks for "A Slippery Slope" (HBO Max)
Janicza Bravo - The Bear for "Worms" (FX)
Christopher Storer - The Bear for "Bears" (FX)
Mike White - The White Lotus for "Denials" (HBO)
Limited and Anthology Series
Shannon Murphy - Dying for Sex for "It's Not That Serious" (FX)
Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit for "The Black Rabbits" (Netflix)
Antonio Campos - The Beast in Me for "Sick Puppy" (Netflix)
Lesli Linka Glatter - Zero Day for "Episode 6" (Netflix)
Ally Pankiw - Black Mirror for "Common People" (Netflix)
Movies for Television
Stephen Chbosky - Nonnas (Netflix)
Jesse Armstrong - Mountainhead (HBO)
Scott Derrickson - The Gorge (Apple TV)
Michael Morris - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
Kyle Newacheck - Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)
Special Awards
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Gregory G. McCollum
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
David Charles