Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 Winners: Sam Mendes, Alma Har’el, Nicole Kassell, & More

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

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

WINNER: Alma Har’el, “Honey Boy” (Amazon Studios)
Ms. Har’el’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: David Grace
First Assistant Director: Sean Vawter
Second Assistant Director: Colin Flaherty
Second Second Assistant Director: Sarah Balboa

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)

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

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