Josh Safdie Receives a DGA Nomination for His Work on MARTY SUPREME

Marty Supreme Gets a DGA Nod as Nominations Are Announced

Marty Supreme was among the five films to secure Directors Guild of America nominations for their respective filmmakers.

Although Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) is likely to win the Directors Guild of America prize for best feature filmmaker of 2025,  the other four nominated directors this year are certainly a very competitive bunch. Their films rank as some of the most provocative and compelling movies of 2025. Josh Safdie was nominated by the DGA for his work on the box-office hit from A24, Marty Supreme. While some may consider that there was a snub or two by the DGA this year, most industry insiders predicted the list of directors that made the cut to do so. There were little surprises today with the DGA’s announcement of the five selected directors to compete for the big DGA prize.

If anyone stands a chance against Paul Thomas Anderson this awards season, it’s Ryan Coogler (Sinners), but with Anderson securing the Critics Choice award for Best Director this past Sunday, it’s likely going to be him who takes the DGA’s top honors. Guillermo del Toro was also nominated by the DGA for his work on Netflix’s excellent version of Frankenstein. Rounding out the 5 nominated directors was Chloé Zhao for her remarkable work on Hamnet.

There was also the announcement of the Michael Apted award nominees for directors who excelled in making their first theatrical feature. Those nominated filmmakers were Hasan Hadi for the wonderful movie, The President’s Cake, Eva Victor for the excellent Sorry, Baby, Harry Lighton for Pillion, Charlie Polinger for the creepy The Plague and Alex Russell for Lurker.

With the Golden Globe winner announcement for Best Director coming this Sunday, many expect Paul Thomas Anderson to win that trophy and every other coveted directing honor this awards season. While Sinners has many devoted fans, it’s violence and the fact that it’s a horror movie could work against it. Safdie’s Marty Supreme is, arguably, the most flashy prestige project of the nominated films, but it’s highly unlikely to take the DGA award despite its smashing box-office success. Anderson’s movie is more awards friendly even though Marty Supreme will far surpass One Battle After Another‘s domestic box-office take. One Battle After Another was a nice financial success in international markets, though. It remains to be seen if Marty Supreme can conquer those territories with big numbers itself, financially speaking.

Sinners, Hamnet and Frankenstein are all solid movies and well-deserving of their DGA nominations and in any other year, they’d stand a fighting chance against Anderson’s picture to win this award. Unfortunately for those aforementioned movies, Anderson has been a long-standing filmmaker in Hollywood who’s typically gone unrewarded in terms of wins over the years. His time has most likely come. Among the big directors this year who were snubbed by the DGA were Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia) and Noah Baumbach (Jay Kelly).

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