DGA Awards: Guillermo del Toro and 'The Shape of Water' Take The Best Film Prize. Jordan Peele was honored as best first-time feature director for 'Get Out.'

04/02/2018 - Feature Film

Guillermo del Toro (WINNER)
The Shape of Water
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mr. del Toro's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale
· Production Manager: Dennis Chapman
· First Assistant Director: Pierre Henry
· Second Assistant Director: Tyler Delben
· This is Mr. del Toro's first DGA Award nomination
 
Greta Gerwig
Lady Bird
(A24)
Ms. Gerwig's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: Lila Yacoub, Danielle Blumstein, Jamin O’Brien (New York Crew)
· First Assistant Directors: Jonas Spaccarotelli, Cedric Vara (New York Crew)
· Second Assistant Director: Brendan Lee, Dana Zolli (New York Crew)
· Second Second Assistant Directors: Lillian Awa, Teri Barber
· This is Ms. Gerwig's first DGA Award nomination.
 
Martin McDonagh
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mr. McDonagh's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Bergen Swanson
· Assistant Unit Production Manager: Peggy Robinson
· First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
· Second Assistant Director: Paula Case
· Second Second Assistant Director: Spencer Taylor
This is Mr. McDonagh's first DGA Award nomination.
 
Christopher Nolan
Dunkirk
(Warner Bros.)
Mr. Nolan's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: David Witz, Christine Raspillere (France Unit), Chris Brock (UK Unit), Nicky Tüske (Netherlands Unit)
· First Assistant Directors: Nilo Otero, William Pruss (France Unit), Willem Quarles van Ufford (Netherlands Unit)
· Second Assistant Director: Eric Lasko, Nicolas Baldino (France Unit), Alexis Chelli (France Unit), Clément Comet (France Unit)
· Second Second Assistant Director: Alina Gatti
This is Mr. Nolan’s fourth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Inception in 2010, for The Dark Knight in 2008, and for Memento in 2001.
 
Jordan Peele
Get Out
(Universal Pictures)
Mr. Peele's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Managers: Marcei A. Brown, Rick A. Osako (Fairhope Unit)
· First Assistant Director: Gerard DiNardi
· Second Assistant Directors: Ram Paul Silbey, Marc Newland (Fairhope Unit), Jack McKenna (New York Unit)
· Second Second Assistant Director: Maggie Ballard
· Location Manager: Kurt Enger (New York Unit)
This is one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Peele. He is also nominated in the First-Time Feature Film category for Get Out.

Dramatic Series

George Kraychyk/Hulu Reed Morano (WINNER)

The Handmaid's Tale, “Offred”
(Hulu)
Ms. Morano's Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Joe Boccia
This is Ms. Morano's first DGA Award nomination. The Duffer Brothers
Stranger Things, “Chapter Nine: The Gate”
(Netflix)
The Duffer Brothers' Directorial Team:
· Unit Production Manager: Timothy Lonsdale
· First Assistant Director: Richard Denault
· Second Assistant Director: John R. Bonaccorse
· Second Second Assistant Directors: David Champion, Robert S. Hoffman
· Additional Second Assistant Directors: Clayton Thompson, Tyler Smith
This is Mr. Matt Duffer's and Mr. Ross Duffer's second DGA Award nomination. They were previously nominated in this same category in 2016 for Stranger Things, “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers.” Jeremy Podeswa
Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf” (HBO)
This is Mr. Podeswa's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category in 2010 for The Pacific, “Home.” Matt Shakman
Game of Thrones, “The Spoils of War”
(HBO)
This is Mr. Shakman's first DGA Award nomination. Alan Taylor
Game of Thrones, “Beyond the Wall”
(HBO)
Mr. Taylor's Directorial Team:
· First Assistant Director: Toby Ford
This is Mr. Taylor's third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2008 for Mad Men, “The Mountain King.” He won the DGA Award in this category in 2007 for his Mad Men pilot “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” Movies for Television and Miniseries Courtesy of HBO Jean