‘Succession’ Sweeps Directors Guild’s TV Nominees
thewrap.comThe Directors Guild of America has announced its nominations in its television categories, with “Succession” sweeping the drama-series category by landing all five nominations for different episodes.
In the comedy series category, “Ted Lasso” took three of the five slots, with “Hacks” and “The White Lotus” taking the remaining two.The DGA’s television nominations typically focus on returning programs in the drama and comedy series categories, rarely nominating more than one first-year show in a category. Netflix’s South Korean sensation “Squid Game” was not eligible for the DGA Awards.
The guild also announced its nominations for documentary directing, which were Jessica Kingdon for “Ascension,” Stanley Nelson for “Attica,” Raoul Peck for “Exterminate All the Brutes,” Questlove for “Summer of Soul” and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for “The Rescue.In the documentary-feature category, it’s normal for two or three of the DGA nominees to go on to receive Oscar nominations in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Four of this year’s DGA doc nominees are on the 15-film Oscar shortlist in that category.The DGA Awards will announce its feature-film nominees on Thursday, the same day on which the Producers Guild and Writers Guild will also announce their film nominations.
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