69th Directors Guild of America Awards

69th Directors Guild of America Awards
69th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	February 4, 2017
Location	The Beverly Hilton,; Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Jane Lynch
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	La La Land – Damien Chazelle
Best Director Documentary:	O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman
Best Director First-Time Feature Film:	Lion – Garth Davis
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2010s/2016.aspx?value=2016

The 69th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2016, were presented on February 4, 2017, at the Beverly Hilton.^[1]^[2] The ceremony was hosted by Jane Lynch.^[3] The nominations for the television and documentary categories were announced on January 11, 2017,^[4]^[5] while the nominations for the film categories were announced on January 12, 2017.^[6]^[7]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Damien Chazelle – La La Land Garth Davis – Lion Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Documentaries
Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America Otto Bell – The Eagle Huntress Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg – Weiner Raoul Peck – I Am Not Your Negro Roger Ross Williams – Life, Animated
First-Time Feature Film
Garth Davis – Lion Kelly Fremon Craig – The Edge of Seventeen Tim Miller – Deadpool Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation Dan Trachtenberg – 10 Cloverfield Lane

Television

Drama Series
*Miguel Sapochnik – Game of Thrones* for "Battle of the Bastards"** The Duffer Brothers – Stranger Things for "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" Ryan Murphy – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story for "From the Ashes of Tragedy" Jonathan Nolan – Westworld for "The Original" John Singleton – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story for "The Race Card"
Comedy Series
*Becky Martin – Veep* for "Inauguration"** Alec Berg – Silicon Valley for "Daily Active Users" Donald Glover – Atlanta for "B.A.N." Mike Judge – Silicon Valley for "Founder Friendly" Dale Stern – Veep for "Mother"
Miniseries or TV Film
*Steven Zaillian – The Night Of* for "The Beach"** Raymond De Felitta – Madoff Thomas Kail and Alec Rudzinski – Grease: Live Kenny Leon and Alec Rudzinski – Hairspray Live! Jay Roach – All the Way
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
*Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live* for "Host: Dave Chappelle"** Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher for "Show #1437" Nora Gerard – CBS News Sunday Morning for "Charles Osgood Farewell Broadcast" Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Episode #0179" Paul Pennolino – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for "Episode #1030"
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Glenn Weiss – The 70th Annual Tony Awards Jerry Foley – Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come Tim Mancinelli – The Late Late Show with James Corden for "The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special" Linda Mendoza – Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House Paul Myers – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for "A Very Special Full Frontal Special"
Reality Programs
*J. Rupert Thompson – American Grit* for "Over the Falls"** Ken Fuchs – Shark Tank for "801" John Gonzalez – Live PD for "Episode 5" Brian Smith – Strong for "Welcome to Strong" Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "We're Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today"
Children's Programs
Tina Mabry – An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win Liz Allen – The Kicks for "Pilot" Alethea Jones – Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street for "Gortimer and the Jacks of All Trades" Michael Lembeck – A Nutcracker Christmas John Schultz – Adventures in Babysitting

Commercials

Commercials
Derek Cianfrance – Nike Golf's "Chase", Powerade's "Doubts" and "Expectations", and Squarespace's "Manifesto" Lance Acord – Apple's "Frankie's Holiday" and Kohl's' "Movie Night" Dante Ariola – SunTrust's "Hold Your Breath", Lyft's "Riding is the New Driving", and Beats' "Tell Me When To Go" Fredrik Bond – Apple's "Dive", Philips' "Everyday Hero", and LG's "World of Play" A.G. Rojas – S7 Airlines' "The Best Planet" and Samsung's "The Snail"