The Directors Guild of America Awards has announced the nominees for outstanding achievements in television in 2017, and unsurprisinglyGame of Thronesrules the roost. The HBO series nabbed three of the five spots available for Dramatic Series, withStranger Things’The Duffer BrothersandThe Handmaid’s Tale’sReed Moranoscoring the other two slots. TheGame of Thronesepisodes singled out were the “Loot Train Battle” episode “The Spoils of War”, directed byMatt Shakman, the “Jon Snow and His Pals Go on a Suicide Mission” episode “Beyond the Wall”, directed byAlan Taylor, and the finale “The Dragon and the Wolf”, directed byJeremy Podeswa. Taylor previously won this award for helming theMad Menpilot.
Mindhunteris the most glaring omission here, asDavid Finchergot snubbed as all get-out after helming four of the show’s 10 episodes. AndGame of Thronesgets nominated for the wheel-spinning and uninspired “Beyond the Wall.” Sure.
The streaming service fared well regardless, though, and it’s nice to see The Duffer Brothers recognized for their outstanding work helming theStranger Things 2finale “The Gate.” ElsewhereScott Frankwas nominated for helming all ofGodlessin the “Movies for Television and Miniseries” category, andMaster of Nonescored two nominations forMelina Matsoukas’ “Thanksgiving” andAziz Ansari’s “The Thief” in the Comedy Series category.
The film nominations come tomorrow, but for now peruse the major TV nominees below.
DRAMA SERIES
THE DUFFER BROTHERS -Stranger Things,“Chapter Nine: The Gate”
REED MORANO -The Handmaid’s Tale,“Offred”
JEREMY PODESWA -Game of Thrones,“The Dragon and the Wolf”
MATT SHAKMAN -Game of Thrones,“The Spoils of War”
ALAN TAYLOR -Game of Thrones,“Beyond the Wall”
COMEDY SERIES
AZIZ ANSARI -Master of None,“The Thief”
MIKE JUDGE -Silicon Valley,“Server Error”
MELINA MATSOUKAS –Master of None, “Thanksgiving”
BETH MCCARTHY MILLER –Veep, “Chicklet”
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO –The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINISERIES
SCOTT FRANK –Godless(Netflix)
BARRY LEVINSON –The Wizard of Lies(HBO)
KYRA SEDGWICK –Story of a Girl(Lifetime)
JEAN-MARC VALLEE –Big Little Lies(HBO)
GEORGE C. WOLFE –The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(HBO)
DOCUMENTARY
KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK –The Vietnam War(PBS)
BRYAN FOGEL– Icarus(Netflix)
MATTHEW HEINEMEN –City of Ghosts(Amazon)
STEVE JAMES –Abacus: Small Enough to Jail(PBS)
ERROL MORRIS –Wormwood(Netflix)
For the full list of DGA TV nominees, including Comedy Specials and Variety,click here.
