DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020

Dramatic Series; Comedy Series; Movies for Television and Limited Series; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials; Reality Programs; Children’s Programs; Commercials; and Documentary

Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America today announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020.

The winners will be announced at the 73rd Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, April 10, 2021, which will be a private virtual event for DGA members.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2020 are (in alphabetical order):

MICHAEL DWECK & GREGORY KERSHAW
The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics)

PIPPA EHRLICH & JAMES REED
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)

DAVID FRANCE
Welcome to Chechnya (HBO)

AMANDA McBAINE & JESSE MOSS
Boys State (Apple/A24)

BENJAMIN REE
The Painter and the Thief (NEON)