WATCHMEN Takes Home "Best Dramatic Series" At The DGA Awards

The 72nd annual Directors Guild of America Awards wrapped up last night, and it was a big night for HBO and Damon Lindelof's Watchmen, having been nominated for two of the five awards and taking home the big prize for its pilot episode, "It's Summer and We're Running out of Ice", directed by Nicole Kassell. It was also nominated for its sixth episode, "This Extraordinary Being", directed by Stephen Williams.

This marks a first for a show like Watchmen, and likely means good things for its chances at the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards, where no Comic Book TV show has ever managed to get nominations in any of the major categories.

To see the full list of winners from the event, check out the list below!
 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2019
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917 (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for 2019
Mati Diop, “Atlantics”
Alma Har’el, “Honey Boy” (WINNER)
Melina Matsoukas, “Queen & Slim”
Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, “The Peanut Butter Falcon”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Mark Mylod “Succession,” “This Is Not For Tears”
Nicole Kassell “Watchmen,” “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” (WINNER)
David Nutter “Game of Thrones,” “The Last of the Starks”
Miguel Sapochnik “Game of Thrones,” “The Long Night”
Stephen Williams “Watchmen,” “This Extraordinary Being”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Dan Attias “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s the Sixties, Man!” 
Bill Hader “Barry,” “ronny/lily” (WINNER)
David Mandel “Veep,” “Veep” 
Amy Sherman-Palladino “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” 
Daniel Palladino “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Marvelous Radio” 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television & Miniseries
Ava DuVernary “When They See Us” 
Vince Gilligan “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” 
Thomas Kail “Fosse/Verdon” 
Johan Renck “Chernobyl” (WINNER)
Minkie Spiro “Fosse/Verdon” 
Jessica Yu “Fosse/Verdon” 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Spike Jonze “Aziz Ansari: Right Now”
James Burrows (“All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” – Directed by) 
Andy Fisher (“Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ – Directed by) (WINNER)
Stan Lathan “Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones” 
Linda Mendoza “Wanda Sykes: Not Normal” 
Glenn Weiss “The 91st Annual Academy Awards”  

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Feras Fayyad “The Cave” 
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert “American Factory” (WINNER)
Alex Holmes “Maiden” 
Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska “Honeyland” 
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang “One Child Nation”