With Oscars voting in full swing, and awards season coming into its last stretch, tonight’s Administrators Guild of America Awards marked one of many final benchmarks in a decent race for Greatest Director. Introduced the night’s high prize by final 12 months’s winner Sean Baker (“Anora”), Paul Thomas Anderson took residence the dignity within the Theatrical Function Movie class for “One Battle After One other.”
Approaching the heels of the Golden Globes and Critics Selection Awards (however forward of the Indie Spirit Awards subsequent weekend), the 78th annual DGA ceremony will clarified the place filmmakers Anderson, Chloé Zhao (“Hamnet”), Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”), and Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) stood on the rostrum they’ll share with Joachim Trier (“Sentimental Worth”) at the 98th Academy Awards. Additionally competing within the 2026 DGA theatrical function movie class tonight was Guillermo del Toro (“Frankenstein”).
Traditionally, the DGA doesn’t all the time mirror the Academy’s last Greatest Director lineup, however its winners typically assist outline momentum heading into Oscars night time. This 12 months’s guild honorees mirrored marquee auteurs in addition to an eclectic slate of first-time administrators, together with Hasan Hadi (“The President’s Cake”), Harry Lighton (“Pillion”), Alex Russell (“Lurker”), and Eva Victor (“Sorry, Child”), and race winner Charlie Polinger (“The Plague”). IndieWire’s Marcus Jones was on the bottom on the Beverly Hilton.
Maintain studying for the entire record of nominees and winners on the 2026 DGA Awards.
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Hasan Hadi, “The President’s Cake”
Harry Lighton, “Pillion”
WINNER: Charlie Polinger, “The Plague”
Alex Russell, “Lurker”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Child”
DRAMATIC SERIES
Liza Johnson, “The Diplomat”
WINNER: Amanda Marsalis, “The Pitt”
Janus Metz, “Andor”
Ben Stiller, “Severance”
John Wells, “The Pitt”
COMEDY SERIES
Lucia Aniello, “Hacks”
Janicza Bravo, “The Bear”
WINNER: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, “The Studio”
Christopher Storer, “The Bear”
Mike White, “The White Lotus”
LIMITED & ATHOLOGY SERIES
Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit”
Antonio Campos, “The Beast in Me”
Lesli Linka Glatter, “Zero Day”
WINNER: Shannon Murphy, “Dying for Intercourse”
Ally Pankiw, “Black Mirror”
MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
Jesse Armstrong, “Mountainhead”
WINNER: Stephen Chbosky, “Nonnas”
Scott Derrickson, “The Gorge”
Michael Morris, “Bridget Jones: Mad Concerning the Boy”
Kyle Newacheck, “Completely satisfied Gilmore 2”
VARIETY
Yvonne De Mare, “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert”
Andy Fisher, “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!”
Beth McCarthy-Miller, “SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance”
WINNER: Liz Patrick, “SNL50: The Anniversary Particular”
Paul Pennolino, “Final Week Tonight with John Oliver”
SPORTS
WINNER: Matthew Gangl, 2025 World Sequence
Steve Milton, 2025 Masters Event
Wealthy Russo, Tremendous Bowl LIX
REALITY — QUIZ & GAME
Lucinda M. Margolis, “Jeopardy!”
Adam Sandler, “The Worth is Proper”
WINNER: Mike Sweeney, “Conan O’Brien Should Go”
COMMERCIALS
WINNER: Kim Gehrig
Miles Jay
Spike Jonze
Andreas Nilsson
Steve Rogers
DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: Mstyslav Chernov, “2000 Meters to Andriivk”
Geeta Gandbhir, “The Excellent Neighbor”
Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki, Eyni Sara Khaki, and Mohammad Reza Eyni, “Chopping By Rocks”
Elizabeth Lo, “Mistress Dispeller”
Mark Obenhaus and Laura Poitras, “Cowl-Up”
DOCUMENTARY SERIES – NEWS
Marshall Curry, “SNL50: Past Saturday Evening”
Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes”
WINNER: Rebecca Miller, “Mr. Scorsese”
Alexandria Stapleton, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”
Matt Wolf, “Pee-wee as Himself”