The 73rd annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards and the 32nd annual Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards each announced their nominees on March 8 and 9, 2021. The DGA Awards honor the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials, while the PGA Awards honor honor the best film and television producers of the prior year.
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni nominated for a DGA or PGA Award! This year, 11 alumni received 11 DGA nominations across 7 categories. Nine alumni received 9 PGA nominations across 3 categories. Please note: a number of PGA Categories remain unconfirmed as eligibility determination pending. We will continue to update this list as we learn of additional nominees.
Special congratulations to Chloé Zhao who is nominated for both a DGA and PGA award for her film Nomadland! The 73rd annual DGA Awards will be announced on April 10, 2021, and the 32nd PGA Awards will be announced on March 24, 2021.
DGA Nominees
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director: Mary Kerrigan ‘17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy ‘76 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Unit Production Manager: James Price ‘96 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Better Call Saul, “Bagman”
Vince Gilligan ‘89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Bridgerton, “Diamond of the First Water”
First Assistant Director: Ian Foster Woolf ‘80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Spike Lee ‘98 (DFA)/’82 (MFA, Film & Television)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Full Bloom, “Petal to the Metal”
Associate Director: Sean Galvin ‘08 (BFA, Dramatic Writing)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
On Pointe, “Showtime!”
Larissa Bills ‘92 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
#wombstories, Bodyform/Libresse
Nisha Ganatra ’99 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre
Melina Matsoukas ‘03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
PGA Nominees
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King ‘13 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Mank
Douglas Urbanski '79 (Drama)
Nomadland
Mollye Asher '99 (BFA, Drama)/ '14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
The Flight Attendant
Steve Yockey ‘08 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Schitt’s Creek
David West Read ‘10 (MFA, Dramatic Writing)
Ted Lasso
Bill Wrubel ‘93 (MFA, Dramatic Writing)
What We Do in the Shadows
Scott Rudin, Dean’s Council
Marika Sawyer ‘05 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
*We apologize for any omissions. Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.