Guillermo del Toro of “The Shape of Water,” Greta Gerwig of “Lady Bird,” Martin McDonagh of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Christopher Nolan of “Dunkirk” and Jordan Peele of “Get Out” will compete Saturday evening for the Directors Guild of America Award for feature film directing.
The nominations are career firsts for all but Nolan, who was previously nominated for “Inception,” “The Dark Knight” and “Memento.”
Peele is a double-nominee, with “Get Out” also earning him a nod in the first-time feature film category.
Also nominated in that category are Geremy Jasper for “Patti Cake$,” William Oldroyd for “Lady Macbeth,” Taylor Sheridan for “Wind River” and Aaron Sorkin for “Molly’s Game.”
Since 1948, there have only been seven times the winner of the DGA Award for feature film directing has not gone on to win the Academy Award for best director.
The most recent time was 2013, when Ben Affleck won the DGA Award for “Argo,” but wasn’t even nominated for a directing Academy Award, even though the film won the Oscar for best picture.
Damien Chazelle won both awards last year for “La La Land.”
On the television side of the awards, directors of episodes of “Stranger Things,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Game of Thrones” are nominated for DGA Award for drama series, while comedy nods went to directors of “Master of None,” “Silicon Valley,” “Veep” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
“Game of Thrones” directors — Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor — have three of the five spots in the drama series category, while “Master of None” directors — Aziz Ansari and Melina Matsoukas — are nominated twice in the comedy category.
Barry Levinson is nominated in the TV movie/miniseries category for helming HBO’s “The Wizard of Lies.” He will face off with Scott Frank for Netflix’s “Godless,” Kyra Sedgwick for Lifetime’s “Story of a Girl,” Jeanmarc Vallee for HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and George C. Wolfe for HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”
Documentary film nominees are Ken Burns and Lynn Novick for “The Vietnam War,” Bryan Fogel for “Icarus,” Matthew Heineman for “City of Ghosts,” Steve James for “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” and Errol Morris for “Wormwood.”
The awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton in a ceremony hosted by writer/director Judd Apatow.
Here is a complete list of nominations:
FEATURE FILM
— Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
— Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
— Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
— Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
— Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM
— Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
— Geremy Jasper, “Patti Cake$”
— William Oldroyd, “Lady Macbeth”
— Taylor Sheridan, “Wind River”
— Aaron Sorkin, “Molly’s Game.”
DRAMATIC SERIES
— The Duffer Brothers, “Stranger Things,” Chapter Nine: The Gate (Netflix)
— Reed Morano, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Offred (Hulu)
— Jeremy Podeswa, “Game of Thrones,” The Dragon and the Wolf (HBO)
— Matt Shakman, “Game of Thrones,” The Spoils of War (HBO)
— Alan Taylor, “Game of Thrones,” Beyond the Wall (HBO)
COMEDY SERIES
— Aziz Ansari, “Master of None,” The Thief (Netflix)
— Mike Judge, “Silicon Valley,” Server Error (HBO)
— Melina Matsoukas, “Master of None,” Thanksgiving (Netflix)
— Beth McCarthy-Miller, “Veep,” Chicklet (HBO)
— Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
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)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
— Andre Allen, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, #2061 (TBS)
— Paul G. Casey, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” #1527 (HBO)
— Jim Hoskinson, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Joe Biden/Elton John (CBS)
— Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live,” Host: Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
— Paul Pennolino, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” French Elections (HBO)
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
— Stan Lathan, “Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin” (Netflix)
— Linda Mendoza, “Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman” (PBS)
— Paul Pennolino, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” (TBS)
— Amy Schumer, “Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” (Netflix)
— Glenn Weiss, “The 89th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
REALITY PROGRAMS
— Hisham Abed, “Encore!” Pilot (ABC)
— John Gonzalez, “Live PD,” Episode 50 (A&E)
— Brian Smith, “MasterChef,” Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks (FOX)
— Adam Vetri, “Dare to Live,” Chainsmokers (MTV)
— Kent Weed, “Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge,” Season Premiere (NBC)
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
— Niki Caro, “Anne with an E,” Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny (Netflix)
— Benjamin Lehmann, “The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO)
— Lily Mariye, “Just Add Magic,” Just Add Meddling (Amazon)
— Alison McDonald, “An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life” (Amazon)
— Matthew O’Neill and Thalia Sodi, “15: A Quinceanera Story: Zoey” (HBO)
COMMERCIALS
— Martin de Thurah, StubHub and WealthSimple
— Alma Har’el, Love Without Bias, P&G – Wieden + Kennedy
— Hoffman/Metoyer, KitchenAid – DigitasLBi, Ford
— Miles Jay, Bose QuietComfort 35 Headphones, Calling JohnMalkovich.com
— Isaiah Seret, Samsung Galaxy, Kohler
DOCUMENTARY
— Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, “The Vietnam War” (PBS)
— Bryan Fogel, “Icarus” (Netflix)
— Matthew Heineman, “City of Ghosts” (Amazon Studios)
— Steve James, “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” (PBS)
— Errol Morris, “Wormwood” (Netflix)
—City News Service