Jane Campion made history at the DGA Awards on Saturday, becoming the second consecutive woman to win a kudo for Dramatic Feature Film Director — and only the third in its history. Campion won for Netflix's "The Power of the Dog." (After "The Piano" in 1993, Campion had already become the second woman to receive a second from the Directors Guild).
The win gives Campion even more lead in the Oscar race as this year's film awards season is in homestretch. Campion on Kenneth Branagh for "Belfast" (Focus Features), Paul Thomas Anderson (MGM/United Artists Releasing) for "Licorice Pizza", Steven Spielberg on "West Side Story" (20th Century Studio) and Denis Villeneuve Won for "Dune". (Warner Bros.).
"I care about women raising voices, and I'm very excited about the next generation of filmmakers," Campion said. Campion was presented with the award by Chloe Zhao, who won the category for "Nomadland" last year.
The Directors Guild of America's 74th Annual DGA Awards returned on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills in an individual event with Judd Apatow as host. (Apatow asked to black out his monologue in the press room so that it could not be covered by the media.) The ceremony, which went virtual in 2021, and Yash on the gauntlet is part of a busy weekend that also included the BAFTAs , Annie Awards and Critics' Choice event.
Maggie Gyllenhaal won a DGA Award for debut feature (making it her first DGA nomination) for the Netflix feature "The Lost Daughter". "I'm really shaken, I finally got brave enough to say what I wanted," she said.
Gyllenhaal noted the awkward situation where she is not a member of the DGA, as she has directed only one film. "But I want to be!" he said. Gyllenhaal said she knows applicants need two sponsors to join—one of which, she asked Steven Spielberg on the spot, from the stage. The other will be his father, director Stephen Gyllenhaal, who was in attendance on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in TV, it was already a foregone conclusion that “Succession” would win the drama — as it is the only nominee through five episodes of the HBO series’ third season this year. The only question going on in Saturday night was which episode would emerge victorious. It ended up as Mark Mylod for the episode "From All the Bells". This was the second DGA Award nomination for Mylod, to be nominated in this category for "Succession" in 2020.
On the comedy side, Emmy winner Lucia Aniello received another honor for "Hacks", this time a DGA Award for the episode "There Are No Lines". Aniello and "Hacks" defeated "Ted Lasso", which earned three out of five DGA Award nominations in the category, along with "The White Lotus" (which somehow landed in comedy territory). This was Aiello's first DGA Award nomination.
In the limited series race, Barry Jenkins continued his recent winning streak for his Amazon Prime Video series "The Underground Railroad." Jenkins won two episodes of Hulu's "Dopesic" and opposite episodes of "Mayor of Easttown" and "Station Eleven". This was Jenkins' second DGA Award nomination, following a feature clearance for "Moonlight" in 2016.
"Saturday Night Live" veteran Don Roy King (who retired from the show at the end of December after 16 years) continued his run in the variety/talks/news/sports-regularly scheduled series category, this year with host The episode won for Keegan-Michael Key and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo.
King said he was proud of his stint on the show, which he said, "held people accountable and did some healing for the people of the country. I was very proud of that work." This was the 16th DGA Award nomination for the Kings, having previously won a DGA Award in this category for SNL episodes in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2013. King also won a DGA Award for Variety/Talk/News/Sports Special. SNL 40th Anniversary Special” in 2015.
Showtime's "Attica" won documentary for supporting Stanley Nelson. This was Nelson's first DGA Award nomination.
The night began with a win in children's programming for Smriti Mundra, who won for her work on HBO Max's "Through Our Eyes," "Shelter." This was Mundra's first DGA Award nomination. In reality shows, Adam Vetri won for Discovery's "Getaway Driver," "Electric Shock." It was Vetri's third DGA Award nomination, and won the 2015 DGA Award for Reality for "Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge," "Gods of War."
In the variety/talk/news/sports-exclusive arena, Paul Dugdale won for CBS's "Adele: One Night Only". This was his first DGA Award nomination.
Spike Lee received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony, and gave an epic 23-minute speech about his journey to filmmaking; In addition, Joseph P. Ready received the Frank Capra Achievement Award and Gerry Hood received the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award. Here are this year's DGA Awards winners, updated live: