DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme has announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2017.

“Directors are driving the push to more distinctive television, eye-catching commercials and powerful documentaries,” said Schlamme. “From 30-second spots to multi-hour mini-series, the nominees across these nine categories are leading that charge. We are proud to honor the tremendous range of excellence found in the projects nominated today. Congratulations to all of the nominees.”

The winners will be announced at the 70th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Here are the nominees for the ‘Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials’ category:

First Assistant Director: Charles Conner

First Assistant Director: Charles Conner

First Assistant Director: Jey Wada

Second Assistant Director: Curtis Smith

This is Mr. de Thurah’s second DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials in 2013 for The Man Who Couldn’t Slow Down (Hennessy VS) and Human Race (Acura MDX 2014).

First Assistant Director: George Miles Johnstone

This is Ms. Har’el’s first DGA Award nomination.

Second Assistant Director: Frankie Pagnotta

Second Second Assistant Director: Matt Ross

First Assistant Director: David Webb

Second Assistant Director: David Marnell

Second Second Assistant Director: Jeff Tavani

This is the first DGA Award nomination for Mr. Will Hoffman and Mr. Julius Metoyer.

First Assistant Director: Gareth Moses

This is Mr. Jay’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2015 for It Can Wait (ESPN).

First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell

Second Assistant Director: Ben Randolph

Second Second Assistant Director: Shauna Frontera

First Assistant Director: Eric Topp

Second Assistant Director: Rob Nia

This is Mr. Seret’s first DGA Award nomination.