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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 6 I 9 (in alphabetical order) This is Coogler's first DGA Award nomination. This is Del Toro's second DGA Award nomination. Del Toro won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 2017 for The Shape of Water. This is Zhao's second DGA Award nomination. Zhao won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 2020 for Nomadland. This is Safdie's first DGA Award nomination. This is. Anderson's third DGA Award nomination. Anderson was previously nominated in this category in 2007 for There Will Be Blood and again in 2021 for Licorice Pizza. PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON One Battle After Another Warner Bros. Pictures Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske First Assistant Director: Adam Somner Second Assistant Directors: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone Second Second Assistant Directors: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez Additional Second Assistant Directors: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young RYAN COOGLER Sinners Warner Bros. Pictures Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Will Greenfield, Kenneth Yu First Assistant Director: Marvin Williams Second Assistant Director: Amir R. Khan Additional Second Assistant Directors: Gregg Carr, Desiree Stevenson JOSH SAFDIE Marty Supreme A24 Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Anthony Katagas, Joe Guest First Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks Second Assistant Director: Zach Citarella Second Second Assistant Director: Kailyn Dabkowski Assistant Unit Production Managers: Max Samu, Suk Yi Mar, Samson Jacobson Location Managers: Matthew Kania, Ross Brodar CHLOÉ ZHAO Hamnet Focus Features GUILLERMO DEL TORO Frankenstein Netflix Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale First Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic Second Assistant Director: Chad Belair F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 4 I 9