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MEET THE NOMINEES EVENTS
Each year the Guild presents an extraordinary opportunity for our members to hear from the DGA Award nominees. Please join us in welcoming and celebrating
the 2025 DGA Award-nominated Directors in Theatrical Feature Film, Documentary Films, Commercials and Dramatic, Comedy, Limited & Anthology Series.
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 10:00 a.m. • DGA Theater One, Los Angeles
For the 35th consecutive year, the DGA is pleased to present this unique opportunity with the nominated Directors for
the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.
Our audiences always revel in the passion, humor and quandaries faced by these talented fi lmmakers. In a moderated
discussion, the nominees will again delve into the technical and creative processes of each nominee from pre-
production to fi nal cut in a special celebration of craft and camaraderie.
This year's nominees are: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another • Ryan Coogler for Sinners •
Guillermo Del Toro for Frankenstein • Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme • Chloé Zhao for Hamnet.
Moderated by: Director Jeremy Kagan.
More details about this live event will be posted on www.dga.org.
Nominees Jacques Audiard, Brady Corbet, Edward Berger, James Mangold and Sean Baker spoke with moderator Jeremy Kagan about the making of their fi lms during the 2025 event.
Nominee participation subject to availability. To RSVP for these events please log-in
as a member at www.dga.org/Events and click on Upcoming Events.
See information on the other Meet the Nominees events on page 35.
