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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 6 I 1 3 LIZA JOHNSON The Diplomat - "Amagansett" - (Netfl ix) Unit Production Manager: John P. Fedynich First Assistant Director: Adam Escott Second Assistant Director: Tom Glick Second Second Assistant Director: Rachel Sikora Location Manager: Rob Coleman This is Johnson's fi rst DGA Award nomination. AMANDA MARSALIS The Pitt - "6:00 P.M." - (HBO Max) Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman Second Second Assistant Directors: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers, Chloe Huckins Additional Second Assistant Director: Michelle Akeley This is Marsalis' fi rst DGA Award nomination. JANUS METZ Andor - "Who Are You?" - (Disney+) Unit Production Manager: Karl Caffrey First Assistant Director: Sean Guest This is Metz's fi rst DGA Award nomination. BEN STILLER Severance - "Cold Harbor" - (Apple TV) Unit Production Manager: Caroline Baron First Assistant Director: Katie Pruitt Second Assistant Director: Cat McFadyen Second Second Assistant Director: Forrest Viola Additional Second Assistant Director: Erin Skelly Assistant Unit Production Managers: Sean Fogel, Alexandra Vivas Location Managers: Ryan Smith, Grace Kwon This is Stiller's third DGA Award nomination. Stiller was previously nominated in this category in 2022 for Severance, "The We We Are" and previously won in the Movies for Television and Limited Series category in 2018 for Escape at Dannemora. JOHN WELLS The Pitt - "7:00 A.M" - (HBO Max) Unit Production Manager: Michelle Lankwarden First Assistant Director: Eric Tignini Second Assistant Director: Kevin Zelman Second Second Assistant Directors: Nicole Jones, Rebecca Rogers Additional Second Assistant Director: Chloe Huckins This is Wells' fi rst directing DGA Award nomination. However as an Executive Producer-Writer, Wells, Veteran Producer-Director Bruce Paltrow and Co-Executive Producer-Director Christopher Chulack were the inaugural recipients of the DGA Diversity Award in 1997 for their work on the series ER. LUCIA ANIELLO Hacks - "A Slippery Slope" - (HBO Max) Unit Production Manager: Mark Rabinowitz First Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg Second Assistant Director: Kirisa Gavrin Second Second Assistant Director: Alaina Neumann Rafdal Additional Second Assistant Director: Amy Ergle This is Aniello's third DGA Award nomination. Aniello's previously won in this category in 2021 for Hacks, "There Is No Line" and again in 2024 for Hacks, "Bulletproof." JANICZA BRAVO The Bear - "Worms" - (FX on Hulu) Unit Production Managers: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner First Assistant Director: Larissa Malarek Second Assistant Director: Olivia Dame Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco Location Managers: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas This is Bravo's fi rst DGA Award nomination. SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG The Studio - "The Oner" - (Apple TV) Unit Production Manager: Shawn Dyrdahl First Assistant Director: Donald Murphy Second Assistant Director: Peter Dress Second Second Assistant Director: Denise Anderson Poore Additional Second Assistant Director: Abran Trujillo This is Rogen's fi rst DGA Award nomination. This is Goldberg's fi rst DGA Award nomination. CHRISTOPHER STORER The Bear - "Bears" - (FX on Hulu) Unit Production Managers: Carrie Holt de Lama, Tyson Bidner First Assistant Director: Duccio Fabbri Second Assistant Directors: Larissa Malarek, Olivia Dame Second Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco Location Managers: Maria C. Roxas, Gilbert B. Morales Assistant Location Manager: Oscar Roxas This is Storer's fourth DGA Award nomination. Storer previously was nominated in this category in 2024 for The Bear, "Tomorrow" and in 2022 for The Bear, "Review." Storer won the DGA's 2023 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series Award for The Bear, "Fishes." MIKE WHITE The White Lotus - "Denials" - (HBO Max) Unit Production Managers: Regina Heyman, Mark Kamine First Assistant Director: Justin Ritson Second Assistant Director: Joe Landry Assistant Unit Production Manager: Aidan Sleeper This is White's third DGA Award nomination. White previously was nominated in this category in 2021 for The White Lotus, "Mysterious Monkeys" and again in 2022 for The White Lotus, "Arrivederci." Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series