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1 8 I D G A M O N T H L Y KIM GEHRIG Somesuch You Can't Win. So Win, Nike - Wieden+Kennedy First Assistant Directors: Peter Jackson, John Mattern Second Assistant Director: Melina Greene Second Second Assistant Director: Chelsea Meador I'm Not Remarkable, Apple - Client Direct First Assistant Director: Guy Forgaard Second Assistant Director: Amanda Johnson Second Second Assistant Directors: Michael Dudley, Clyde Broom This is Gehrig's fourth DGA Award nomination. Gehrig previously won in this category in 2022 for The Greatest (Apple) and Run Baby Run (Apple iPhone 13); in 2023 for Run This Town (Apple) and The Travelers (Expedia); and was nominated in 2024 for A Life in Sound (SiriusXM), Am I a Bad Person? (Nike) and Find Your Friends (Apple). MILES JAY Smuggler Dish, ChatGPT - Isle of Any Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nessis Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum Pull Up, ChatGPT - Isle of Any Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nessis Second Assistant Director: Rachel Obering Second Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum Trip, ChatGPT - Isle of Any Unit Production Manager: Yianni Papadopoulos First Assistant Director: George Nessis Second Assistant Director: Julia Blanford Second Second Assistant Director: K.J. Walsh Home for the Holidays, Meta - Droga5 First Assistant Director: David Webb Secret Santa, Meta - Droga5 First Assistant Director: David Webb This is Jay's third DGA Award nomination. Jay was previously nominated in this category in 2015 for It Can Wait (ESPN) and in 2017 for Alive, (Bose Quiet Comfort 35 Headphones), Calling JohnMalkovich.com, (Squarespace) and Who is JohnMalkovich.com?, (Squarespace). Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials SPIKE JONZE MJZ Someday, Apple Airpods 4 - TBWA\Media Arts Lab First Assistant Director: Kate Greenberg Second Assistant Director: Matthew Dennis Smith Second Second Assistant Directors: Amy Hughes, Carly Sturgeon This is Jonze's sixth DGA Award nomination. Jonze won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials in 2018 for Welcome Home (Apple Homepod); and again in 2019 for Dream It, Squarespace and The New Normal, Medmen. Jonze was also nominated in this category in 2006 for Hello Tomorrow (Adidas), Penguin (Miller Beer) and Pardon Our Dust (Gap); and in the Variety/Talk/News/ Sports – Specials category for Aziz Ansari: Right Now in 2019; and in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film category for Being John Malkovich in 1999. ANDREAS NILSSON Biscuit Filmworks Conquer the First School Poo, Andrex - FCB London Garrett, Apple iPhone 16 Pro - Client Direct Unit Production Manager: James Veal First Assistant Director: George Nessis Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum Big Flex, Apple iPhone 16 Pro - Client Direct Unit Production Manager: James Veal First Assistant Director: George Nessis Second Assistant Director: Reed Baum Trunk Trucker, Virgin Media - VCCP London This is Nilsson's fourth DGA Award nomination. Nilsson previously won in this category in 2024 for Board Game (Hennessy), First Offi ce Poo (Andrex), One More (Apple) and Whizzer (Virgin Media); and in 2015 for Emily's Oz (Comcast) and Time Upon a Once (General Electric); and was nominated in this category in 2023 for R.I.P. Leon (Apple iPhone), Action Mode (Apple iPhone 14), Choose Happy (Les Mills Fitness) and Wait'll You See This (Snapchat). STEVE ROGERS Biscuit Filmworks Bring a Book to Life, Amazon - Droga5 London A Tale as Old as Websites, Squarespace - Client Direct Everything is Fine, Coinbase - Mother London This is Rogers' second DGA Award nomination. Rogers was previously nominated in this category in 2015 for Ripple (Nike Golf) and Snow Day (Nike).