‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Receive Directors Guild Nominations

Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”), Paul Thomas Anderson (“One Battle After Another”), Chloé Zhao (“Hamnet”), Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”) and Guillermo Del Toro have been nominated as the best feature film directors of 2025 by the Directors Guild of America, which announced its movie nominations on Thursday.

In the category honoring first-time filmmakers, the DGA nominated Hasan Hadi
(“The President’s Cake”), Harry Lighton (“Pillion”), Charlie Polinger (“The Plague”), Alex Russell (“Lurker”) and Eva Victor (“Sorry, Baby”)

DGA nominations have historically been among the most accurate guild noms for predicting what Oscar voters will do, but the two groups haven’t matched up five-for-five since 2010.

Since then, the Academy’s Directors Branch has gotten increasingly international and idiosyncratic. Last year, it chose “The Substance” director Coralie Fargeat over Edward Berger for “Conclave.” Two years ago, the Oscar voters selected French director Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall” and British director Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest” over American DGA nominees Greta Gerwig for “Barbie” and Alexander Payne for “The Holdovers.”

In previous years, the Academy chose Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) over DGA nominee Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”) over Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”), Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”) over Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) and Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Favourite”) and Pawel Pawlikowski (“Cold War”) over Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”) and Bobby Farrelly (“Green Book”).

Winners will be announced at the 78th annual DGA Awards on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Here are the lists of DGA nominees and their directing teams:

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

The nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 are (in alphabetical order):

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

One Battle After Another

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Will Weiske
• First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
• Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares, Ian Stone
• Second Second Assistant Director: Dominic Pacitti, Rafael Sanz-Jimenez
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Nuekellar Hardy, Chunning Chang, Kit Conners, Kasia Trojak, Tyler Young

RYAN COOGLER

Sinners

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield, Kenneth Yu
• First Assistant Director: Marvin Williams
• Second Assistant Director: Amir R. Khan
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Gregg Carr, Desiree Stevenson

GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Frankenstein

(Netflix)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale
• First Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic
• Second Assistant Director: Chad Belair

JOSH SAFDIE

Marty Supreme

(A24)

Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Anthony Katagas, Joe Guest
• First Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks
• Second Assistant Director: Zach Citarella
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kailyn Dabkowski
• Assistant Unit Production Manager: Max Samu, Suk Yi Mar, Samson Jacobson
• Location Manager: Matthew Kania, Ross Brodar

CHLOÉ ZHAO

Hamnet

(Focus Features)

MICHAEL APTED FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

The nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025 are (in alphabetical order).

HASAN HADI

The President’s Cake

(Sony Pictures Classics)

HARRY LIGHTON

Pillion

(A24)

CHARLIE POLINGER

The Plague

(Independent Film Company)

ALEX RUSSELL

Lurker

(MUBI)

EVA VICTOR

Sorry, Baby

(A24)

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