NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig and Martin Scorsese have been nominated by the for its top award.
The nominations to the 76th DGA Awards, which followed earlier Wednesday, went as expected. The other two nominees for the guild's top award, for outstanding directorial achievement, are Alexander Payne for 鈥淭he Holdovers" and Yorgos Lanthimos for 鈥淧oor Things.鈥�
Nolan's nomination, for 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� is his fifth DGA nod though he's never won before. Gerwig, nominated for 鈥淏arbie,鈥� was previously nominated for 2017's 鈥淟ady Bird.鈥� Scorsese's nomination for 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� is his 13th DGA nod; he has previously won for 2006's 鈥淭he Departed鈥� and for the series 鈥淏oardwalk Empire.鈥�
The Directors Guild nominees often closely align with those of the Academy Awards. Over the past two decades, the winner of the DGA award has nearly always also triumphed at the Oscars. Last year, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The DGA's nominees for first-time feature filmmaker went to for 鈥淎merican Fiction,鈥� Manuela Martelli for "Chile '76"," Noora Niasari for 鈥淪hayda,鈥� A.V. Rockwell for 鈥淎 Thousand and One鈥� and for 鈥淧ast Lives.鈥�
The guild earlier on Tuesday announced other categories. The DGA nominations for best documentary are: 鈥淏obi Wine: The People鈥檚 President,鈥� 鈥淏eyond Utopia,鈥� 鈥淜okomo City" and 鈥淪till: A Michael J. Fox Movie." HBO鈥檚 鈥淪uccession鈥� led the TV nominations, with four out of five nominations for direction.
76th annual DGA Awards will be held Feb. 10.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
