After announcing the nominees for best film direction yesterday, the Directors Guild of America revealed the slate for TV direction in dramas and comedies today.
"Game of Thrones" seeks to add to its trophy haul for David Nutter's direction of the season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy," which won an Emmy last September. But HBO's epic fantasy series will be challenged by the series finale of "Mad Men," directed by creator Matthew Weiner.
On the comedy side, "Transparent" will vie with the usual suspects, "Veep" and "Silicon Valley." Here is the full list of nominees:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Michael Engler
Downton Abbey, "Episode 8" (PBS)
Lesli Linka Glatter
Homeland, "The Tradition of Hospitality" (Showtime)
David Nutter
Game of Thrones, "Mother's Mercy" (HBO)
Steven Soderbergh
The Knick, "Williams and Walker" (Cinemax)
Matthew Weiner
Mad Men, "Person to Person" (AMC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Chris Addison
Veep, "Election Night" (HBO)
Louis C.K.
Louie,...
"Game of Thrones" seeks to add to its trophy haul for David Nutter's direction of the season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy," which won an Emmy last September. But HBO's epic fantasy series will be challenged by the series finale of "Mad Men," directed by creator Matthew Weiner.
On the comedy side, "Transparent" will vie with the usual suspects, "Veep" and "Silicon Valley." Here is the full list of nominees:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Michael Engler
Downton Abbey, "Episode 8" (PBS)
Lesli Linka Glatter
Homeland, "The Tradition of Hospitality" (Showtime)
David Nutter
Game of Thrones, "Mother's Mercy" (HBO)
Steven Soderbergh
The Knick, "Williams and Walker" (Cinemax)
Matthew Weiner
Mad Men, "Person to Person" (AMC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Chris Addison
Veep, "Election Night" (HBO)
Louis C.K.
Louie,...
- 1/13/2016
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
Sesame Street is looking on to capitalize on their franchise 40+ years late. This season we saw the blue, hungry Cookie Monster land his own show with Elmo. The duo has found success on The Furchester Hotel, making their team decide the need for more spin-off specials. Thus we now hear that they will start off by giving Cookie Monster his very own special entitle The Cookie Thief. It will follow the story of a new cookie themed museum that has their artwork go missing. This will premier sometime next month and will also have a website launched around it.
It seems like a fun idea. I am curious as to why they choose him over the other ones, especially when you consider Cookie Monster was never a major character. However, we do applaud them for a change of pace and we cannot wait to see where they go next with...
It seems like a fun idea. I am curious as to why they choose him over the other ones, especially when you consider Cookie Monster was never a major character. However, we do applaud them for a change of pace and we cannot wait to see where they go next with...
- 1/20/2015
- by Sarah Peel
- Boomtron
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