Liza Johnson and Amanda Marsalis are among the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series, the Directors Guild of America announced on January 7, 2026. The awards, recognizing operate from 2025, will be presented on February 7, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Johnson’s nomination recognizes her direction of “Amagansett,” an episode of the Netflix series The Diplomat. Her other directorial work includes the independent films Return, Hateship Loveship, and Elvis and Nixon, as well as pilot episodes for The Residence and Good Girls Revolt. She has as well directed episodes of The Last of Us, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Dead to Me, What We Do in the Shadows, Barry, Silicon Valley, Feud, and The Franchise. Johnson joined the DGA in 2015.
Marsalis is nominated for her direction of “6:00 P.M.”, an episode of The Pitt. Her previous directorial credits include the feature film Echo Park, the pilot for Naomi, and episodes of Cape Fear, Ransom Canyon, Ozark, Westworld, The Umbrella Academy, and Invasion. Marsalis became a DGA member in 2017.
Also nominated in the Dramatic Series category is Janus Metz for his direction of “Who Are You?” from the Disney+ series Andor. Metz’s other directorial work includes the features Armadillo, Borg/McEnroe, and All the Old Knives, as well as episodes of True Detective and ZeroZeroZero. He joined the DGA in 2015.
In the Comedy Series category, Lucia Aniello received a nomination for directing “A Slippery Slope,” an episode of Hacks. Aniello previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for her work on Hacks in both 2021, and 2024. Her other directorial credits include the feature Rough Night, episodes of the mini-series Time Traveling Bong, and episodes of Other Space, Funny or Die Presents…, The Last Man on Earth, Broad City, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, and The Baby-Sitters Club. She has been a DGA member since 2012.
Janicza Bravo is nominated for directing “Worms,” an episode of The Bear. Bravo’s directorial credits include the feature Zola, the pilot for Kindred, and episodes of The Listeners, Atlanta, Divorce, Here And Now, In Treatment, Love, Dear White People, Them, Forever, Poker Face, and Mrs. America. She joined the DGA in 2017.
The Limited & Anthology Series category includes nominations for Antonio Campos for “Sick Puppy” from The Beast in Me, Lesli Linka Glatter for “Episode 6” of Zero Day, and Ally Pankiw for “Common People” from Black Mirror. Glatter, a DGA member since 1985, has previously won the DGA Award in the Dramatic Series category three times for her work on Homeland. She served as President of the Guild from 2021 to 2025 and currently serves as the Guild’s Secretary/Treasurer. Pankiw’s directorial credits include the features I Used To Be Funny and Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery, as well as episodes of Feel Good, The Great, Shrill, Black Mirror, and Ponies. Campos’ directorial credits include the features The Devil All the Time, Christine, Simon Killer, and Afterschool, as well as the pilot for The Sinner and episodes of The Staircase, Homemade, and The Punisher.
Paris Barclay will moderate the DGA Awards ceremony. Barclay has directed nearly 200 episodes of television and served as a Director/Producer for series including Doctor Odyssey, Station 19, Pitch, Sons of Anarchy, In Treatment, Cold Case, City of Angels and NYPD Blue. He became one of only a handful of directors in Emmy history to receive nominations in every narrative category — drama, comedy and limited series.
