Ridley Scott and George Miller Among 2016 DGA Nominees

• Nick Spake


• 12 Jan 2016

The Director’s Guild of America have announced their annual nominees, showing love for Ridley Scott’s The Martian and George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. In addition to the primary Best Director category, the DGA also introduced a new category this year for first-time filmmakers. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Alejandro G, Iñárritu: The Revenant
Tom McCarthy: Spotlight
Adam McKay: The Big Short
George Miller: Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott: The Martian

Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film

Fernando Coimbra: A Wolf at the Door
Joel Edgerton: The Gift
Alex Garland: Ex Machina
Marielle Heller: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Laszlo Nemes: Son of Saul

Based on the DGA line up, it’s safe to say that The Revenant, Spotlight, The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Martian should receive major love on Thursday when the Academy announces their nominees.