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Christopher Nolan on track for best director Oscar after winning DGA award for Oppenheimer

With a significant overlap in voters with the Oscars, the honour is considered a reliable bellwether for the Academy Award

Nolan’s rivals for the award, voted on by members of the US’s premier guild for film and TV directors, included Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon and Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things. In the DGA’s TV section, The Bear and The Last of Us and carried off awards for best comedy and dramatic series respectively; the winner of the former, Christopher Storer, repeated his win at the Emmys, while the latter, Peter Hoar, defeated Mark Mylod, who had won the equivalent Emmy for Succession. Best theatrical feature film Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Best first-time theatrical feature film Celine Song, Past Lives Best documentary Mstyslav Chernov, 20 Days in Mariupol Best dramatic series Peter Hoar, The Last of Us, (ep: Long, Long Time) Best comedy series Christopher Storer, The Bear (ep: Fishes) Best movies for television and limited series Sarah Adina Smith, Lessons in Chemistry, (ep: Her and Him) Best variety/talk/news/sports – regularly scheduled programming Michael Mancini and Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live, (ep: Pedro Pascal/Coldplay) Best variety/talk/news/sports – specials Paul Miller, Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Best reality programmes Niharika Desai, Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, (ep: Happiness is a Bottle of Cod Liver Oil) Best children’s programmes Amy Schatz, Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School Best commercials Kim Gehrig – Run This Town, Apple Music/The Travelers, Expedia

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