DOCUMENTARY
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2021 are (in alphabetical order):
JESSICA KINGDON – Oscar shortlist
Ascension (Paramount+)
STANLEY NELSON
Attica (Showtime)
RAOUL PECK
Exterminate All the Brutes
(HBO)
Mr. Peck’s Directorial Team:
First Assistant Director: Mathias Honoré
AHMIR “QUESTLOVE” THOMPSON
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Searchlight Pictures/Onyx Collective/Hul
ELIZABETH CHAI VASARHELYI & JIMMY CHIN
The Rescue
(National Geographic)
Ms.Vasarhelyi & Mr. Chin’s Directorial Team:
First Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin