The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) has unveiled the initial round of nominees for the 23rd annual DGC Awards, led by nods for television series like political thriller Fellow Travelers; true crime miniseries Under the Bridge, delving into the murder of B.C. teen Reena Virk; and AppleTV+ supernatural horror series, The Changeling.
The television nominees cover categories for Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini-Series:
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
Hannah Cheesman – Something Undone, Make Yourselves Clean
Jeanne Leblanc – Bellefleur, Beau-papa
David Frazee – Billy the Kid, The Agony
Samir Rehem – Transplant, Torn
Amanda Tapping – Dead Boy Detectives, The Case of the Two Dead Dragons
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Tig Fong – What We Do In The Shadows, Exit Interview
Pat Mills – Run the Burbs, Phright Night
Yael Staav – One More Time, Bed Bugs
Fabrizio Filippo – Sort Of, Sort Of Hospital Again
Kelly Fyffe-Marshall – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Makes a Move
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES
Winnifred Jong – Jane, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Paul Fox – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball
Felipe Rodriguez – Ruby and the Well, I Wish I Could Rest In Peace
Stefan Brogren – Popularity Papers, Notes on a Vandal
OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES
Marie Clements – Bones of Crows, To Be Here
Nimisha Mukerji – Under the Bridge, Beautiful British Columbia
Felipe Rodriguez – Never Too Late to Celebrate
Michelle Ouellet – Dying in Plain Sight
Anne Wheeler – Heaven Down Here
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – DRAMATIC SERIES & MINI-SERIES
Rory Cheyne – Foundation, King and Commoner
Trevor Smith – Fargo, Trials & Tribulations
James Philpott – Bones of Crows, To Be Starved
Ludovic Dufresne – Fem, Épisode 1
Jennifer Morden – Under the Bridge, Mercy Alone
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
Shayne Fox – What We Do In The Shadows, A Weekend at Morrigan Manor
Zoë Sakellaropoulo – Ghosts, Holes Are Bad
Ciara Vernon – Late Bloomer, Nudes
Ingrid Jurek – Run the Burbs, Phright Night
BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES
Jonathan Eagan – The Changeling, Stormy Weather
Annie Ilkow – Transplant, Never Too Late to Start Again
D. Gillian Truster – Sight Unseen, Leo
Nicholas Wong – Halo, Halo
Erin Deck – Beacon 23, Corbenic
BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
Robert de Lint – Maybe It’s You
Lara Johnston – Fellow Travelers, Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Julia Blua – Never Too Late to Celebrate
Gloria Tong – Friday Night Sext Scandal
BEST PICTURE EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
Morgan Waters – Davey & Jonesie’s Locker, You Don’t Belong Here
Hugh Elchuk – Sort Of, Sort Of the Worst Yoda
Gloria Tong – Bria Mack Gets a Life, Bria Mack Gets a Job
Thorben Bieger – Moonshine, Get My Baby Back
Fabiola Caraza – Popularity Papers, Ghost Mortem
BEST SOUND EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES
Nelson Ferreira, Paul Germann, John Douglas Smith, Joe Mancuso, J.R. Fountain, Kirk Starkey, Spencer Clark – The Changeling, Stormy Weather
Adam Stein, Dale Sheldrake, Brennan Mercer, David Caporale, Nadya Hanlon, Claire Dobson, James Bastable, Andrew Wright, Alex Bullick, Jean Bot – Halo, Halo
David Caporale, Sue Conley, Kathy Choi, Ed Douglas, Nadya Hanlon, Jean Bot – Poacher, The Jungle
Dustin Harris, Nathan Robitaille, Krystin Hunter, Craig MacLellan, Jack Madigan – Silo, Freedom Day
J.R. Fountain, Brent Pickett, Joe Mancuso, Tyler Whitham, Kelly McGahey – Billy the Kid, The Day of the Dead
BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION OR MINI-SERIES
Danielle McBride, Ed Douglas, Éve Corrêa-Guedes, Craig MacLellan, Scott Hitchon – Fellow Travelers, White Nights
Mark Dejczak, Kelly McGahey Stephen Barden, Ryan Allam – The Naughty Nine
P. Jason MacNeill, Raiza Rodrigues, John Laing – The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango
John Loranger, Faustine Pelipel, Scott Donald – Never Too Late to Celebrate
BEST SOUND EDITING – COMEDY OR FAMILY SERIES
Sean Karp, Cailey Milito, Aravind Sundar – Jane, Chlamyphorus truncates
John Douglas Smith, Paul Talbot, Kayla Stewart, Taylor Brockelsby, Kevin Banks – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Great Radish Ball
Kevin Howard, Robert Hegedus, Kevin Banks, Richard Calistan, Jason MacNeill – Heartland, Heat Of The Moment
Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky, Matthew Hussey, Sue Fawcett, Michael Legedza, Joseph Wazana, Simon Miminis – The Hardy Boys, A Wild Ride
Richard Calistan, Kayla Stewart, Josh Brown, Kevin Banks, Ethan Horbay – The Way Home, How to Save a Life
Winners will be announced and presented online on Monday, Oct. 28.
DGC will announce nominations for Feature Film, Documentary and Short Film shortly, as well as the shortlist for the DGC’s Jean-Marc Vallée Discovery Award, following a meeting of the DGC Awards juries on Sept. 7.
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