The 2017 Directors Guild Of America (DGA) Nominations

By Matt Neglia

The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their nominations representing the best in Directing for 2017. The winners will be announced February 3rd.

Click below to see the nominations.

Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk

And for first time Director's...

Geremy Jasper – Patti Cake$
William Oldroyd – Lady Macbeth
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Taylor Sheridan – Wind River
Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game

​The full list of nominations including television can be found here. So what do you think? The Oscar's Directing lineup has matched with the DGA Nominees very rarely (Last time was 2009). So do we think this is a good thing or a bad thing? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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