The final set of DGA nominations have been announced and all five titles are on the Academy’s Best Documentary Feature shortlist. Most notably absent from this list and likely expected was Joshua Oppenheimer for The Look of Silence. His prior film, The Act of Killing was nominated both for the Oscar and the DGA director’s award for documentaries. That he missed here may signal his film’s absence from the Oscar list, but I’d be surprised at that.

The Awards

Best Documentary Director

Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyis – Meru
Liz Garbus – What Happened, Miss Simone?
Alex Gibney – Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Matthew Heineman – Cartel Land
Asif Kapadia – Amy

Directors Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1936
First Awards: 1948 (68)