Apple on Saturday landed three wins at the 78th Annual Directors Guild Awards, including Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series “The Studio” for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series “Mr. Scorsese” for Rebecca Miller, as well as Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for Kim Gehrig’s “I’m Not Remarkable.”
“The Studio” recently became the most Emmy-winning freshman comedy in history with 13 wins, including Outstanding Comedy and Outstanding Lead Actor Seth Rogen. The series has also been recognized with Golden Globe Award wins for Best Comedy and Best Actor in a Comedy Seth Rogen; Critics Choice Award wins for Best Comedy, Best Actor in a Comedy Seth Rogen and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Ike Barinholtz; and is one of the few series to land the Golden Globe, Emmy and Critics Choice Awards for Best Comedy. Honors for “The Studio” also include an American Film Institute Award for TV Program of the Year; Actor Award nominations including Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Male Actors Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz, and Outstanding Female Actors Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn; as well as nominations from the Producers Guild, Casting Society Artios Awards, Art Directors Guild, Costume Designers Guild, American Society of Cinematographers, Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild and Film Independent Spirit Awards, among many others.
This win is the most recent accolade for “Mr. Scorsese,” after landing wins at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Biographical Documentary and Best Limited Documentary Series, and nominations for the PGA Awards, the American Cinema Editors Awards and the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.
These wins are the latest recognition for Apple at the DGA Awards, following a Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series win in 2024 for “Lessons in Chemistry.” To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 695 wins and 3,257 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning, history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso,” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
Apple landed three wins at the 78th Annual Directors Guild Awards, including:
“The Studio”
• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series — Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg: “The Oner”
“Mr. Scorsese”
• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series — Rebecca Miller: “All This Filming Isn’t Healthy”
“I’m Not Remarkable” — Apple
• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials — Kim Gehrig
“The Studio” and “Mr. Scorsese” are currently streaming on Apple TV.
“The Studio”
In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.
“Mr. Scorsese”
“Mr. Scorsese” is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends. From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, “Mr. Scorsese” examines how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
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MacDailyNews Take: Congrats to all of the casts and crews of the 78th Annual Directors Guild Awards winners!
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