Six Company 3 Projects Earn DGA Awards Nominations
January 8, 2026 Jan. 8, 2026The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 78th Annual DGA Awards, recognizing outstanding directorial achievement across film and television. Company 3’s work is represented across this year’s DGA nominations, spanning feature films, episodic series, and television movies.
In the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category, Guillermo del Toro earned a nomination for Frankenstein. The film features color grading by Senior Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld and sound mixing by Senior Re-Recording Mixer Christian Cooke and Re-Recording Mixer Brad Zoern, with Company 3 completing finishing and dailies. Josh Safdie was also recognized for A24’s Marty Supreme, with Company 3 providing finishing, editorial, and dailies, and Senior Colorist Yvan Lucas handling color grading.
Across television, Janus Metz received a nomination for Andor, episode “Who Are You?,” with color by Senior Colorist Jean-Clément Soret. Ben Stiller was recognized for Severance, episode “Cold Harbor,” with color by Senior Colorist Tom Poole, and Company 3 completing trailer work for the series. Mike White earned a nomination in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series category for The White Lotus, episode “Denials,” with color by Senior Colorist Tom Poole. In the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television category, Scott Derrickson received a nomination for The Gorge, with color by Senior Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld.
The winners will be announced at the 78th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
Congratulations to this year’s nominees and the filmmakers and collaborators whose work continues to set the standard for excellence in storytelling and craft.
Read the full list of Theatrical Feature Film nominees here, and the Television, Commercials, and Documentary nominees here.
Nominations
Frankenstein
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
- Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Re-Recording Mixers | Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
- Additional Color | Dave Muscat
- Finishing Editor | Darren Hinchy
- Dailies | Company 3
- Dailies Production | Gino Carletti, Ella Nicoli-Horne
- Color and Sound Producer | Sarah Riley
- Director | Guillermo del Toro
- DP | Dan Laustsen, ASC DFF
- Editor | Evan Schiff, ACE
- Production Design | Tamara Deverell
Marty Supreme
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
- Supervising Color | Yvan Lucas
- Additional Color | Diego Orkiz
- Finishing Editor | Gina Kalim
- Editorial Services | Brandon Rosser, Gregory Caligiuri
- Dailies | Rich Flores
- Dailies Producer | Matt Riera
- Color Producer | Laura Hickerson
- Director | Josh Safdie
- DP | Darius Khondji ASC AFC
- Editors | Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
- Production Design | Jack Fisk
Andor | Season 2 “Who Are You?”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television (Dramatic Series)
- Color | Jean-Clément Soret
- Finishing Editor | Thomas Crews
- Color Production | Christopher Foster, Ellora Soret
- Supporting VFX | SDFX Studios
- Showrunner | Tony Gilroy
- Directors | Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, Alonso Ruizpalacios
- DPs | Christophe Nuyens SBC, Mark Patten BSC, Damián García
- Editors | Yan Miles ACE BFE, John Gilroy ACE, Craig Ferreira, Matthew Cannings, Morten Højbjerg
- Production Designer | Luke Hull
Severance | Season 2 “Cold Harbor”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television (Dramatic Series)
- Color | Tom Poole
- Additional Color | Dustin Wadsworth
- Finishing Editor | Nicholas Figueroa
- Dailies | Alex Kaufman
- Color Producer | Ray Stanton
- Trailers | Joe Pestana, Lenny Fohrer, Igor Darbo, Aaron Dorn
- VFX | Curated
- Supporting VFX | SDFX Studios
- Directors | Ben Stiller, Sam Donovan, Uta Briesewitz, Jess Gagné
- DPs | Jessica Lee Gagné, Suzie Lavelle BSC, David Lanzenberg
- Editors | Geoff Richman ACE, Joe Landauer, Keith Fraase
- Production Design | Jeremy Hindle
The Gorge
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television (Movies for Television)
- Color | Stefan Sonnenfeld
- Additional Color | Parker Jarvie
- Finishing Editor | Joe Ken
- Color Producer | Philip Marvin
- VFX | Framestore
- Director | Scott Derrickson
- DP | Dan Laustsen ASC, DFF
- Editor | Frédéric Thoraval
- Production Design | Rick Heinrichs
The White Lotus | Season 3 “Denials”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television (Comedy Series)
- Supervising Color | Tom Poole
- Color | Dustin Wadsworth
- Finishing Editor | Jason Keehne
- Finishing Production | Sean Holland, Deb Gutierrez, S. Curtis Smith, Chadwick Williams, Younis Shabeb
- Director | Mike White
- DP | Ben Kutchins ASC
- Editor | John M. Valerio ACE, Scott Turner
- Production Design | Cristina Onori
