Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Variety Specials explained

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Variety Specials
Awarded For:	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Presenter:	Directors Guild of America
Country:	United States
Year:	2013
Holder:	Paul Miller for (2023)

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 66th Directors Guild of America Awards in 2014.^[1]

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Program	Winners and nominees	Network
2013 (66th)	The 67th Annual Tony Awards	Glenn Weiss	CBS	^[2]
	The 85th Annual Academy Awards		ABC
	The 55th Annual Grammy Awards		CBS
	2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony		HBO
	Louis C.K.: Oh My God	Louis C.K.
2014 (67th)	The 68th Annual Tony Awards	Glenn Weiss	CBS	^[3]
	The 86th Annual Academy Awards		ABC
	The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors		CBS
	Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays		HBO
	Super Bowl XLVIII	Rich Russo	Fox
2015 (68th)	Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special	Don Roy King	NBC	^[4]
	Adele Live in New York City		NBC
			HBO
	The 87th Annual Academy Awards		ABC
	A Very Murray Christmas		Netflix
2016 (69th)	The 70th Annual Tony Awards	Glenn Weiss	CBS	^[5]
	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ("A Very Special Full Frontal Special")	Paul Myers	TBS
	The Late Late Show with James Corden ("The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special")	Tim Mancinelli	CBS
	In Performance at the White House ("Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles")		PBS
			NBC
2017 (70th)	The 89th Annual Academy Awards	Glenn Weiss	ABC	^[6]
			Netflix
	Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner	Paul Pennolino	TBS
	Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman		PBS
2018 (71st)	The 60th Annual Grammy Awards	Louis J. Horvitz	CBS	^[7] ^[8]
	The 72nd Annual Tony Awards		CBS
			HBO
	The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018	Tim Mancinelli and Glenn Clements	CBS
			Netflix
2019 (72nd)	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons	James Burrows and Andy Fisher	ABC	^[9] ^[10]
			Netflix
	The 91st Annual Academy Awards		ABC
	Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones		Netflix
	Wanda Sykes: Not Normal		Netflix

2020s

Year	Program	Winners and nominees	Network
2020 (73rd)	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote	Thomas Schlamme	HBO Max	^[11] ^[12]
	The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents "Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cried with Desi Lydic"	Stacey Angeles	Comedy Central
	David Byrne's American Utopia		HBO
	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ("Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020")		Showtime
	What the Constitution Means to Me		Amazon
2021 (74th)	Adele One Night Only	Paul Dugdale	CBS	^[13] ^[14]
	The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors		CBS
			Netflix
	Dave Chappelle: The Closer	Stan Lathan
	The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Into the Magaverse"	Ian Berger	Comedy Central
2022 (75th)	The 75th Annual Tony Awards	Glenn Weiss	CBS	^[15] ^[16]
	The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Hungary for Democracy"	Ian Berger	Comedy Central
	Mark Twain Prize 2022: Celebrating Jon Stewart		PBS
	Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter	James Merriman	ABC
	Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show		NBC
2023 (76th)		Paul Miller	NBC	^[17] ^[18]
	The 95th Annual Academy Awards		ABC
	Chris Rock: Selective Outrage		Netflix
		Stan Lathan
	Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer	Linda Mendoza

Individuals with multiple awards

5 awards

• Glenn Weiss

Individuals with multiple nominations

9 nominations

• Glenn Weiss

4 nominations

• Stan Lathan
• Linda Mendoza

3 nominations

• Hamish Hamilton
• Louis J. Horvitz

2 nominations

• Ian Berger
• Joel Gallen
• Tim Mancinelli
• Beth McCarthy-Miller
• Marcus Raboy

Total awards by network

• CBS – 6
• ABC – 2
• NBC – 2
• HBO Max – 1

See also

• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Variety Series

External links

• Official DGA website

Notes and References

1. Web site: DGA Announces 2014 Awards Schedule, Two New Awards, Internet Productions Eligible. Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018 . July 29, 2013.
2. Web site: 66th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018.
3. Web site: 67th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018.
4. Web site: 68th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018.
5. Web site: 69th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018.
6. Web site: 70th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . October 6, 2018.
7. Web site: 71st Annual DGA Awards Winners . Directors Guild of America . February 3, 2019 . February 2, 2019.
8. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2018 . Directors Guild of America . January 7, 2019 . January 7, 2019.
9. Web site: 72nd Annual DGA Awards Winners . Directors Guild of America . January 26, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
10. Web site: Pedersen . Erik . DGA Awards TV Series Nominations: ‘Thrones’, ‘Watchmen’, ‘Succession’, ‘Mrs. Maisel’ ‘Veep’ & ‘Barry’ . Deadline Hollywood . January 11, 2020 . January 10, 2020.
11. News: Vary . Adam B. . Chloé Zhao Wins Top DGA Award for ‘Nomadland’ . April 11, 2021 . Variety . April 10, 2021.
12. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020 . Directors Guild of America . March 8, 2021 . March 8, 2021.
13. News: Chuba . Kirsten . Gajewski . Ryan . Lewis . Hilary . DGA Awards: Jane Campion and The Power of the Dog Take Top Honor . March 13, 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter . March 12, 2022.
14. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2021 . Directors Guild of America . January 26, 2022 . January 26, 2022.
15. Web site: Tapp . Tom . DGA Awards: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Win for Everything Everywhere All At Once – Complete Winners List . Deadline . February 19, 2023 . February 18, 2023.
16. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2022 . Directors Guild of America . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023.
17. News: Murphy . J. Kim . Christopher Nolan Wins at Directors Guild for Oppenheimer, The Bear and The Last of Us Take TV Prizes: Full DGA Winners List . February 11, 2024 . Variety . February 10, 2024.
18. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2023 . Directors Guild of America . January 9, 2024 . January 10, 2024.