The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series is one of the annual

Directors Guild of America Award The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards. Catego ...

s given by the

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merge ...

. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year.

Winners and nominees

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Programs with multiple wins

;8 wins *''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) ;3 wins *''All in the Family'' (CBS) *''Barry'' (HBO) *''Seinfeld'' (NBC) *''Veep'' (HBO) ;2 wins *''Cheers'' (NBC) *''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (HBO) *''Frasier'' (NBC) *''The Golden Girls'' (NBC) *''Modern Family'' (ABC) *''Murphy Brown'' (CBS) *''Sex and the City'' (HBO) *''Sports Night'' (ABC)

Programs with multiple nominations

;13 nominations *''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (HBO) *''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) ;10 nominations *''Cheers'' (NBC) *''Modern Family'' (ABC) *''Sex and the City'' (HBO) ;9 nominations *''30 Rock'' (NBC) *''Frasier'' (NBC) *''Seinfeld'' (NBC) ;7 nominations *''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (Amazon) *''Will & Grace'' (NBC) ;5 nominations *''All in the Family'' (CBS) *''Entourage'' (HBO) *''The Larry Sanders Show'' (HBO) *''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) *''Murphy Brown'' (CBS) *''Silicon Valley'' (HBO) *''Ted Lasso'' (Apple TV+) *''Veep'' (HBO) ;4 nominations *''Maude'' (CBS) ;3 nominations *''Atlanta'' (FX) *''Barry'' (HBO) *''The Big Bang Theory'' (CBS) *''Desperate Housewives'' (ABC) *''Glee'' (Fox) *''The Golden Girls'' (NBC) *''Louie'' (FX) *''Mad About You'' (NBC) *''Taxi'' (ABC/NBC) ;2 nominations *''Barney Miller'' (ABC) *''Malcolm in the Middle'' (Fox) *''Master of None'' (Netflix) *''Moonlighting'' (ABC) *''Soap'' (ABC) *''Sports Night'' (ABC) *''Transparent'' (Amazon) *''The White Lotus'' (HBO) *''The Wonder Years'' (ABC)

Individuals with multiple wins

;4 wins * James Burrows ;3 wins *

Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war come ...

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Bill Hader William Thomas Hader Jr.''Finding Your Roots'', January 26, 2016, PBS. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (201 ...

(2 consecutive) ;2 wins *

Andy Ackerman Robert Andrew Ackerman (born September 19, 1956) is an American director, producer, and script editor who is best known for his work on ''Seinfeld'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' and the HBO series ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. He is ...

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Hy Averback Hyman Jack Averback (October 21, 1920 – October 14, 1997) was an American radio, television, and film actor who eventually became a producer and director. Early years Born in Minneapolis, Averback moved to California with his family when he w ...

(consecutive) * Paul Bogart (consecutive) *

Beth McCarthy-Miller Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963, Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American television director. Shows she has directed include ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''30 Rock''. Early life McCarthy-Miller was born on September 3, 1963, in El ...

Gene Reynolds Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal (April 4, 1923 – February 3, 2020) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He was one of the developers and producers of the TV series ''M*A*S*H''. Early life Reynolds was born on April 4, 1923, ...

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Thomas Schlamme Thomas David Schlamme (; born ) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin. He is known for his work as executive producer on ''The West Wing'' and ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,'' as well as ...

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Tim Van Patten Timothy Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of ''Perry Mason'', '' Boardwalk Empire'', '' Black Mirror'', '' Deadwood'', '' Ed'', '' Game of Thrones'', '' The Pacifi ...

(consecutive)

Individuals with multiple nominations

;21 nominations * James Burrows ;8 nominations *

;6 nominations *

Todd Holland Todd Holland (born August 13, 1961) is an American film and television director and producer. He directed over 50 episodes of '' The Larry Sanders Show'', for which he received an Emmy, and 26 episodes of ''Malcolm in the Middle'', for which he ...

;4 nominations *

Pamela Fryman Pamela Gail Fryman (born 1959) is an American sitcom director and producer. She directed all but twelve episodes of the television series ''How I Met Your Mother''. Early life Fryman was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career ...

* Mike Judge *

Noam Pitlik Noam Pitlik (November 4, 1932February 18, 1999) was an American television director and actor. In 1979, Pitlik won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on the ABC sitcom ''Barney Miller''. Early life The son of D ...

Amy Sherman-Palladino Amy Sherman-Palladino (born January 17, 1966) is an American television writer, director, and producer. She is the creator of the comedy-drama series ''Gilmore Girls'', ''Bunheads'', and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Sherman-Palladino has rece ...

David Steinberg David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid 1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on ...

;3 nominations * Paul Bogart *

Larry Charles Larry Charles (born ) is an American comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, and producer. He was a staff writer for the sitcom '' Seinfeld'' for its first five seasons. He has also directed the documentary film ''Religulous'' and the mockumen ...

Tom Cherones Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

Louis C.K. Louis Alfred Székely (; born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a ...

* Hal Cooper *

Michael Engler Michael Engler is an American theater director, and a Directors Guild of America and Emmy nominated television director and producer. Theater His Broadway credits include '' Eastern Standard'', starring Dylan Baker, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Con ...

Julian Farino Julian Farino (born 12 December 1965) is an English film and television producer and director. He was the sports editor of ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and directed much of the first three seasons of the HBO series '' Entourage''. Farino ...

* Bryan Gordon *

Barnet Kellman Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American television and film director, television producer and film actor. Biography Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer a ...

Michael Patrick King Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing and writing for ''Sex and the City'' and its film adaptations, and for co-creating the television comedies '' The Comeb ...

Gail Mancuso Gail Mancuso (born July 14, 1958) is an American film and television director. Early life and career Mancuso grew up in Melrose Park, Illinois. She is married to Brian Downs, a doctor, and divides her time between her homes in Valencia, Californ ...

;2 nominations *

Paris Barclay Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director, producer, and writer. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed nearly 200 episodes of television ...

Peter Bonerz Peter R Bonerz (, born August 6, 1938) is an American actor and director. Early life Bonerzwas born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Elfrieda (née Kern) and Christopher Bonerz. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette Un ...

Mark Cendrowski Mark Cendrowski is an American film and television director. He is best known as the director of most episodes of ''The Big Bang Theory''. Cendrowski is a 1981 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame High Scho ...

Allen Coulter Allen Coulter is an American television and film director, credited with a number of successful television programs. He has directed two feature films, '' Hollywoodland'', a film regarding the questionable death of George Reeves starring Adrie ...

Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and director who is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–20 ...

* MJ Delaney * Charles S. Dubin * Donald Glover * Terry Hughes * Gordon Hunt * David Lee *

Burt Metcalfe Burton Denis Metcalfe (March 19, 1935 – July 27, 2022) was a Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Burton Denis Metcalfe was born in Saskatoon, but grew up in Montreal and latterly in Lo ...

* Ryan Murphy *

David Nutter David Nutter (born 1960) is an American television and film director and television producer. He is best known for directing pilot episodes for television. In 2015, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Serie ...

Daniel Palladino Daniel Palladino is an American television executive producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work on the television series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2017–present), which earned him a WGA Award, two PGA Awards, and fo ...

* John Rich *

Arlene Sanford Arlene Sanford is an American film and television director. Sanford has directed for several notable television series and several motion picture and television films which include ''A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996), '' I'll Be Home for Christmas ...

Don Scardino Donald Joseph Scardino (born February 17, 1949) is an American television director and producer and a former actor. Career Acting Scardino was born in New York City, to jazz musician parents, Dorothy Denny Scardino and Charles Scardino. His f ...

Jeff Schaffer Jeff Schaffer (born ) is an American film and television director, writer, and producer. Early life and education Schaffer and his brother Greg (also a film and TV writer and producer) were raised in the Warren–Howland, Ohio area, about ea ...

Jill Soloway Joey Soloway (previously Jill Soloway; born September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series '' Transparent ...

Michael Spiller Michael Alan Spiller (born August 1, 1961) is an American cinematographer and television director.Tim Van Patten Timothy Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of ''Perry Mason'', '' Boardwalk Empire'', '' Black Mirror'', '' Deadwood'', '' Ed'', '' Game of Thrones'', '' The Pacifi ...

Robert B. Weide Robert B. Weide (born June 20, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He has directed a number of documentaries and was the principal director and an executive producer of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' for the show's first five ye ...

* Mike White

Total awards by network

* NBC – 16 * CBS – 13 * HBO – 11 * ABC – 8 * HBO Max – 2 * Amazon Studios – 1 * Fox – 1

References

External links

* (official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series Directors Guild of America Awards