Directors Guild TV Awards: Stranger Things, Atlanta, Westworld grab nominations

Netflix’s “

Stranger Things

,” FX’s “Atlanta” and HBO’s “Westworld

” are among the freshman series earning TV nominations for the Directors Guild Awards.

The comedy series competition was rounded out by two noms apiece for HBO’s “Veep” (for Becky Martin and Dale Stern) and “Silicon Valley” (for Alec Berg and Mike Judge) in addition to Donald Glover’s bid for Atlanta.”

On the drama side, “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer are up against “Westworld” co-creator Jonathan Nolan, John Singleton and Ryan Murphy for separate episodes of FX’s “The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and Miguel Sapochnik for “Game of Thrones.” For all but Murphy, these are first-time DGA noms.

Alex Rudzinski grabbed two noms in the telepic and miniseries category, one for his work with Thomas Kail on Fox’s “Grease Live” and one for his work with Kenny Leon on NBC’s “Hairspray Live.” Jay Roach is in the hunt for his work on HBO’s “All the Way.” Steve Zaillian is up for the first episode of HBO’s “The Night Of.” ABC’s “Madoff” earned a nom for Raymond De Felitta.

In the tall/variety/news programming field, TBS’ “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” broke through with a nom for Paul Pennolino. And “Full Frontal” earned a mention for Paul Myers for its “A Very Full Frontal Special.”

A&E Network’s real-time ride-along series “Live PD” grabbed a spot in the reality category for director John Gonzalez. Two other newcomers — NBC’s “Strong” (Brian Smith) and Fox’s “American Grit” (J. Rupert Thompson) — also earned mentions.

The commercial nominees included “The Place Beyond the Pines” director Derek Cianfrance, for spots produced with RadicalMedia for Nike Golf, Powerade and Square Space.

Here is a complete list of TV nominations:

DRAMATIC SERIES

THE DUFFER BROTHERS

Stranger Things,“Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”(Netflix)

The Duffer Brothers’ Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Timothy Lonsdale

• First Assistant Director: Richard Denault

• Second Assistant Directors: Maria Battle Campbell, Kristina M. Peterson

• Second Second Assistant Director: Simeon Jones

• Additional Second Assistant Director: Franchesca Winters

RYAN MURPHY

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,“From the Ashes of Tragedy”(FX)

Mr. Murphy’s Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich

• First Assistant Director: Leo Bauer

• Second Assistant Director: Janell Sammelman

• Second Second Assistant Director: Matt Pexa

• Additional Second Assistant Director: Alicia Lewis

JONATHAN NOLAN

Westworld,“The Original”(HBO)

Mr. Nolan’s Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Robert Del Valle

• First Assistant Director: Kim H. Winther

• Second Assistant Director: Jeff Okabayashi

• Second Second Assistant Directors: Michelene Mundo, Katie Pruitt

MIGUEL SAPOCHNIK

Game of Thrones,“The Battle of the Bastards”(HBO)

JOHN SINGLETON

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,“The Race Card”(FX)

Mr. Singleton’s Directorial Team:

• Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich

• First Assistant Director: Dan Shaw

• Second Assistant Director: Matt Pexa

• Second Second Assistant Directors: Kim Richards, Kyle Hollingsworth

(Variety)