Paul Thomas Anderson –One Battle After Another

• Ryan Coogler –Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro –Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie –Marty Supreme
• Chloé Zhao –Hamnet

Mstyslav Chernov –2000 Meters to Andriivka

• Geeta Gandbhir –The Perfect Neighbor
• Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni –Cutting Through Rocks
• Elizabeth Lo –Mistress Dispeller
• Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus –Cover-Up

Charlie Polinger –The Plague

• Hasan Hadi –The President's Cake
• Harry Lighton –Pillion
• Alex Russell –Lurker
• Eva Victor –Sorry, Baby

Amanda Marsalis –The Pitt for "6:00 P.M." (HBO Max)

• Liza Johnson –The Diplomat for "Amagansett" (Netflix)
• Janus Metz Pedersen –Andor for "Who Are You?" (Disney+)
• Ben Stiller –Severance for "Cold Harbor" (Apple TV)
• John Wells –The Pitt for "7:00 A.M." (HBO Max)

Seth Rogen andEvan Goldberg –The Studio for "The Oner" (Apple TV)

• Lucia Aniello –Hacks for "A Slippery Slope" (HBO Max)
• Janicza Bravo –The Bear for "Worms" (FX)
• Christopher Storer –The Bear for "Bears" (FX)
• Mike White –The White Lotus for "Denials" (HBO)

Shannon Murphy –Dying for Sex for "It's Not That Serious" (FX)

• Jason Bateman –Black Rabbit for "The Black Rabbits" (Netflix)
• Antonio Campos –The Beast in Me for "Sick Puppy" (Netflix)
• Lesli Linka Glatter –Zero Day for "Episode 6" (Netflix)
• Ally Pankiw –Black Mirror for "Common People" (Netflix)

Stephen Chbosky –Nonnas (Netflix)

• Jesse Armstrong –Mountainhead (HBO)
• Scott Derrickson –The Gorge (Apple TV)
• Michael Morris –Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock)
• Kyle Newacheck –Happy Gilmore 2 (Netflix)

Liz Patrick –SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC)

• Yvonne De Mare –The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "Julia Roberts; Sam Smith" (CBS)
• Andy Fisher –Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Stephen Colbert; Kumail Nanjiani; Reneé Rapp" (ABC)
• Beth McCarthy-Miller –SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock)
• Paul Pennolino –Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "Public Media" (HBO)

Matthew Gangl –2025 World Series – Game 7 (Fox)

• Steve Milton –2025 Masters Tournament (CBS)
• Rich Russo –Super Bowl LIX (Fox)

Mike Sweeney –Conan O'Brien Must Go for "Austria" (HBO Max)

• Lucinda M. Margolis –Jeopardy! for "Ep. 9341" (Syndicated)
• Adam Sandler –The Price Is Right for "10,000th Episode" (CBS)

Rebecca Miller –Mr. Scorsese for "All This Filming Isn't Healthy" (Apple TV)

• Marshall Curry –SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night for "Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writers Room" (Peacock)
• Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin –Billy Joel: And So It Goes for "Part Two" (HBO)
• Alex Stapleton –Sean Combs: The Reckoning for "Official Girl" (Netflix)
• Matt Wolf –Pee-wee as Himself for "Part 1" (HBO)

Kim Gehrig –Nike's "You Can't Win. So Win." andApple's "I'm Not Remarkable"

• Miles Jay –ChatGPT's "Dish", "Pull Up", and "Trip", andMeta's "Home for the Holidays" and "Secret Santa"
• Spike Jonze – Apple's "Someday"
• Andreas Nilsson –Andrex' "Conquer the First School Poo", Apple's "Garrett" and "Big Flex", andVirgin Media's "Trunk Trucker"
• Steve Rogers –Amazon's "Bring a Book to Life",Squarespace's "A Tale as Old as Websites", andCoinbase's "Everything is Fine"