Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Stanley Nelson Jr. – Attica

• Jessica Kingdon – Ascension
• Raoul Peck – Exterminate All the Brutes
• Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
• Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

• Rebecca Hall – Passing
• Tatiana Huezo – Prayers for the Stolen
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – Tick, Tick... Boom!
• Michael Sarnoski – Pig
• Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby

Mark Mylod – Succession for "All the Bells Say"

• Kevin Bray – Succession for "Retired Janitors of Idaho"
• Andrij Parekh – Succession for "What It Takes"
• Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman – Succession for "Lion in the Meadow"
• Lorene Scafaria – Succession for "Too Much Birthday"

Lucia Aniello – Hacks for "There Is No Line"

• MJ Delaney – Ted Lasso for "No Weddings and a Funeral"
• Erica Dunton – Ted Lasso for "Rainbow"
• Sam Jones – Ted Lasso for "Beard After Hours"
• Mike White – The White Lotus for "Mysterious Monkeys"

Barry Jenkins – The Underground Railroad

• Barry Levinson – Dopesick for "First Bottle"
• Hiro Murai – Station Eleven for "Wheel of Fire"
• Danny Strong – Dopesick for "The People vs. Purdue Pharma"
• Craig Zobel – Mare of Easttown

Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for "Keegan-Michael Key/Olivia Rodrigo"

• Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher for "#1935"
• Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for "#1105"
• David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah for "#26112"
• Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for "#830"

Paul Dugdale – Adele One Night Only

• Ian Berger – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Into the Magaverse"
• Bo Burnham – Bo Burnham: Inside
• Stan Lathan – Dave Chappelle: The Closer
• Glenn Weiss – The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Adam Vetri – Getaway Driver for "Electric Shock"

• Joseph Guidry – Full Bloom for "Final Floral Face Off"
• Patrick McManus – American Ninja Warrior for "1304: Qualifiers 4"
• Ramy Romany – Making the Cut for "Brand Statement"
• Ben Simms – Running Wild with Bear Grylls for "Gina Carano In The Dolomites"

Smriti Mundhra – Through Our Eyes for "Shelter"

• James Bobin – The Mysterious Benedict Society for "A Bunch of Smart Orphans"
• Michael Lembeck – The J Team
• Phill Lewis – Head of the Class for "Three More Years"
• Jeff Wadlow – Are You Afraid of the Dark? for "The Tale of the Darkhouse"

Bradford Young – Channel 4's "Super. Human."

• Steve Ayson – Mattress Firm's "Anthem", and Miller Lite's "Award Speech" and "Networking"
• Kathryn Bigelow – Apple's "Hollywood In Your Pocket"
• Ian Pons Jewell – Apple's "ECG" and "Sleep", Squarespace's "Time", and Instacart's "Your Mom’s Short Ribs"
• Henry-Alex Rubin – Sandy Hook Promise's "Teenage Dream"