David Nutter wins Directors Guild Award for “Mother’s Mercy”

The 2015 Directors Guild Awards (DGAs) were held over the weekend in Los Angeles, and this time Game of Thrones did not come away empty-handed. Season 5 has had a bit of a hot and cold run when it comes to awards this year, with some voters giving the show recognition for the first time in years (the Emmys) or the first time ever (the PGAs.) Others have loudly snubbed the show, such as the Golden Globes and the SAGs. This weekend, the Directors Guild of America decided it was coming down on the pro-Game of Thrones side of the argument, giving director David Nutter his first win for his work on the show.

Game of Thrones has been nominated for a Director’s Guild Award for four out of the five years it has been on the air. (Season 2 was roundly snubbed.) In its first season, Tim Van Patton was nominated for the pilot episode, “Winter is Coming,” but lost to the very short lived series, The Killing. David Nutter was nominated for directing Season 3’s “The Rains of Castamere,” but lost to critical darling Breaking Bad. Season 4 saw Alex Graves nominated for the season finale, “The Children,” but Homeland took the prize instead.

This was not only Game of Thrones first win at the DGAs, but also David Nutter’s first as well. As his bio on the website notes, he was previously nominated not only for his work on Season 3, but also in for directing an episode of The Sopranos in 2006. “He was also nominated in the Comedy Series category for Entourage episodes “The Resurrection” (2007) and “Lose Yourself” (2010); and in the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category for The Pacific, “Basilone” in 2010.” This was his sixth nomination. Congratulations to both him and to the whole team that made the Season 5 finale possible.

h/t Deadline