Steven Zaillian

stranger-things-excerptThe Directors Guild of America revealed the nominees for their 69th annual DGA Awards in the TV, commercials and documentary categories. Stranger ThingsWestworld and The People v. O.J. received nods for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series while Golden Globe winner Atlanta and HBO favorites Silicon Valley and Veep were nominated for comedy.

Logline: Chronicles the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they fight over one of mankind’s greatest creations – electricity.

Logline: The true story of Bob Nelson, a television repairman-turned-cryonics-enthusiast who decides to pursue his obsession: the freezing of humans for the purpose of future resurrection.

Logline: The true story of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, assassin for the mob who is thought to have carried out more than 25 murders including that of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.

Logline: Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander.

Logline: The true story of how The general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team used a sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that regularly contends for the World Series despite possessing a dramatically lower other teams.

Logline: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels a few hours back in time, setting in motion a horrifying chain of events when he inadvertently runs into himself.

Logline: Centers on actor Herve Villechaize, best known for his role as Tattoo on the television show “Fantasy Island,” who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1993.