Weiss won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports鈥擲pecials for The 70th Annual Tony Awards, which were broadcast on CBS in June 2016. He previously won the same award in 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015 for the 61st, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, and 68th Annual Tony Awards.
Damien Chazelle won the DGA鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for La La Land. .
Actor Jane Lynch hosted the ceremony before an audience of more than 1,200 guests. Presenters included Amy Adams, Michael Apted, Casey Affleck, Paris Barclay, Martha Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Billy Crudup, Michael Fassbender, America Ferrera, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ryan Gosling, Taylor Hackford, Tony Hale, Alex R. Hibbert, Gale Anne Hurd, Alejandro G. I帽谩rritu, Nicole Kidman, Christine Lahti, Helen Mirren, Mandy Moore, Kevin Nealon, Christopher Nolan, Sarah Paulson, Gene Reynolds, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, John Singleton, Emma Stone, Milo Ventimiglia, and Kerry Washington.
The Directors Guild of America is a labor organization that 鈥渞epresents the creative and economic rights of directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, documentaries, news, sports, and new media.鈥�