Directors Guild Awards 2025 Winners - The Complete List

The winners of the 77th annual DGA Awards have been announced in a ceremony hosted by Judd Apatow that took place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Sean Baker won top honors for his film "Anora", solidifying his position as the front-runner for Best Director at the Academy Awards. RaMell Ross won the Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film prize for "Nickel Boys".

In the television categories, FX's "Shōgun" took home the Dramatic Series trophy for director Frederick E.O. Toye for the "Crimson Sky" episode. Lucia Aniello took the Comedy series award for "Hacks" ("Bulletproof" episode), while in the Limited Series race Steven Zaillian won for Netflix's "Ripley.".

Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain", "Life of Pie", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") received the guild's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read the complete list of 2025 DGA Awards winners after the jump:

Directors Guild Awards 2020 Nominees: Complete List

The nominations for the 2020 Directors Guild of America Awards have been announced. The feature-film directors nominated this year are Sam Mendes ("1917"), Martin Scorsese ("The Irishman"), Bong Joon Ho ("Parasite"), Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"), and Taika Waititi ("Jojo Rabbit").

Notable snubs include Todd Phillips ("Joker"), Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story"), and James Mangold ("Ford v Ferrari").

The TV nominations were delayed and not announced at the same time as the rest of the categories because of a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process. The DGA also announced that an error was made that resulted in Jill Soloway, a previous DGA award winner for her work on "Transparent", being left off the ballot.

The shows nominated this year are "Game of Thrones", "Watchmen", "Succession", "Barry", "Veep" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". The limited series nominees include "Fosse/Verdon", "Chernobyl", "When They See Us", and "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie"

The DGA Awards will be handed out Saturday, January 25, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

Read the complete list of DGA 2020 nominations after the jump.

Directors Guild Awards 2019 Nominees

The nominations for the 2019 Directors Guild awards have been announced. "A Star is Born" and "BlacKkKlansman" have strengthened their positions in the Oscar race with top nods from all guilds: DGA, WGA, PGA and SAG. The former scored two DGA nominations for Bradley Cooper, who also received a first-time director nod, while the latter scored filmmaker Spike Lee his first-ever DGA nomination.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was left out, most likely due to the behind-the-scenes troubles that led to Bryan Singer being replaced by Dexter Fletcher before production wrapped. Other nominees include "Roma", "Green Book" and "Vice".

The small-screen nominees include "The Americans", "Atlanta", "Ozark", "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Barry", "Who is America?", "Escape at Dannemora" and "The Handmaid's Tale".

Check out the full list of DGA 2019 nominations after the jump.

DGA Awards 2018 Winners: The Complete List

The Directors Guild of America announced the winners of their 70th Annual Awards on Saturday night. The ceremony was hosted by "Knocked Up" director Judd Apatow. Guillermo del Toro strengthened his chances for an Oscar win after winning the DGA's top honor for his work on "The Shape of Water". Jordan Peele received the award for Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film, and Matthew Heineman was honored for his documentary "City of Ghosts". In the television categories the winners include "Veep", "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Big Little Lies".

Read the complete list of 2018 DGA winners after the jump.

2018 Directors Guild Awards Nominations

The Director's Guild of America has announced its line-up of nominees for their 2018 awards. The best feature film directors of 2017 include Guillermo del Toro, Greta Gerwig, Martin McDonagh, Christopher Nolan and Jordan Peele. Peele also received a second nomination for First-Time Director.

Meanwhile in the television categories, HBO dominates with three nominations for "Game of Thrones", while last year's new arrivals "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" also received recognition from the guild.

The DGA's 70th annual awards ceremony will take place on February 3rd, at the Beverly Hilton.

Read the full list of 2018 DGA Awards nominations after the jump.

2017 Directors Guild Winners Announced (Complete List)

I suppose it's no longer a surprise that "La La Land" won top honors at the Directors Guild Awards, as the film has already won most of the major awards this season and the path to a landslide Oscar win is now pretty clear. Other DGA winners include Garth Davis for "Lion" in the Best First Feature category, and Miguel Sapochnik, who won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for his work on the "Game of Thrones" episode "Battle of the Bastards".

Read the Complete List of DGA Winners after the jump.

2017 Directors Guild Awards Nominations Announced

The last of the major guilds, the Directors Guild of America, has announced its nominations for the 69th Annual DGA Awards. While many of the nominees will surprise no one, here's one that actually was kind of surprising. Tim Miller's work on "Deadpool" has been rewarded with a nod for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film. This makes the comic book adaptation an unexpected contender in the Oscars race, especially since it also has a PGA nomination under its belt.

Nate Parker was nominated for his directorial debut "The Birth of a Nation", which comes to sweeten the blow that the film received after controversy involving Parker's rape charge from his college days. However, this is the only nomination that Parker has received in this entire awards season, so the DGA nod comes as little consolation for a film that was once seen as a major contender and ended up a box-office failure.

Another surprise is that Garth Davis pulled off a double-nomination for his work on the true story drama "Lion". He was nominated both for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film and First-Time Feature Film. Now, "Lion" is a perfectly okay film, but the attention it's been getting this awards season is crazy. Plus, nominating Davis means that some huge players were left off the list: Martin Scorsese for "Silence", Denzel Washington for "Fences", Clint Eastwood for "Sully" and Mel Gibson for "Hacksaw Ridge". Well, at least I'm happy to see Villeneuve made the list after being snubbed last year for "Sicario".

The winners of the 2017 Directors Guild Awards will be revealed on February 4th.

Check out the complete list of DGA film nominations after the jump.

2016 DGA Awards Winners Announced

The Directors Guild of America, one of the most important Oscars indicators, announced its winners last night. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won top honors for his work on "The Revenant", a second consecutive win for the director following last years's "Birdman".

It's been a pretty crazy awards season, so far, and quite difficult to predict. The confusing aspect of the Guild awards is that the PGA chose Adam McKay's "The Big Short" as the best film of the year, so that means the Oscar race could split up the Director and Picture awards. "The Big Short", however, never really felt like a huge contender for the Best Picture Oscar, until the PGA awards actually turned it into one. George Miller did seem to have a shot at the Director award, but it now looks like Inarritu jumped ahead of him in the race. I guess time will tell.

The Documentary direction award went to Matthew Heineman for "Cartel Land", and Alex Garland scored a First-Time Feature Film Director win for "Ex Machina". In the TV categories, the DGA winners include "Veep" and "Game of Thrones".

Read the complete list of winners after the jump.

2016 Directors Guild Awards Nominations

The Directors Guild of America has announced the feature film, documentary and television nominees for the 2016 awards. It's certainly a very competitive year and historically speaking, the DGA has a pretty good record in predicting the Oscars, so, we'll be looking forward to finding out who will take home the award when the Guild announces its winners on February 6th.

Read the complete list of nominees after the jump.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Wins DGA Award for BIRDMAN

The Directors Guild of America announced their winners last night. Pretty much as expected, Alejandro G. Iñárritu won the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for his work on "Birdman". The film has now performed the rare feat of winning the PGA, SAG and DGA awards, a performance equalled by only 8 other films in history: "Argo", "The King's Speech", "Slumdog Millionaire", "No Country for Old Men", "The Lord of The Rings: Return of the Kings", "Chicago", "American Beauty" and "Apollo 13". Of these 8, only "Apollo 13" failed to secure Best Picture and Best Director wins at the Oscars. So, the Academy Awards race is pretty much closed at this point, unless the Academy decides to surprise us and give Richard Linklater the Best Director Oscar.

Read the complete list of DGA winners after the jump.

2015 Directors Guild Nominees Announced

The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominations for the 67th Annual DGA Awards. The five directors nominated are:

• Wes Anderson - "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
  
  
• Clint Eastwood - "American Sniper"
  
  
• Alejandro González Iñárritu - "Birdman"
  
  
• Richard Linklater - "Boyhood"
  
  
• Morton Tyldum - "The Imitation Game"
  
  

As with the other Guild Awards, the DGAs too are solid indicators for the Oscars. Some noticeable snubs here include David Fincher for "Gone Girl" and Ava DuVernay for "Selma". The latter film has been pretty much ignored by the Guilds and was recently snubbed by the BAFTAs, so its Oscar prospects are not looking good. The winners will be announced on February 7, 2015.

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2014 Directors Guild of America Awards Winners

The winners of the 66th Annual Directors Guild Awards have been announced yesterday in a ceremony hosted by Jane Lynch. The award for Best Director went to Alfonso Cuarón for "Gravity". This win solidifies "Gravity"s chances at the Oscars after the film was tied with "12 Years a Slave" at the PGA awards last week. There is also a possibility that the Academy Awards will be split between the two films, with Best Picture going to "12 Years a Slave" and Best Director to "Gravity". Other winners of the 2014 DGA awards include Jehane Noujaim for the documentary "The Square" and in television, Steven Soderbergh for "Behind the Candelabra".

Here is the full list of winners:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Jehane Noujaim - The Square

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad, "Felina"

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock, "Hogcock!/Last Lunch"

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming
Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live, "Saturday Night Live with Host Justin Timberlake"

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Shows
Neil P. DeGroot - 72 Hours, "The Lost Coast"

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2014 Directors Guild Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2014 Directors Guild Award have been announced, and once again, there are no major surprises. Of course, as was the case with the other Guild Awards, Joel and Ethan Coen were not nominated for "Inside Llewyn Davis". Other snubs include Spike Jonze for "Her" and Alexander Payne for "Nebraska", but that doesn't mean that they are completely out of the Oscars race. As history has proved repeatedly, the DGA Awards don't always line up perfectly with the Academy Award nominations. Here are the nominees:

2014 Directors Guild Awards:

Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell for American Hustle
Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street

The 2014 DGA Award will be presented on January 25th.

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Ben Affleck Wins Directors Guild Award for ARGO

"Argo" scored another big win last night when Ben Affleck won the DGA's Best Director award. This marks the third major Guild win for Affleck's true story drama, which already won top honors at the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild. Now the film has the Oscars in its sights, although Ben Affleck was not nominated for the Director award by the Academy, which might be an indication that "Argo" may also lose the Best Picture race. Historically, many have begun citing the "Apollo 13" precedent. The 1995 film had won awards from all three Guilds, but Ron Howard was denied the Best Director nomination at the Oscars and eventually "Braveheart" took home Best Picture. It's quite an interesting precedent, but I still think all is not lost for Affleck's film. History doesn't have to repeat itself. Or does it ? Maybe I need to watch "Looper" again. Here are the winners at the 2013 Directors Guild Awards:

• Best Feature Film – Ben Affleck, Argo
• Best Documentary Feature – Malik Bendjelloul, Searching for Sugar Man
• Best Drama Series – Rian Johnson, Breaking Bad (“Fifty-One”)
• Best Comedy Series – Lena Dunham, Girls (“Pilot”)
• Best TV Miniseries – Jay Roach, Game Change
• Best Reality Series – Brian Smith, Master Chef

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2012 Directors Guild Awards Winners

The Directors Guild Awards delivered no surprises. The award for Best Director for a Feature Film went to Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist". The other nominees in this category were Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris"), David Fincher ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Martin Scorsese ("Hugo"). This latest win comes just a week after the french silent movie was awarded the Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Both awards are usually solid precursors to the Oscars. From now on it's pretty certain that "The Artist" is locked in for Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards. Another highlight at the DGAs this year was the award for Drama Series, which went to Patty Jenkins for her work on the "Pilot" episode of AMC's "The Killing". Jenkins was attached to direct "Thor 2", but was replaced by Alan Taylor, an experienced TV series director.

Here is the complete list of Directors Guild Awards winners :

Best Director for a Feature Film
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Feature Documentary
James Marsh, Project Nim

Drama Series
Patty Jenkins, The Killing, “Pilot” (AMC)

Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Palestinian Chicken” (HBO)

Movies for Television and Miniseries
Jon Cassar, The Kennedys (Reelz Channel)

Reality Series
Neil P. Degroot, The Biggest Loser, “Episode #1115” (NBC)

Musical/Variety Series
Glenn Weiss, 65th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

Daytime Serials
William Ludel, General Hospital, “Intervention” (ABC)

Children’s Programs
Amy Schatz, A Child’s Garden of Poetry (HBO)

Commericals
Noam Murro, Ads for Heineken Premium Light, DirecTV, Volkswagen Tiguan, and EA Battlefield 3

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