Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Annual award for film directing
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The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards presented by the Directors Guild of America.
Awarded forOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
CountryUnited States
Presented byDirectors Guild of America
First award1948
| Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Directors Guild of America |
| First award | 1948 |
| Currently held by | Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another (2025) |
With 3 wins out of 13 nominations, Steven Spielberg is both the most awarded and most nominated director of this category in the history of DGA, and the first director to receive DGA nominations in six consecutive decades.[1] Additionally, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the only director to win twice successively; he was awarded in 2015 and 2016 for his directorial achievements for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Revenant, respectively.[2] Three directing teams have shared the award: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (1961), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007), and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
Predicting the Oscar's outcome
Since its inception the award has predicted the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director on all but eight occasions:
- 1968 – Anthony Harvey (The Lion in Winter); lost to Carol Reed (Oliver!)[3]
- 1972 – Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather); lost to Bob Fosse (Cabaret)[4]
- 1985 – Steven Spielberg (The Color Purple); despite the film's 11 total Oscar nominations, Spielberg was not nominated for Best Director.[5] Lost to Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
- 1995 – Ron Howard (Apollo 13); Howard was not nominated for the Oscar.[6] Lost to Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
- 2000 – Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon); lost to Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)[7]
- 2002 – Rob Marshall (Chicago); lost to Roman Polanski (The Pianist)[8]
- 2012 – Ben Affleck (Argo); Affleck was not nominated for the Oscar, although the film won Best Picture.[9] Lost to Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
- 2019 – Sam Mendes (1917); lost to Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)[10]
Winners and nominees
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1940s
| Year | Winners and nominees | Film | Ref. |
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| 1948 (1st) |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz | A Letter to Three Wives | [11] |
| Howard Hawks | Red River | ||
| Anatole Litvak | The Snake Pit | ||
| Fred Zinnemann | The Search | ||
| 1949 (2nd) |
Robert Rossen | All the King's Men | [12] |
| Carol Reed | The Third Man | ||
| Mark Robson | Champion | ||
| Alfred L. Werker | Lost Boundaries |
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Directors with multiple wins
Directors with multiple nominations
The following directors have received four or more nominations:
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See also
- Academy Award for Best Director
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
- Silver Bear for Best Director
- Silver Lion for Best Direction