Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Every winner and nominee of the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film since 1949, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another
2015🏆 Winner
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2012
Big Time Movie1 nominee
2009
Lee Daniels
Precious1 nominee
2008
Ron Howard
Frost/Nixon1 nominee
2007🏆 Winner
Joel Coen
No Country for Old Men1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Michael ClaytonNominee2006
Valerie Faris
Little Miss Sunshine2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The QueenNominee2003
Lost in Translation2 nominees
2001🏆 WinnerRon Howard
A Beautiful Mind
2000
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich2 nominees
1996🏆 Winner
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1995🏆 WinnerRon Howard
Apollo 13
1994
Pulp Fiction1 nominee
1993
The Age of Innocence2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The Age of InnocenceNominee
The PianoNominee1992🏆 Winner
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven1 nominee
Nominees (1)
A Few Good MenNominee1991🏆 Winner
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
1989
Dead Poets Society1 nominee
1987🏆 Winner
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor
1985Ron Howard
Cocoon1 nominee
1983
Tender Mercies3 nominees
Nominees (3)
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman1 nominee
1981
Louis Malle
Atlantic City1 nominee
1980🏆 Winner
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
1978
Coming Home1 nominee
1977
Julia1 nominee
1974
The Conversation1 nominee
1973🏆 Winner
George Roy Hill
The Sting1 nominee
Nominees (1)
1972
John Boorman
Deliverance2 nominees
Nominees (2)
John BoormanDeliveranceNominee
Slaughterhouse-FiveNominee1971🏆 Winner
William Friedkin
The French Connection1 nominee
Nominees (1)
The Last Picture ShowNominee1970
Five Easy Pieces1 nominee
1969
Dennis Hopper
Easy Rider3 nominees
Nominees (3)
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey2 nominees
1965
Darling1 nominee
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1 nominee
1962
Billy Budd2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Billy BuddNominee
Requiem for a HeavyweightNominee1961
Mervyn LeRoy
A Majority of One2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The HustlerNominee1960
Can-Can2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Can-CanNominee
1959
Rio Bravo1 nominee
1958
The Defiant Ones1 nominee
1957
Fear Strikes Out2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Fear Strikes OutNominee
12 Angry MenNominee
