Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film


The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. With 3 wins out of 11 nominations, Steven Spielberg is both the most awarded and most nominated director for this category in the history of DGA. Additionally, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the only director to win consecutive awards. He was awarded in 2015 and 2016 for his directorial work in Birdman or and The Revenant, respectively.

Predicting Oscar’s Outcome

The Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film has traditionally been a very good barometer for both Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards.
Only eight times since the DGA Award's inception has the DGA Award winner not won the Academy Award; in 1968 ; 1972 ; 1985 ; 1995 ; 2000 ; 2002 ; 2012. This does not count 1948–49, when the DGA used a non-calendar award year ; both 1948 and 1949 DGA winners competed for the 1949 Academy Award for Best Director, which went to the 1948 DGA winner.
Conversely, eighteen times has the representing film directed by the DGA winner not gone on to win Best Picture, as recently as 2019.

Winners and nominees

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Directors with multiple awards

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The following directors have received four or more nominations:
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;10 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations