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Directors Guild of America Awards
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
2023
Daniel Kwan
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field
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TÁR
Steven Spielberg
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The Fabelmans
Joseph Kosinski
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Top Gun: Maverick
Martin McDonagh
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Scheinert
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Denis Villeneuve
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Dune
Steven Spielberg
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West Side Story
Paul Thomas Anderson
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Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh
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Belfast
Jane Campion
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The Power of the Dog
2021
David Fincher
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Mank
Chloé Zhao
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Nomadland
Emerald Fennell
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Promising Young Woman
Lee Isaac Chung
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Minari
Aaron Sorkin
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Sam Mendes
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1917
Bong Joon-Ho
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기생충
Quentin Tarantino
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Taika Waititi
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Jojo Rabbit
Martin Scorsese
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The Irishman
2019
Adam McKay
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Vice
Alfonso Cuarón
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Roma
2018
Greta Gerwig
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Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro
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The Shape of Water
2017
Damien Chazelle
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La La Land
Denis Villeneuve
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Arrival
Kenneth Lonergan
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Manchester by the Sea
2016
Tom McCarthy
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Spotlight
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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The Revenant
2015
Clint Eastwood
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American Sniper
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Birdman
2014
Alfonso Cuarón
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Gravity
2013
Ben Affleck
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Argo
Ang Lee
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Life of Pi
2012
Michel Hazanavicius
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The Artist
David Fincher
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Tom Hooper
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The King's Speech
David Fincher
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The Social Network
2010
Jason Reitman
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Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino
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Inglourious Basterds
Kathryn Bigelow
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The Hurt Locker
2009
David Fincher
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle
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Slumdog Millionaire
Gus Van Sant
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Milk
2008
Julian Schnabel
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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Joel Coen
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No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen
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No Country for Old Men
2007
Bill Condon
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Dreamgirls
Martin Scorsese
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The Departed
2006
Ang Lee
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Brokeback Mountain
2005
Clint Eastwood
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Million Dollar Baby
2004
Sofia Coppola
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Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood
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Mystic River
Gary Ross
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Seabiscuit
Peter Weir
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
Rob Marshall
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Chicago
2002
Ron Howard
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A Beautiful Mind
2001
Ang Lee
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卧虎藏龙
Cameron Crowe
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Almost Famous
2000
Spike Jonze
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Being John Malkovich
M. Night Shyamalan
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The Sixth Sense
Sam Mendes
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American Beauty
1999
Steven Spielberg
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Saving Private Ryan
1998
James Cameron
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Titanic
Gus Van Sant
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Good Will Hunting
1997
Anthony Minghella
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The English Patient
Cameron Crowe
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Jerry Maguire
1996
Ron Howard
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Apollo 13
1995
Robert Zemeckis
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Forrest Gump
Quentin Tarantino
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Pulp Fiction
Robert Redford
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Quiz Show
1994
Steven Spielberg
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Schindler's List
1993
Clint Eastwood
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Unforgiven
1992
Oliver Stone
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JFK
Jonathan Demme
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Kevin Costner
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Dances with Wolves
1990
Oliver Stone
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Born on the Fourth of July
1988
James L. Brooks
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Broadcast News
1987
Oliver Stone
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Platoon
1986
Steven Spielberg
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The Color Purple
Sydney Pollack
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Out of Africa
1985
Miloš Forman
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Amadeus
Roland Joffé
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The Killing Fields
David Lean
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A Passage to India
1984
James L. Brooks
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Terms of Endearment
1983
Steven Spielberg
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Sydney Pollack
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Tootsie
Richard Attenborough
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Gandhi
1982
Steven Spielberg
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
David Lynch
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The Elephant Man
Michael Apted
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Coal Miner's Daughter
Robert Redford
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Ordinary People
1978
George Lucas
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Star Wars
Steven Spielberg
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Sidney Lumet
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Network
1976
Stanley Kubrick
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Barry Lyndon
Sidney Lumet
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Dog Day Afternoon
Steven Spielberg
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Jaws
1975
Sidney Lumet
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Murder on the Orient Express
Francis Ford Coppola
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The Conversation
1974
George Lucas
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American Graffiti
Sidney Lumet
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Serpico
1973
Francis Ford Coppola
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The Godfather
1972
John Schlesinger
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
Stanley Kubrick
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A Clockwork Orange
1971
Franklin J. Schaffner
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Patton
Robert Altman
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M*A*S*H
1970
Gene Kelly
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Hello, Dolly!
George Roy Hill
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sydney Pollack
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
John Schlesinger
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Midnight Cowboy
Richard Attenborough
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Dennis Hopper
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Easy Rider
1969
Stanley Kubrick
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Roman Polanski
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Rosemary's Baby
Franco Zeffirelli
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Romeo and Juliet
1968
Stuart Rosenberg
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Cool Hand Luke
1966
John Schlesinger
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Darling
Sidney Lumet
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The Pawnbroker
1965
Robert Stevenson
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Mary Poppins
Stanley Kubrick
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Ralph Nelson
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Lilies of the Field
Federico Fellini
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8½
Elia Kazan
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America America
Martin Ritt
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Hud
1963
Sidney Lumet
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Stanley Kubrick
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Lolita
1962
Robert Rossen
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The Hustler
Stanley Kramer
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Judgment at Nuremberg
Elia Kazan
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Splendor in the Grass
Frank Capra
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Pocketful of Miracles
Marlon Brando
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One-Eyed Jacks
1961
Billy Wilder
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The Apartment
1960
George Stevens
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The Diary of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder
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Some Like It Hot
William Wyler
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Ben-Hur
Frank Capra
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A Hole in the Head
1959
The Young Lions
Martin Ritt
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The Long, Hot Summer
Vincente Minnelli
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Gigi
1958
Sidney Lumet
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12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder
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Witness for the Prosecution
Billy Wilder
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Love in the Afternoon
Elia Kazan
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A Face in the Crowd
Sayonara
1957
Walter Lang
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The King and I
George Stevens
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Giant
1956
Mark Robson
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Billy Wilder
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The Seven Year Itch
Elia Kazan
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East of Eden
1955
Billy Wilder
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Sabrina
Alfred Hitchcock
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Dial M for Murder
Elia Kazan
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On the Waterfront
Alfred Hitchcock
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Rear Window
1954
Fred Zinnemann
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From Here to Eternity
Billy Wilder
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Stalag 17
1953
Fred Zinnemann
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High Noon
Gene Kelly
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Singin' in the Rain
Elia Kazan
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Viva Zapata!
1952
Michael Gordon
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Elia Kazan
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A Streetcar Named Desire
George Stevens
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A Place in the Sun
1951
Billy Wilder
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Sunset Boulevard
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