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2020 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
1917
Sam Mendes
2019 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
2018 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
2017 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
2016 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2015 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2014 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
2013 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Argo
Ben Affleck
2012 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
2011 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The King’s Speech
Tom Hooper
2010 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
2009 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
2008 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen
2007 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
2006 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2005 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
2004 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
2003 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Chicago
Rob Marshall
2002 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
2001 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee
2000 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
American Beauty
Sam Mendes
1999 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg
1998 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Titanic
James Cameron
1997 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
1996 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Apollo 13
Ron Howard
1995 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis
1994 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Schindler’s List
Steven Spielberg
1993 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
1992 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
1991 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner
1990 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone
1989 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Rain Man
Barry Levinson
1988 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
1987 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Platoon
Oliver Stone
1986 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Color Purple
Steven Spielberg
1985 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Amadeus
Milos Forman
1984 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1983 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
1982 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Reds
Warren Beatty
1981 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
1980 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1979 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
1978 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
1977 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Rocky
John G. Avildsen
1976 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Milos Forman
1975 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
1974 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Sting
George Roy Hill
1973 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola
1972 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The French Connection
William Friedkin
1971 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Patton
Franklin J. Schaffner
1970 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger
1969 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Lion in Winter
Anthony Harvey
1968 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Graduate
Mike Nichols
1967 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
A Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann
1966 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Sound of Music
Robert Wise
1965 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
My Fair Lady
George Cukor
1964 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Tom Jones
Tony Richardson
1963 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean
1962 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
West Side Story
Robert Wise
1961 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
1960 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Ben-Hur
William Wyler
1959 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Gigi
Vincente Minnelli
1958 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
1957 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Giant
George Stevens
1956 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Marty
Delbert Mann
1955 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan
1954 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
1953 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
The Quiet Man
John Ford
1952 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
A Place in the Sun
George Stevens
1951 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
All the King’s Men
Robert Rossen
1949 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
