Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film

2020 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film WinnerHoney BoyAlma Har'elA young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.Amazon2020 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film NomineesAtlanticsMati DiopAmazonQueen & SlimMelina MatsoukasAmazonThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoJoe TalbotAmazonThe Peanut Butter FalconTyler NilsonAmazon

2019 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film WinnerEighth GradeBo BurnhamAn introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.Amazon2019 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film NomineesA Private WarMatthew HeinemanAmazonA Star Is BornBradley CooperAmazonBlindspottingCarlos López EstradaAmazonSorry to Bother YouBoots RileyAmazon

2018 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film WinnerGet OutJordan PeeleA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Amazon2018 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film NomineesLady MacbethWilliam OldroydAmazonMolly's GameAaron SorkinAmazonPatti Cake$Geremy JasperAmazonWind RiverTaylor SheridanAmazon

2017 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film WinnerLionGarth DavisA five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.Amazon2017 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film Nominees10 Cloverfield LaneDan TrachtenbergAmazonDeadpoolTim MillerAmazonThe Birth of a NationNate ParkerAmazonThe Edge of SeventeenKelly Fremon CraigAmazon

2016 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film WinnerEx MachinaAlex GarlandA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.Amazon2016 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film NomineesA Wolf at the DoorFernando CoimbraAmazonSon of SaulLászló NemesAmazonThe Diary of a Teenage GirlMarielle HellerAmazonThe GiftJoel EdgertonAmazon