The BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Best Director weren’t the only gongs that Nomadland and its director Chloe Zhao picked up this past weekend, as the filmmaker was also honoured with the DGA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film at the 2021 Directors Guild Awards.
Chinese-born filmmaker Zhao is the first woman of colour to have received the Directors Guild’s top honour (and the first to have been nominated in the category) and the win seemingly cements her as a frontrunner for this month’s Academy Awards.
Here’s the full list of winners from the (virtual) ceremony…
Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
CHLOÉ ZHAO | Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)
LEE ISAAC CHUNG | Minari (A24)
EMERALD FENNELL | Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
DAVID FINCHER | Mank (Netflix)
AARON SORKIN | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix; DreamWorks Pictures)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director
DARIUS MARDER | Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) (WINNER)
RADHA BLANK | The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
FERNANDO FRÍAS DE LA PARRA | I’m No Longer Here (Netflix)
REGINA KING | One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
FLORIAN ZELLER | The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
LESLI LINKA GLATTER | Homeland, “Prisoners of War” (Showtime) (WINNER)
JASON BATEMAN | Ozark, “Wartime” (Netflix)
JON FAVREAU | The Mandalorian, “Chapter 9: The Marshal” (Disney+)
VINCE GILLIGAN | Better Call Saul, “Bagman” (AMC)
JULIE ANNE ROBINSON | Bridgerton, “Diamond of the First Water” (Netflix)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
SUSANNA FOGEL | The Flight Attendant, “In Case of Emergency” (HBO Max) (WINNER)
ZACH BRAFF | Ted Lasso, “Biscuits” (Apple TV+)
MJ DELANEY | Ted Lasso, “The Hope that Kills You” (Apple TV+)
ERIN O’MALLEY | Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Surprise Party” (HBO)
JEFF SCHAFFER | Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Spite Store” (HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
SCOTT FRANK | The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) (WINNER)
SUSANNE BIER | The Undoing (HBO)
THOMAS KAIL | Hamilton (Disney+)
MATT SHAKMAN | WandaVision (Disney +)
LYNN SHELTON | Little Fires Everywhere, “Find a Way” (Hulu)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
DON ROY KING | Saturday Night Live, “Dave Chappelle; Foo Fighters” (NBC) (WINNER)
PAUL G. CASEY | Real Time With Bill Maher, “Episode 1835” (HBO)
JIM HOSKINSON | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “#1025 Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection” (CBS)
DAVID PAUL MEYER | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, “President Obama: Inspiring Future Leaders” & “A Promised Land” (Comedy Central)
CHRISTOPHER WERNER | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Trump & Election Results” (HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
THOMAS SCHLAMME | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max) (WINNER)
STACEY ANGELES | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents “Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cried with Desi Lydic (Comedy Central)
MARIELLE HELLER | What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon)
JIM HOSKINSON | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020” (Showtime)
SPIKE LEE | American Utopia (HBO)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
JOSEPH GUIDRY | Full Bloom, “Petal to the Metal” (HBO Max) (WINNER)
DAVID CHARLES | Eco Challenge, “3,2,1…Go!” (Amazon)
JON FAVREAU | The Chef Show, “Tartine” (Netflix)
KEN FUCHS | Shark Tank, “1211” (ABC)
RICH KIM | Lego Masters, “Mega City Block” (FOX)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
AMY SCHATZ | We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (HBO) (WINNER)
KABIR AKHTAR | High School Musical: The Musical ‑ The Series, “Opening Night” (Disney+)
LARISSA BILLS | On Pointe, “Showtime!” (Disney+)
DEAN ISRAELITE | The Astronauts, “Countdown” (Nickelodeon)
RICHIE KEEN | The Healing Powers of Dude, “Second Step: Homeroom” (Netflix)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
MELINA MATSOUKAS (Prettybird) | You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre ‑ Translation (WINNER)
STEVE AYSON (MJZ) | The Great Chase, Nike ‑ Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai
NISHA GANATRA (Chelsea Pictures) | #wombstories, Bodyform/Libresse – AMVBBDO
NICLAS LARSSON (MJZ) | See the Unseen, VW Touareg ‑ adam&eveDDB; The Parents, Volvo XC60 ‑ Forsman & Bodenfors
TAIKA WAITITI (Hungry Man) | The Letter, Coca‑Cola ‑ Wieden & Kennedy London
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
MICHAEL DWECK & GREGORY KERSHAW | The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics) (WINNER)
PIPPA EHRLICH & JAMES REED | My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
DAVID FRANCE | Welcome to Chechnya (HBO Max)
AMANDA McBAINE & JESSE MOSS | Boys State (Apple/A24)
BENJAMIN REE | The Painter and the Thief (Elevation Pictures)
