DGA vs. Academy Winners

Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago (top); Adrien Brody in The Pianist (bottom)

Since its inception in 1948, 51 out of 59 winners of the Directors Guild Award have gone on to win the best director Academy Award.

The eight exceptions are:

1948

DGA – Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives*

AA – John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

* Mankiewicz won the 1948 DGA for A Letter to Three Wives, as the award period extended into early 1949. He went on to win a 1949 Oscar for that film.

1949

DGA – Robert Rossen for All the King’s Men

AA – Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives (see above)

1968

DGA – Anthony Harvey for The Lion in Winter

AA – Carol Reed for Oliver!

1972

DGA – Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather

AA – Bob Fosse for Cabaret

1985

DGA – Steven Spielberg for The Color Purple

AA – Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa [Spielberg wasn't even nominated]

1995

DGA – Ron Howard for Apollo 13

AA – Mel Gibson for Braveheart [Howard wasn't even nominated]

2000

DGA – Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

AA – Steven Soderbergh for Traffic

2002

DGA – Rob Marshall for Chicago

AA – Roman Polanski for The Pianist

See also DGA vs. Academy Nominations

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