The DGA vs. the Academy: 1980s

Bob Hoskins, Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (top); Willem Dafoe in The Last Temptation of Christ (bottom)

The DGA vs. the Academy: 1970s

1980

DGA: Michael Apted for Coal Miner’s Daughter

AMPAS: Roman Polanski for Tess

1982

DGA: Taylor Hackford for An Officer and a Gentleman

AMPAS: Sidney Lumet for The Verdict

1983

DGA: Lawrence Kasdan for The Big Chill and Philip Kaufman for The Right Stuff

AMPAS: Mike Nichols for Silkwood and Peter Yates for The Dresser

1984

DGA: Norman Jewison for A Soldier’s Story

AMPAS: Woody Allen for Broadway Danny Rose

1985

DGA: Steven Spielberg for The Color Purple and Ron Howard for Cocoon

AMPAS: Akira Kurosawa for Ran and Hector Babenco for Kiss of the Spider Woman

1986

DGA: Randa Haines for Children of a Lesser God and Rob Reiner for Stand By Me

AMPAS: Roland Joffe for The Mission and David Lynch for Blue Velvet

1987

DGA: James L. Brooks for Broadcast News and Steven Spielberg for Empire of the Sun

AMPAS: Norman Jewison for Moonstruck and John Boorman for Hope and Glory

1988

DGA: Robert Zemeckis for Who Framed Roger Rabbit

AMPAS: Martin Scorsese for The Last Temptation of Christ

1989

DGA: Phil Alden Robinson for Field of Dreams and Rob Reiner for When Harry Met Sally…

AMPAS: Kenneth Branagh for Henry V and Jim Sheridan for My Left Foot

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