The DGA vs. the Academy: 2000s

Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge (top); Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring in Mulholland Dr. (bottom)

The DGA vs. the Academy: 1990s
2000
DGA: Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous
AMPAS: Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot
 
2001
DGA: Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge and Christopher Nolan for Memento
AMPAS: Robert Altman for Gosford Park and David Lynch for Mulholland Dr.
 
2002
DGA: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
AMPAS: Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
 
2003
DGA: Gary Ross for Seabiscuit
AMPAS: Fernando Meirelles for City of God
 
2004
DGA: Marc Forster for Finding Neverland
AMPAS: Mike Leigh for Vera Drake
 
2006
DGA: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine and Bill Condon for Dreamgirls
AMPAS: Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima and Paul [...]