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 [...]