With Oscar nominations firmly set and multiple guild award shows every week between now and the big show in March, the race to the Academy Awards has entered its final leg. This weekend is a crucial one for award watchers, with the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America both giving out their annual prizes at ceremonies that could predict the Best Picture and Best Director race.

The 77th annual DGA Awards, which took place at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, February 8, honored the year’s finest achievements in feature filmmaking, episodic TV, and commercial directing. The evening’s top prize, Theatrical Feature Film, went to Sean Baker for “Anora,” while other nominees included Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Edward Berger (“Conclave”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), and James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”).

It remains to be seen what Baker’s big win means for his Oscar campaign — but last year’s Theatrical Feature Film award went to Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer,” which went on to sweep the Oscars.

Other notable categories include the Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film, which was won by “Nickel Boys” director RaMell Ross, and Dramatic Series and Comedy Series, which went to Frederick E.O. Toye for “Shogun” and Lucia Aniello for “Hacks,” respectively.

Keep reading for a complete list of winners from the 2025 DGA Awards.

JACQUES AUDIARD – “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

EDWARD BERGER – “Conclave” (Focus Features)

BRADY CORBET – “The Brutalist” (A24)

JAMES MANGOLD – “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)

PAYAL KAPADIA – “All We Imagine as Light” (Sideshow & Janus Films)

MEGAN PARK – “My Old Ass” (Amazon MGM Studios)

HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – “Armand” (IFC Films)

SEAN WANG – “Dìdi” (Focus Features)

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JOSEPH GUIDRY
Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”
(NBC)

ARI KATCHER
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”
(HBO)

PATRICK McMANUS
American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”
(NBC)
Directorial Team:

MIKE SWEENEY
Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland”
(Max)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

KAT COIRO
The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”
(Roku Channel)
Directorial Team:

MICHAEL GOI
Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”
(Netflix)
Directorial Team:

JIM MICKLE
Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”
(Netflix)

JENNIFER PHANG
Descendants: The Rise of Red
(Disney+)
Directorial Team:

WINNER AMBER SEALEY
Out of My Mind
(Disney+)

COMMERCIALS

LANCE ACORD
(Park Pictures)
An American Love Story, Volkswagen ‑ Johannes Leonardo

KIM GEHRIG
(Somesuch)
A Life in Sound, SiriusXM – Uncommon

Am I A Bad Person?, Nike ‑ Wieden+Kennedy

Find Your Friends, Apple‑ Client Direct

TIM HEIDECKER & ERIC WAREHEIM
(Prettybird)
Michael CeraVe, CeraVe‑ WPP Onefluence (Ogilvy)

WINNER ANDREAS NILSSON
(Biscuit Filmworks)
Board Game, Hennessy‑ Wieden+Kennedy ‑ London
First Office Poo, Andrex‑ FCB ‑ London
One More, Apple ‑ Client Direct

Whizzer, Virgin Media ‑ VCCP ‑ London

IVAN ZACHARIÁŠ
(Smuggler)
Flock, Apple ‑ Media Arts Lab

DOCUMENTARY

WINNER BRENDAN BELLOMO & SLAVA LEONTYEV
Porcelain War
(Picturehouse)

JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT & EMILY KASSIE
Sugarcane
(National Geographic)

JOHAN GRIMONPREZ
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
(Kino Lorber)  

IBRAHIM NASH’AT
Hollywoodgate
(Fourth Act Film)

NATALIE RAE & ANGELA PATTON
Daughters
(Netflix)