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70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018)
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DGA Awards 2018 Winners & Nominees

The 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018) took place on February 3, 2018. The Shape of Water won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in all 3 categories is below.

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Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
The Shape of Water
Headline winners

DGA Awards 2018: The Winners

The Shape of Water won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film against 4 other nominees.

The Shape of Water (2017) movie poster Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

The Shape of Water

2017 · Adventure, Drama, Thriller · Echo Score 85 · $195M worldwide

With Guillermo del Toro

1 win from 1 nomination at the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018)

In 1962 Baltimore, Elisa, a mute woman working as a cleaner, discovers a mysterious aquatic creature being held in a hidden government facility. Drawn to the creature, she forms an unusual bond with it, risking everything to help it escape. As she navigates her growing connection, she must confront a ruthless government agent and the Cold War tensions surrounding the creature’s existence, embarking on a dangerous journey fueled by compassion and an unexpected love.

About The Shape of Water
Scoreboard

DGA Awards 2018: Which Films Won the Most

No film won more than one award: 3 films won one category each. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Get Out (2017) movie poster
    Get Out 1 / 2
    2017 · Mystery, Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  2. The Shape of Water (2017) movie poster
    The Shape of Water 1 / 1
    2017 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  3. City of Ghosts (2017) movie poster
    City of Ghosts 1 / 1
    2017 · War, Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. Lady Bird (2017) movie poster
    Lady Bird 0 / 1
    2017 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) movie poster
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 0 / 1
    2017 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  6. Dunkirk (2017) movie poster
    Dunkirk 0 / 1
    2017 · Action, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. Icarus (2017) movie poster
    Icarus 0 / 1
    2017 · Sport, Thriller · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017) movie poster
    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 0 / 1
    2017 · Documentary · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  9. Patti Cake$ (2017) movie poster
    Patti Cake$ 0 / 1
    2017 · Drama, Music · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. Lady Macbeth (2017) movie poster
    Lady Macbeth 0 / 1
    2017 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 3 DGA Awards 2018 Categories: Winners & Nominees

3 categories and 13 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

3 categories · 13 nominations

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The Genres Behind the DGA Awards 2018 Winners

Drama led with 8 nominations across 8 films and won 1. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  2. Thriller 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  3. Comedy 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  4. Horror 2 wins · 3 nominations · 67%
  5. War 2 wins · 3 nominations · 67%
  6. Documentary 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  7. Mystery 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  8. Crime 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  9. Action 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  10. Adventure 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
2018 season

How the Rest of the 2018 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2018, with the winner of each top prize. The Shape of Water also won the top prize at 2 of them. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won the most of them: 3.

All 2018 awards
Earlier years

Previous DGA Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The DGA Awards page has every year back to 1948.

Every DGA Awards ceremony

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DGA Awards 2018: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the most-nominated film and the date of the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018)?

The Shape of Water (2017) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk and Get Out.

About The Shape of Water

Which film had the most nominations at the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018)?

Get Out (2017) led with 2 nominations and won one of them.

When was the 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018)?

The 70th Directors Guild of America Awards (2018) took place on February 3, 2018. The database has 3 categories and 13 nominations for it.