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DGA Awards 2019 Winners & Nominees

The 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019) took place on February 2, 2019. Roma won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in all 3 categories is below.

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Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Roma
Headline winners

DGA Awards 2019: The Winners

Roma won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film against 4 other nominees.

Roma (2018) movie poster Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Roma

2018 · Drama · Echo Score 90 · $1.14M worldwide

With Alfonso Cuarón

1 win from 1 nomination at the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019)

Set in 1970s Mexico City, this drama follows Cleo, a young domestic worker, as she cares for a middle-class family in the Roma neighborhood. Through a deeply personal story, the film explores themes of family, class, and faith, drawing on the director’s own memories of childhood. It’s a tender and moving portrait of a woman’s strength and resilience during a period of significant social and political change.

About Roma
Scoreboard

DGA Awards 2019: 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. Roma (2018) movie poster
    Roma 1 / 1
    2018 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  2. Three Identical Strangers (2018) movie poster
    Three Identical Strangers 1 / 1
    2018 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  3. Eighth Grade (2018) movie poster
    Eighth Grade 1 / 1
    2018 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. A Star Is Born (2018) movie poster
    A Star Is Born 0 / 2
    2018 · Drama, Romance · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  5. Green Book (2018) movie poster
    Green Book 0 / 1
    2018 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  6. BlacKkKlansman (2018) movie poster
    BlacKkKlansman 0 / 1
    2018 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. Vice (2018) movie poster
    Vice 0 / 1
    2018 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) movie poster
    Won't You Be My Neighbor? 0 / 1
    2018 · Biography, Documentary · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  9. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) movie poster
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening 0 / 1
    2018 · Documentary · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. Free Solo (2018) movie poster
    Free Solo 0 / 1
    2018 · Documentary · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 3 DGA Awards 2019 Categories: Winners & Nominees

3 categories and 15 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 · 15 nominations

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Movie marathon

The DGA Awards 2019 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Marathon

All 5 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominees at the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019), back to back: 11 hours 8 minutes.

Total running time 11h 8m 11 hours 8 minutes All 5 films
Longest
A Star Is Born 2h 16m
Shortest
Green Book 2h 10m
By genre

The Genres Behind the DGA Awards 2019 Winners

Drama led with 9 nominations across 8 films and won 2. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  2. Comedy 1 win · 6 nominations · 17%
  3. Biography 0 wins · 6 nominations · 0%
  4. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  5. Music 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  6. Romance 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  7. Musical 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  8. History 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  9. Crime 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  10. War 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
2019 season

How the Rest of the 2019 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2019, with the winner of each top prize. Roma also won the top prize at 2 of them.

All 2019 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 2019: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the most-nominated film and the date of the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019)?

Roma (2018) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were A Star Is Born, Green Book, BlacKkKlansman and Vice.

About Roma

Which film had the most nominations at the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019)?

A Star Is Born (2018) led with 2 nominations and won none of them.

When was the 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019)?

The 71st Directors Guild of America Awards (2019) took place on February 2, 2019. The database has 3 categories and 15 nominations for it.