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DGA Awards 2025 Winners & Nominees

The 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025) took place on February 8, 2025 (Beverly Hills, CA, USA). Anora won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in all 3 categories is below.

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Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Anora
Headline winners

DGA Awards 2025: The Winners

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

Anora (2024) movie poster Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Anora

2024 · Comedy, Drama, Romance · Echo Score 79 · $57.4M worldwide

With Sean Baker

1 win from 1 nomination at the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025)

A young woman working in Brooklyn unexpectedly marries the son of a Russian oligarch, setting off a whirlwind romance. However, the fairytale quickly unravels when his parents travel to New York determined to annul the marriage.

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Full results

All 3 DGA Awards 2025 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.

Movie marathon

The DGA Awards 2025 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Marathon

All 5 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominees at the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025), back to back: 12 hours 25 minutes.

Total running time 12h 25m 12 hours 25 minutes All 5 films
Longest
The Brutalist 3h 35m
Shortest
Conclave 2h
By genre

The Genres Behind the DGA Awards 2025 Winners

Drama led with 7 nominations across 7 films and won 2. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  2. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  3. Comedy 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  4. Romance 1 win · 2 nominations · 50%
  5. Thriller 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  6. Crime 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  7. Musical 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  8. Biography 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  9. Music 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  10. War 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
2025 season

How the Rest of the 2025 Awards Season Voted

The other 18 ceremonies of 2025, with the winner of each top prize. Anora also won the top prize at 5 of them.

All 2025 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 2025: Questions & Answers

The top prize and the date of the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025)?

Anora (2024) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were Emilia Pérez, Conclave, The Brutalist and A Complete Unknown.

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When was the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025)?

The 77th Directors Guild of America Awards (2025) took place on February 8, 2025 (Beverly Hills, CA, USA). The database has 3 categories and 15 nominations for it.