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DGA Awards 2026 Winners & Nominees

The 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026) took place on February 7, 2026 (Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, USA). One Battle After Another won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in all 3 categories is below.

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Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
One Battle After Another
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DGA Awards 2026: The Winners

One Battle After Another won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film against 4 other nominees.

One Battle After Another (2025) movie poster Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

One Battle After Another

2025 · Action, Crime, Drama · Echo Score 80 · $213M worldwide

With Paul Thomas Anderson

1 win from 1 nomination at the 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026)

Washed‑up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives in a haze of paranoia, eking out an off‑grid existence with his spirited, self‑reliant daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his sinister nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after sixteen years and Willa disappears, the former radical races against time to locate her, forcing both father and daughter to confront the lingering fallout of his past activism.

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All 3 DGA Awards 2026 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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The Genres Behind the DGA Awards 2026 Winners

Drama led with 11 nominations across 11 films and won 2. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  2. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  3. Thriller 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  4. Crime 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  5. Action 1 win · 2 nominations · 50%
  6. Horror 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  7. Biography 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  8. Comedy 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  9. War 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  10. Fantasy 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
2026 season

How the Rest of the 2026 Awards Season Voted

The other 13 ceremonies of 2026, with the winner of each top prize. One Battle After Another also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2026 awards
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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.

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DGA Awards 2026: Questions & Answers

The top prize and the date of the 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026)?

One Battle After Another (2025) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were Sinners, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme and Hamnet.

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When was the 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026)?

The 78th Directors Guild of America Awards (2026) took place on February 7, 2026 (Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, USA). The database has 3 categories and 15 nominations for it.