DGA Awards 2025: Sean Baker wins for 'Anora' in the directors union

On Saturday night, February 8, the United States Directors Union (Directors Guild Awards; DGA) delivered the 2025 DGA Award Maybe the year 2024 in feature film and television. The 77th edition was held at the Beverly Hilton, with a gala that had the director, screenwriter and comedian Judd Apatow as host.

Sean Bakerdirector of Aorwas The one chosen by the guild to take home the DGA Award for the best 2024 feature film addressobtaining a significant impulse for the Oscar's final votes. The film won the Critics Choice that same weekend for the best film. His journey began in Cannes 2024, where he won the palme d'Or.

The legendary filmmaker The Lee He was honored by his career with DGA Lifetime Achievement Award. His filmography includes acclaimed films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life of Piy Brokeback Mountainamong many others.

The DGA Award for the best direction in feature films has been a reliable predictor of the winner in the category of best director at the Oscar Academy Awards.

For the most interested in the awards season, we share three curious data.

Since its creation, only eight times the winner of the DGA award has not won the Oscar: Anthony Harvey (The Lion in Winter), Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather), Steven Spielberg (The Color Purple), Ron Howard (Apollo 13), The lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Rob Marshall (Chicago), Ben Affleck (Argo) y sam mendes (1917).

Solely from the movies (Driving Miss Daisy y CODA) They have won the Oscar for the best film without having been nominated for DGA.

Finally, only six films have won the Oscar for Best Film without being nominated for Best Director at the Oscar: Wings (1927), Grand Hotel (1932), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Argo (2012), Green Book (2018) y CODA (2021).

In the television category, Shogun of fx/hulu, Hacks de HBO/Max, y Ripley From Netflix, they were the winners in the categories to Drama, Comedy and Miniseries, respectively.

Complete list of the winners of the 77th edition of the DGA Awards:

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Best direction in film feature films 2024:

Jacques Audiard Por Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker by Anora – Winner
Edward Berger by Conclave
Brady Corbet por The Brutalist
James Mangold por A Complete Unknown

MICHAEL APTED FIRST FILM IN FILM

Payal Kapadia por All We Imagine as Light
Megan Park por My Old Ass
Ramell Ross by Nickel Boys – Winner
Halfdan Ullman Tondel by Armand
Sean Wang by Dìdi

DOCUMENTARY

Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev, Porcelain War – Ganadores
Julian Brave Noisecat & Emily Kassie, Sugarcane
Johan Grimnoprez, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Ibrahim Nash’at, Hollywoodgate
Natalie Rae & Angela Patton, Daughters

TELEVISION

Drama series

Alex Graves, The Diplomat, ‘Dreadnought’
Hiromi Kamata, Shogun, ‘Ladies of the Willow World’
Issa López, True Detective: Night Country, ‘Part 6’
Frederick Eo Toye, Shogun, 'Crimson Sky' – Ganador
Jonathan Van Tulleken, Shogun, 'Anjin'

Comedy series

Lucia Aniello, Hacks, 'Bulletproof' – Winner
Available, The Bear, 'Napkins'
Duccio Fabbri, The Bear, ‘Doors’
Jeff Schaffer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, ‘No Lessons Learned’
Christopher Storer, The Bear, ‘Tomorrow’

TVILMS AND LIMITED SERIES

Kevin Bray, The Penguin, ‘Top Hat’
Alfonso Cuarón, Disclaimer
Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin, A Great or Little Thing
Helen Shaver, The Penguin, ‘Cent’anni’
Steven Zaillian, Ripley – GANADOR

Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regular programming

Paul G. Casey, Real Time with Bill Maher, ‘Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger’
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ‘Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Corte & Mais Staples w/Jeff Tweedy’
David Paul Meyer, The Daily Show, ‘Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention – Plot Twist!’
Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live, ‘John Mulaney/Chappell Roan’ – GANADORA
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, ‘India Elections’

Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials

Hamish Hamilton, The 96th Annual Academy Awards
Beth McCarthy-Miller, The Roast of Tom Brady – GANADORA
David Paul Meyer, The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now
Glenn Weiss, The 77th Annual Tony Awards
Ali Wong, Al Wong: Single Lady

REALITY SHOWS

Neil DeGroot, Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, ‘The Cliffs of Ireland’ – GANADOR
Joseph Guidry, Deal Or No Deal Island, ‘Are You Decisive?’
Ari Katcher, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, ‘Road Trip’
Patrick McManus, American Ninja Warrior, ‘Las Vegas Finals 4’
Mike Sweeney, Conan O’Brien Must Go, ‘Ireland’