Coba jelasin Pemenang dan nominee dari Directors Guild of America Award untuk Penyutradaraan Film Fitur Terbaik dong

† – menandakan pemenang Academy Award untuk Sutradara Terbaik.

‡ – menandakan nominasi Academy Award untuk Sutradara Terbaik.

1948: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives †

Howard Hawks – Red River

Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit ‡

Fred Zinnemann – The Search ‡

1949: Robert Rossen – All the King's Men ‡

Carol Reed – The Third Man ‡

Alfred L. Werker – Lost Boundaries

1950: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About Eve †

John Huston – The Asphalt Jungle ‡

Vincente Minnelli – Father's Little Dividend

Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard ‡

1951: George Stevens – A Place in the Sun †

László Benedek – Death of a Salesman

Michael Gordon – Cyrano de Bergerac

Alfred Hitchcock – Strangers on a Train

Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire ‡

Henry King – David and Bathsheba

Mervyn LeRoy – Quo Vadis

Anatole Litvak – Decision Before Dawn

Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris ‡

George Sidney – Show Boat

Richard Thorpe – The Great Caruso

William Wyler – Detective Story ‡

1952: John Ford – The Quiet Man †

Charles Crichton – The Lavender Hill Mob

George Cukor – Pat and Mike

Michael Curtiz – I'll See You in My Dreams

Cecil B. DeMille – The Greatest Show on Earth ‡

Hugo Fregonese – My Six Convicts

Howard Hawks – The Big Sky

Elia Kazan – Viva Zapata!

Gene Kelly dan Stanley Donen – Singin' in the Rain

Henry King – The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Albert Lewin – Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Joseph L. Mankiewicz – 5 Fingers ‡

Vincente Minnelli – The Bad and the Beautiful

Charles Vidor – Hans Christian Andersen

Fred Zinnemann – High Noon ‡

1953: Fred Zinnemann – From Here to Eternity †

Melvin Frank dan Norman Panama – Above and Beyond

Henry Koster – The Robe

Walter Lang – Call Me Madam

Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Julius Caesar

Daniel Mann – Come Back, Little Sheba

George Sidney – Young Bess

George Stevens – Shane ‡

Charles Walters – Lili ‡

Billy Wilder – Stalag 17 ‡

William Wyler – Roman Holiday ‡

1954: Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront †

George Cukor – A Star Is Born

Edward Dmytryk – The Caine Mutiny

Stanley Donen – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Melvin Frank dan Norman Panama – Knock on Wood

Samuel Fuller – Hell and High Water

Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window ‡

Henry King – King of the Khyber Rifles

Anthony Mann – The Glenn Miller Story

Jean Negulesco – Three Coins in the Fountain

George Seaton – The Country Girl ‡

Don Siegel – Riot in Cell Block 11

William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty ‡

Robert Wise – Executive Suite

Billy Wilder – Sabrina ‡

1955: Delbert Mann – Marty †

Richard Brooks – Blackboard Jungle

John Ford – The Long Gray Line

Elia Kazan – East of Eden ‡

Henry Koster – A Man Called Peter

Joshua Logan – Picnic ‡

Daniel Mann – The Rose Tattoo

Mark Robson – The Bridges at Toko-Ri

John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock ‡

Charles Vidor – Love Me or Leave Me

Billy Wilder – The Seven Year Itch

1956: George Stevens – Giant †

Michael Anderson – Around the World in 80 Days ‡

John Huston – Moby Dick

Joshua Logan – Bus Stop

Daniel Mann – Teahouse of the August Moon

King Vidor – War and Peace ‡

Robert Wise – Somebody Up There Likes Me

William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion ‡

1957: David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai †

George Cukor – Les Girls

Stanley Donen – Funny Face

José Ferrer – The Great Man

John Huston – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Elia Kazan – A Face in the Crowd

Stanley Kramer – The Pride and the Passion

Anthony Mann – Men in War

Leo McCarey – An Affair to Remember

Robert Mulligan – Fear Strikes Out

John Sturges – Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Fred Zinnemann – A Hatful of Rain

1958: Vincente Minnelli – Gigi †

George Abbott and Stanley Donen – Damn Yankees

Richard Brooks – The Brothers Karamazov

Edward Dmytryk – The Young Lions

Richard Fleischer – The Vikings

Martin Ritt – The Long, Hot Summer

George Seaton – Teacher's Pet

William Wyler – The Big Country

1959: William Wyler – Ben-Hur †

Charles Barton – The Shaggy Dog

Frank Capra – A Hole in the Head

John Ford – The Horse Soldiers

Howard Hawks – Rio Bravo

Alfred Hitchcock – North by Northwest

Leo McCarey – Rally Round the Flag, Boys!

Otto Preminger – Anatomy of a Murder

Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life

George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank ‡

Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot ‡

Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story ‡

1960: Billy Wilder – The Apartment †

Richard Brooks – Elmer Gantry

Vincent J. Donehue – Sunrise at Campobello

Lewis Gilbert – Sink the Bismarck!

Delbert Mann – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Carol Reed – Our Man in Havana

Alain Resnais – Hiroshima mon amour

Charles Walters – Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1961: Robert Wise dan Jerome Robbins – West Side Story †

Marlon Brando – One-Eyed Jacks

Frank Capra – Pocketful of Miracles

Jack Clayton – The Innocents

Peter Glenville – Summer and Smoke

John Huston – The Misfits

Elia Kazan – Splendor in the Grass

Henry Koster – Flower Drum Song

Stanley Kramer – Judgment at Nuremberg ‡

Philip Leacock – Hand in Hand

Mervyn LeRoy – A Majority of One

Anthony Mann – El Cid

Robert Mulligan – The Great Impostor

Daniel Petrie – A Raisin in the Sun

Robert Stevenson – The Absent-Minded Professor

Peter Ustinov – Romanoff and Juliet

William Wyler – The Children's Hour

1962: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia †

Robert Aldrich – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Morton DaCosta – The Music Man

Lewis Milestone – Mutiny on the Bounty

Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird ‡

Ralph Nelson – Requiem for a Heavyweight

Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker ‡

Tony Richardson – A Taste of Honey

1963: Tony Richardson – Tom Jones †

Federico Fellini – 8½ ‡

Elia Kazan – America America ‡

Ralph Nelson – Lilies of the Field

Martin Ritt – Hud ‡

1964: George Cukor – My Fair Lady †

Peter Glenville – Becket ‡

John Huston – The Night of the Iguana

Stanley Kubrick – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ‡

Robert Stevenson – Mary Poppins ‡

1965: Robert Wise – The Sound of Music †

Sidney J. Furie – The Ipcress File

Sidney Lumet – The Pawnbroker

John Schlesinger – Darling ‡

Elliot Silverstein – Cat Ballou

1966: Fred Zinnemann – A Man for All Seasons †

Richard Brooks – The Professionals ‡

John Frankenheimer – Grand Prix

James Hill – Born Free

Norman Jewison – The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

Claude Lelouch – A Man and a Woman ‡

Silvio Narizzano – Georgy Girl

Mike Nichols – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ‡

Robert Wise – The Sand Pebbles

1967: Mike Nichols – The Graduate †

Robert Aldrich – The Dirty Dozen

Richard Brooks – In Cold Blood ‡

James Clavell – To Sir, with Love

Stanley Donen – Two for the Road

Norman Jewison – In the Heat of the Night ‡

Stanley Kramer – Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ‡

Arthur Penn – Bonnie and Clyde ‡

Stuart Rosenberg – Cool Hand Luke

1968: Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter ‡

Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey ‡

Jiří Menzel – Closely Watched Trains

Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel

Roman Polanski – Rosemary's Baby

Carol Reed – Oliver! †

Gene Saks – The Odd Couple

William Wyler – Funny Girl

Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet ‡

1969: John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy †

Richard Attenborough – Oh! What a Lovely War

George Roy Hill – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ‡

Dennis Hopper – Easy Rider

Gene Kelly – Hello, Dolly!

Sam Peckinpah – The Wild Bunch

Larry Peerce – Goodbye, Columbus

Sydney Pollack – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ‡

Haskell Wexler – Medium Cool

1970: Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton †

Robert Altman – M*A*S*H ‡

Arthur Hiller – Love Story ‡

David Lean – Ryan's Daughter

Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces

1971: William Friedkin – The French Connection †

Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show ‡

Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange ‡

Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42

John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday ‡

1972: Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather ‡

John Boorman – Deliverance ‡

Bob Fosse – Cabaret †

George Roy Hill – Slaughterhouse-Five

1973: George Roy Hill – The Sting †

Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris ‡

William Friedkin – The Exorcist ‡

George Lucas – American Graffiti ‡

1974: Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II †

Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation

Bob Fosse – Lenny ‡

Sidney Lumet – Murder on the Orient Express

Roman Polanski – Chinatown ‡

1975: Miloš Forman – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest †

Robert Altman – Nashville ‡

Stanley Kubrick – Barry Lyndon ‡

Sidney Lumet – Dog Day Afternoon ‡

1976: John G. Avildsen – Rocky †

Sidney Lumet – Network ‡

Alan J. Pakula – All the President's Men ‡

Martin Scorsese – Taxi Driver

Lina Wertmüller – Seven Beauties ‡

1977: Woody Allen – Annie Hall †

George Lucas – Star Wars ‡

Herbert Ross – The Turning Point ‡

Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind ‡

Fred Zinnemann – Julia ‡

1978: Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter †

Hal Ashby – Coming Home ‡

Warren Beatty dan Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait ‡

Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman

Alan Parker – Midnight Express ‡

1979: Robert Benton – Kramer vs. Kramer †

James Bridges – The China Syndrome

Francis Ford Coppola – Apocalypse Now ‡

Peter Yates – Breaking Away ‡

1980: Robert Redford – Ordinary People †

Michael Apted – Coal Miner's Daughter

David Lynch – The Elephant Man ‡

Richard Rush – The Stunt Man ‡

Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull ‡

1981: Warren Beatty – Reds †

Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire ‡

Louis Malle – Atlantic City ‡

Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond ‡

Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark ‡

1982: Richard Attenborough – Gandhi †

Taylor Hackford – An Officer and a Gentleman

Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot ‡

Sydney Pollack – Tootsie ‡

Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ‡

1983: James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment †

Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies ‡

Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander ‡

Lawrence Kasdan – The Big Chill

Philip Kaufman – The Right Stuff

1984: Miloš Forman – Amadeus †

Robert Benton – Places in the Heart ‡

Norman Jewison – A Soldier's Story

Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields ‡

David Lean – A Passage to India ‡

1985: Steven Spielberg – The Color Purple

John Huston – Prizzi's Honor ‡

Sydney Pollack – Out of Africa †

Peter Weir – Witness ‡

1986: Oliver Stone – Platoon †

Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters ‡

Randa Haines – Children of a Lesser God

James Ivory – A Room with a View ‡

Rob Reiner – Stand by Me

1987: Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor †

James L. Brooks – Broadcast News

Lasse Hallström – My Life as a Dog ‡

Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction ‡

Steven Spielberg – Empire of the Sun

1988: Barry Levinson – Rain Man †

Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda ‡

Mike Nichols – Working Girl ‡

Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning ‡

Robert Zemeckis – Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July †

Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors ‡

Rob Reiner – When Harry Met Sally...

Phil Alden Robinson – Field of Dreams

Peter Weir – Dead Poets Society ‡

Directors Guild of America Award