The Directors Guild of America awards the directors of film, television and commercials annually.

The 69th annual awards will be handed on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The full list of nominees can be seen at their website or here.

The nominees for the feature film categories are:

 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

La La Land: Damien Chazelle
Lion: Garth Davis
Moonlight: Barry Jenkins
Manchester by the Sea: Kenneth Lonergan
Arrival: Denis Villeneuve

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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

The Eagle Huntress: Otto Bell
O.J.: Made in America: Ezra Edelman
Weiner: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
I Am Not Your Negro: Raoul Peck
Life, Animated: Roger Ross Williams

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Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director

Lion: Garth Davis
The Edge of Seventeen: Kelly Fremon Craig
Deadpool: Tim Miller
The Birth of a Nation: Nate Parker
10 Cloverfield Lane: Dan Trachtenberg