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Directors Guild Awards
Directors with the Most Nominations
This list features the film directors that have earned the most nominations at the Director’s Guild of America Awards.
RANK | DIRECTOR | NOMINATIONS | WINS |
1 | Steven Spielberg | 13 | 3 |
2 | Martin Scorsese | 11 | 1 |
3 | Fred Zinnemann | 7 | 2 |
4 | Elia Kazan | 7 | 1 |
5 | William Wyler | 7 | 1 |
6 | Billy Wilder | 6 | 1 |
7 | John Huston | 6 | 0 |
8 | Francis Ford Coppola | 5 | 2 |
9 | Robert Wise | 5 | 2 |
10 | Woody Allen | 5 | 1 |
11 | Christopher Nolan | 5 | 1 |
12 | John Ford | 5 | 1 |
13 | Richard Brooks | 5 | 0 |
14 | Stanley Donen | 5 | 0 |
15 | Alfred Hitchcock | 5 | 0 |
16 | Stanley Kubrick | 5 | 0 |
17 | Sidney Lumet | 5 | 0 |
References
Wikipedia. Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_–_Feature_Film (Accessed: 15 July 2025).
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