Slumdog's Danny Boyle Wins DGA Award

Does Boyle's win predict Oscar gold?

by | February 1, 2009 | Comments

Danny Boyle takes home another win for Best Director from the Director’s Guild of America — could this mean Oscar gold is just around the corner? Read on for full list of winners!

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire



Slumdog
Millionaire


94%

David
Fincher


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button




The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


71%

Ron Howard

Frost Nixon


Frost/Nixon

91%

Christopher Nolan

The Dark Knight



The Dark Knight


94%

Gus Van Sant

Milk


Milk

93%

Full DGA winners:

TV drama series: Dan Attias for “The Wire” (HBO)

TV movie: Jay Roach for Recount (HBO)

TV comedy series: Paul Feig for “The Office” (NBC)

Musical variety: Brent “Bucky” Gunts for the Opening Ceremony Beijing 2008, Olympic Summer Games (NBC)

Daytime serials: Larry Carpenter for “One Life to Live” (ABC)

Reality TV: Tony Croll for “America’s Next Top Model” (CW)

Documentary: Ari Folman for Waltz With Bashir

Children’s programming: Amy Schatz for “Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now): ‘The Poetry Show’ ” (HBO)

Commercials: Peter Thwaites

Source: Directors Guild of America