Oppenheimer‘s steamroll of awards season continued with filmmaker Christopher Nolan walking off with the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.
The fifth time was the charm for Nolan having been previously nominated for Memento in 2002, The Dark Knight in 2009, Inception in 2011, and Dunkirk in 2018.
His first win here at the DGAs significantly indicates that the British filmmaker will Best Director at the Oscars; the DGA Awards one of the best barometers for determining who wins Best Director at the Academy Awards.
There’s only been eight times in DGA Awards history in which they’ve disagreed with the Oscars’ ultimate Best Director winner (1968, 1972, 1985, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2012 and 2019).
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