Please be aware that the award year refers to the year the Directors Guild Awards (DGA) ceremony was held and not the year the film was released.
Best Director Oscar winners who did not win DGA for the same film
John Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) – 1949*
Carol Reed (Oliver!) – 1969
Bob Fosse (Cabaret) – 1973
Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) – 1986
Mel Gibson (Braveheart) – 1996
Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) – 2001
Roman Polanski (The Pianist) – 2003
Ang Lee (Life of Pi) – 2013
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) – 2020
*Was not nominated for DGA
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (A Letter to Three Wives) won DGA in 1949, but won the Oscar in 1950.
Years where all Best Director Oscar nominees were also DGA nominees
1954 (DGA had 12 nominees)
1955 (DGA had 16 nominees)
1957 (DGA had 17 nominees)
1958 (DGA had 17 nominees)
1959 (DGA had 14 nominees)
1968 (DGA had 10 nominees)
1978
1982
1999
2006
2010
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