Sean Baker won the Directors Guild of America award for "Anora," Saturday, eclipsing Edward Berger for "Conclave" and James Mangold for "A Complete Unknown."
Since 1948, there have only been eight times that the winner of the DGA award for feature film directing has not gone on to win the Oscar for best director. The most recent time was in 2020, when Sam Mendes won the DGA Award for "1917," but the Oscar went to Bong Joon Ho for "Parasite."
Christopher Nolan won the DGA Award and the Oscar last year for "Oppenheimer."
On the small screen, FX's Emmy winner and awards-season favorite "Shogun" won in the drama series category.
In the comedy series category, Lucia Aniello won for "Hacks."
In the category of movies for television and limited series, Steven Zaillian took home the prize for "Ripley."
Ang Lee, best known for helming films including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Life of Pi," received the DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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