Golden Globe-winning director Brady Corbet was among five people nominated Wednesday for the coveted Directors Guild of America Award for feature films, an honor that typically foretells success on Oscar night.
Corbet was nominated for directing “The Brutalist.” Also nominated were Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” Sean Baker for “Anora,” 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.”
Nominations for the DGA’s Award for first-time theatrical films went to Payal Kapadia for “All We Imagine as Light,” Megan Park for “My Old Ass,” Ramell Ross for “Nickel Boys,” Halfdan Ullmann Tondel for “Armand” and Sean Wang for “Didi.”
Winners will be announced Feb. 8 during ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Ang Lee, best known for helming films including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi,” will receive the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the organization announced in December.
Nominees in the television, commercial and documentary categories were announced Tuesday.