The 10 Greatest Epic Movie Directors, Ranked

Making an epic movie is an unfathomably huge task, but some directors, like David Lean, Sergio Leone, and Akira Kurosawa, ...

Directors Guild Award nominations indicate a tight Oscar race

The DGA unveiled its 2026 feature film nominations, a key Oscar bellwether, with nods for Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, ...

Directors Guild Reveals Film, First-Time Feature Director Nominees

For the first award, for outstanding directorial achievement in theatrical feature film, the nominees are Paul Thomas ...

‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Receive Directors Guild Nominations

Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”), Paul Thomas Anderson (“One Battle After Another”), Chloé Zhao (“Hamnet”), Josh Safdie (“Marty ...

10 best directors Leonardo DiCaprio has worked with, ranked

Leonardo DiCaprio has worked with many celebrated, prolific directors, like Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino, but who is ...

2026 Directors Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle,’ ‘Sinners’ Go Head to Head

The films of Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler have been competing all season. Also in the running are Guillermo del Toro ...

Directors Guild Awards TV, Documentary, Commercial Nominations: ‘The Pitt’ and ‘The Bear’ Land Two Nods Each

Documentary nominees are '2000 Meters to Andriivka,' 'The Perfect Neighbor,' 'Cutting Through Rocks,' 'Mistress Dispeller' ...

Progress for women movie directors stalled in 2025

Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, ...