The Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America (DGA). It was first awarded at the 68th Directors Guild of America Awards. The award was called the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director until 2023, when it was renamed in honor of director and former DGA president Michael Apted, who created the award.
Winners and nominees † – indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. ‡ – indicates a nomination for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directing.
2010s Year Winners and nominees Film 2015(68th) Alex Garland Ex MachinaFernando Coimbra A Wolf at the DoorJoel Edgerton The GiftMarielle Heller The Diary of a Teenage GirlLászló Nemes Son of Saul 2016(69th) Garth Davis ‡ Lion Kelly Fremon Craig The Edge of Seventeen Tim Miller Deadpool Nate Parker The Birth of a Nation Dan Trachtenberg 10 Cloverfield Lane 2017(70th) Jordan Peele † ‡ Get OutGeremy Jasper Patti Cake$William Oldroyd Lady MacbethTaylor Sheridan Wind RiverAaron Sorkin Molly's Game 2018(71st) Bo Burnham Eighth GradeBradley Cooper ‡ A Star Is BornCarlos López Estrada BlindspottingMatthew Heineman A Private WarBoots Riley Sorry to Bother You 2019(72nd) Alma Har'el Honey BoyMati Diop AtlanticsMelina Matsoukas Queen & SlimTyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz The Peanut Butter FalconJoe Talbot The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2020s Year Winners and nominees Film 2020(73rd) Darius Marder Sound of MetalRadha Blank The 40-Year-Old VersionFernando Frías de la Parra I'm No Longer HereRegina King One Night in Miami...Florian Zeller The Father 2021(74th) Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost DaughterRebecca Hall PassingTatiana Huezo Prayers for the StolenLin-Manuel Miranda Tick, Tick... Boom!Michael Sarnoski PigEmma Seligman Shiva Baby 2022(75th) Charlotte Wells AftersunAlice Diop Saint OmerAudrey Diwan HappeningJohn Patton Ford Emily the CriminalAntoneta Alamat Kusijanović Murina 2023(76th) Celine Song Past LivesCord Jefferson American FictionManuela Martelli Chile '76Noora Niasari ShaydaA. V. Rockwell A Thousand and One 2024(77th) RaMell Ross Nickel Boys Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light Megan Park My Old Ass Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Armand Sean Wang Dìdi2025(78th) Charlie Polinger The Plague Hasan Hadi The President's Cake Harry Lighton Pillion Alex Russell Lurker Eva Victor Sorry, Baby
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