"Anora" director Sean Baker has won the DGA Award for Theatrical Feature, gaining significant Oscar momentum ahead of final voting.

Sean Baker scored the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Feature for "Anora" at a ceremony in Beverly Hills Saturday.

Jacques Audiard, Sean Baker, Edward Berger, Brady Corbet and James Mangold are nominated for the top film prize

"Anora" filmmaker Sean Baker wins the top Directors Guild of America Award the same night his film captures the Producers Guild Awards' top honor.

In a surprising win that resets the Oscar race, Anora director Sean Baker took home the Feature Film Director prize at Directors Guild of America Awards Saturday, instantly becoming the frontrunner for the Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards.

Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner? Sean Baker’s Brooklyn comedy “Anora” took top honors at both the Producers Guild Awards and the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, catapulting it to Oscar favorite status with wins from a pair of closely watched Academy Awards precursors.

This weekend, the winners of the 77th Annual DGA Awards were announced at a wonderful celebration in Los Angeles. The 2024 awards season starting to wrap up with DGA and PGA winners this weekend, and ending with the Academy Awards airing in early March soon enough.

Long before Anora won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and moved into the pole position in the Oscars race with its wins last Saturday at the Producers Guild and Directors Guild Awards, filmmaker Sean Baker sat in a movie theater watching Mikey Madison in 2022's Scream.

"Anora" wins the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards Saturday just after the film's director Sean Baker wins the Directors Guild of America Award.

Anora 's director Sean Baker has bagged the top honor at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. He received the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Theatrical Feature Film Award from Christopher Nolan, last year's winner for Oppenheimer.

Sean Baker's Brooklyn comedy Anora took top honours at both the Producers Guild Awards and the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, catapulting it to Oscar favourite status with wins from a pair of closely watched Academy Awards precursors.