Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Revenant", respectively. The Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film has traditionally been a near perfect barometer for both Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards. Only seven times since the DGA Award's inception has the DGA Award winner not won the Academy Award; in 1968 (Carol Reed won the Oscar for directing "Oliver!"); 1972 (Bob Fosse won the Oscar for directing "Cabaret"); 1985 (Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for directing "Out of Africa", as Steven Spielberg was not nominated for directing "The Color Purple"); 1995 (Mel Gibson won for directing "Braveheart", as Ron Howard was not nominated for
Empire Award for Best Film Empire Award for Best Film The Empire Award for Best Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor the best film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Film is one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best British Film) with "Braveheart" receiving the award. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is the most recent winner in this category. Winners are voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine. In the list