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
The Boy in Blue (1986 film) negatively reviewed film. The film received three nominations for Genie awards. The Genie Award is given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980-2012. 3 Genie award nominations: Sean Sullivan - Best performance by an actor in a supporting role. William Beeton - Best achievement in art direction. Don White/David Appleby/Dan Latour - Best achievement in sound editing. The Boy in Blue (1986 film) The Boy in Blue is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Nicolas Cage. The film, which was written by Douglas