• Sam Mendes arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Sam Mendes arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Judd Apatow arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January , 2020. AFP
    Judd Apatow arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January , 2020. AFP
  • Taika Waititi arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Taika Waititi arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Terry Crews arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Terry Crews arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Ava DuVernay arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Ava DuVernay arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Lee Jeong-eun and Bong Joon-ho arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Lee Jeong-eun and Bong Joon-ho arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Minkie Spiro arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Minkie Spiro arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Thomas Kail arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Thomas Kail arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • David Nutter arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    David Nutter arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • George MacKay arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    George MacKay arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Katheryn Winnick arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Katheryn Winnick arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Byron Bowers arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Byron Bowers arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Chrissy Metz arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Chrissy Metz arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Catherine Hardwicke arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Catherine Hardwicke arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Amy Sherman-Palladino arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Amy Sherman-Palladino arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Vince Gilligan arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Vince Gilligan arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Melina Matsoukas arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Melina Matsoukas arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Constance Zimmer arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Constance Zimmer arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Alex Meneses arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Alex Meneses arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
  • Judd Apatow and Jon Favreau during the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP
    Judd Apatow and Jon Favreau during the 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 25, 2020. AFP

Directors Guild Awards 2020: The red carpet stars and all the night's winners


Emma Day
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Awards season is hurtling towards its glitzy finale, with the Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, February 9.

But, before the golden statues are handed out, some of the industry's most notable directors came together to fete the year's best work behind the camera at the annual Directors Guild Awards.

Held in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 25, the ceremony celebrated directors of both the big and small screen, handing out gongs for both film and TV work.

The DGAs are typically seen as a fairly robust indicator of who will take home the Academy Award for Best Director, having foreshadowed the accolade for the past six years.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the best red carpet pictures from the Directors Guild Awards 2020.

Among the stars walking the red carpet at LA's Ritz-Carlton was New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi, whose Jojo Rabbit is up for several Oscars, as well as British director Sam Mendes, whose war epic 1917 has also garnered several Academy Award nods.

Here are all the winners from the 2020 DGAs as they are announced:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film 
Sam Mendes – 1917

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Nicole Kassell – Watchmen, 'It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice'

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
Johan Renck – Chernobyl

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory

Best Director in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader – Barry for 'ronny/lily'

Best Director for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regular Scheduled Programming
Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for 'E. Murphy; Lizzo'

Best Director for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
James Burrows and Andy Fisher –  Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons

Best Director for Reality Programmes
Jason Cohen – Encore!

Best Director for Children's Programmes
Amy Schatz – Song of Parkland

Best Director for First-Time Feature Film
Alma Har'el – Honey Boy

Best Director for a Commercial 
Spike Jonze – Dream It, Squarespace

The 2020 DGA winners will be updated with the live show.