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Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film

56 nominations · 11 winners · 11 years

78th (2026) 5
The Plague poster

The Plague

Charlie Polinger

The Plague

Winner

Lurker

Lurker

Alex Russell

Sorry, Baby poster

Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor

Sorry, Baby

Pillion poster

Pillion

Harry Lighton

Pillion

The President's Cake

The President's Cake

Hasan Hadi

77th (2025) 5
Nickel Boys poster

Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross

Nickel Boys

Winner

Armand poster

Armand

Halfdan Ullmann Tondel

Armand

My Old Ass poster

My Old Ass

Megan Park

My Old Ass

All We Imagine as Light poster

All We Imagine as Light

Payal Kapadia

All We Imagine as Light

Dìdi (弟弟) poster

Dìdi (弟弟)

Sean Wang

Didi

76th (2024) 5
Past Lives poster

Past Lives

Celine Song

Past Lives

Winner

A Thousand and One poster

A Thousand and One

A.V. Rockwell

A Thousand and One

American Fiction poster

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson

American Fiction

Chile '76 poster

Chile '76

Manuela Martelli

Chile '76

Shayda

Shayda

Noora Niasari

75th (2023) 5
Aftersun poster

Aftersun

Charlotte Wells

Aftersun

Winner

Saint Omer poster

Saint Omer

Alice Diop

Saint Omer

Murina

Murina

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

Happening poster

Happening

Audrey Diwan

Happening

Emily the Criminal poster

Emily the Criminal

John Patton Ford

Emily the Criminal

74th (2022) 6
The Lost Daughter poster

The Lost Daughter

Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Lost Daughter

Winner

Shiva Baby poster

Shiva Baby

Emma Seligman

Shiva Baby

tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM!

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Pig poster

Pig

Michael Sarnoski

Pig

Passing poster

Passing

Rebecca Hall

Passing

Prayers for the Stolen poster

Prayers for the Stolen

Tatiana Huezo

Prayers for the Stolen

73rd (2021) 5
Sound of Metal poster

Sound of Metal

Darius Marder

Sound of Metal

Winner

I'm No Longer Here poster

I'm No Longer Here

Fernando Frias de la Parra

I'm No Longer Here

The Father poster

The Father

Florian Zeller

The Father

The 40-Year-Old Version

The 40-Year-Old Version

Radha Blank

One Night in Miami... poster

One Night in Miami...

Regina King

One Night in Miami...

72nd (2020) 5
Honey Boy poster

Honey Boy

Alma Har'el

Honey Boy

Winner

The Last Black Man in San Francisco poster

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Joe Talbot

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Atlantics poster

Atlantics

Mati Diop

Atlantics

Queen & Slim poster

Queen & Slim

Melina Matsoukas

Queen & Slim

The Peanut Butter Falcon poster

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Tyler Nilson

The Peanut Butter Falcon

71st (2019) 5
Eighth Grade poster

Eighth Grade

Bo Burnham

Eighth Grade

Winner

Sorry to Bother You poster

Sorry to Bother You

Boots Riley

Sorry to Bother You

A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper

A Star Is Born

Blindspotting poster

Blindspotting

Carlos López Estrada

Blindspotting

A Private War poster

A Private War

Matthew Heineman

A Private War

70th (2018) 5
Get Out poster

Get Out

Jordan Peele

Get Out

Winner

Molly's Game poster

Molly's Game

Aaron Sorkin

Molly's Game

Patti Cake$ poster

Patti Cake$

Geremy Jasper

Patti Cake$

Wind River poster

Wind River

Taylor Sheridan

Wind River

Lady Macbeth poster

Lady Macbeth

William Oldroyd

Lady Macbeth

69th (2017) 5
Lion poster

Lion

Garth Davis

Lion

Winner

10 Cloverfield Lane poster

10 Cloverfield Lane

Dan Trachtenberg

10 Cloverfield Lane

The Edge of Seventeen poster

The Edge of Seventeen

Kelly Fremon Craig

The Edge of Seventeen

The Birth of a Nation poster

The Birth of a Nation

Nate Parker

The Birth of a Nation

Deadpool poster

Deadpool

Tim Miller

Deadpool

68th (2016) 5
Ex Machina poster

Ex Machina

Alex Garland

Ex Machina

Winner

A Wolf at the Door poster

A Wolf at the Door

Fernando Coimbra

A Wolf at the Door

The Gift poster

The Gift

Joel Edgerton

The Gift

Son of Saul poster

Son of Saul

László Nemes

Son of Saul

The Diary of a Teenage Girl poster

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Marielle Heller

The Diary of a Teenage Girl