Best Director:
Damien Chazelle, ''La La Land''
Garth Davis, ''Lion''
Barry Jenkins, ''Moonlight''
Kenneth Lonergan, ''Manchester By the Sea''
Denis Villeneuve, ''Arrival''

Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a First-Time Feature Film Director:
Garth Davis, ''Lion''
Kelly Fremon Craig, ''The Edge of Seventeen'
Tim Miller, ''Deadpool''
Nate Parker, ''The Birth of a Nation''
Dan Trachtenberg, ''10 Cloverfield Lane''