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''

Excellence in Contemporary Film
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie – Rebecca Hale
Captain Fantastic – Courtney Hoffman
La La Land – Mary Zophres
Lion – Cappi Ireland
Nocturnal Animals – Arianne Phillips

Excellence in Period Film
The Dressmaker – Marion Boyce, Margot Wilson
Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle
Hail, Caesar! – Mary Zophres
Hidden Figures – Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Jackie – Madeline Fontaine

Excellence in Fantasy Film
Doctor Strange – Alexandra Byrne
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood
Kubo and the Two Strings – Deborah Cook
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Colleen Atwood
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Crossman, Glyn Dillion