• Alejandro González Iñárritu – “The Revenant”
• Tom McCarthy – “Spotlight”
• Adam McKay – “The Big Short”
• George Miller – “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Ridley Scott – “The Martian”

Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a First-Time Feature Film Director

• Fernando Coimbra – “A Wolf At The Door”
• Joel Edgerton – “The Gift”
• Alex Garland – “Ex Machina”
• Marielle Heller – “The Diary Of A Teenage Girl”
• Laszlo Nemes – “Son Of Saul”