Alejandro G Inarritu has become the front-runner to win Best Director at the Oscars after winning the Directors Guild of America award (DGA) for his epic adventure The Revenant.
All but seven of the past DGA winners have gone on to bag the Academy Award for Best Director.
It is the first time a director has won the DGA award two years in a row, after the Mexican filmmaker took home the gong last year for Birdman.
Meanwhile, Alex Garland won the First-Time Feature Film Director award for his Domnhall Gleeson-starring drama Ex Machina and David Nutter won the dramatic series gong for the Game of Thrones' Mother's Mercy episode.
See the full list of winners at the Directors Guild of America Awards 2016 below:
FEATURE FILM
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY
Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land
FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
DRAMATIC SERIES
David Nutter, Game of Thrones, 'Mother's Mercy'
COMEDY SERIES
Chris Addison, Veep, 'Election Night'
MOVIES FOR TV AND MINISERIES
Dee Rees, Bessie
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, episode #325 - WINNER
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS - SPECIALS
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
REALITY PROGRAMS
Adam Vetri, Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge, 'Gods of War'
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Kenny Ortega, Descendants
