The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominees for 2008. They are Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon; Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Gus Van Sant for Milk.
Ron Howard is the only previous winner from the group, having taken home the award twice for A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
Winners will be announced January 31st at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Source: Variety