Director Guillermo del Toro, winner of the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "The Shape of Water," appears backstage in the press room with director Damien Chazelle during the 70th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Director Guillermo del Toro, winner of the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "The Shape of Water," appears backstage in the press room during the 70th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Director Jordan Peele, recipient of the Nomination Medallion for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "Get Out," appears backstage in the press room during the 70th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Cinematographer Reed Morano attends the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on January 7. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Director Jean-Marc Vallée accepts the award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for "Big Little Lies" onstage during the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 17, 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The Directors Guild of America presented Guillermo del Toro with its Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award for his romantic fantasy The Shape of Water at a ceremony in Beverly Hills Saturday night.
Jordan Peele earned the accolade for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film for Get Out.
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The prize for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series went to Reed Morano for The Handmaid's Tale and the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series honor went to Beth McCarthy-Miller for Veep.
Jean-Marc Vallee won the medallion for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Big Little Lies.
Filmmaker Judd Apatow hosted the gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Among the presenters were Pamela Adlon, Kevin Bacon, Damien Chazelle, Betty Gabriel, Sally Hawkins, Marcus Henderson, Allison Janney, Richard Jenkins, Catherine Keener, Christine Lahti, Don Mischer, Kimberly Peirce, Chelsea Peretti, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Jay D. Roth, Thomas Schlamme, Amy Schumer, Frankie Shaw, John Singleton, Emma Thomas, Aisha Tyler and Bradley Whitford.