Danny Boyle took home the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for "Slumdog Millionaire."

Also competing for the top award were David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Gus Van Sant ("Milk"), Christopher Nolan ("The Dark Knight") and Ron Howard ("Frost/Nixon").

"If I can get here, you can get here," Boyle said during his speech. Boyle's previous directing credits include "Sunshine," "28 Days Later..." and "Trainspotting."

Ari Folman won the award for best documentary for "Waltz with Bashir," while Jay Roach was named best director of a movie for television for "Recount."

Dan Attias won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in dramatic series night for "The Wire" ("Transitions"), Paul Feig won in the comedy series category for "The Office" ("Dinner Party") and Tony Croll took home the award in the reality program category for "America's Next Top Model" ("1002").

Other winners included Brent Gunts for the opening ceremony at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Larry Carpenter for daytime serials for "One Life to Live" ("So You Think You Can Be Shane Morasco's Father?"), Peter Thwaites for commercials and Amy Schatz for children's programs ("Classical Baby").

Head to the official DGA Web site for more information.

The Florida Film Critics Circle named Danny Boyle's astonishing "Slumdog Millionaire" as the best film of 2008. The film earned two more awards: best director for Boyle and best screenplay by Simon Beaufoy.

Mickey Rourke won best actor for his performance in "The Wrestler," while Heath Ledger received the prize for best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight."

In the category of best actress, Melissa Leo emerged as the winner for "Frozen River." Meanwhile, Marisa Tomei won best supporting actress for "The Wrestler."

Wally Pfister won yet another award for his cinematography in "The Dark Knight." "Let the Right One In" took best foreign film, while "WALL-E" won best animated film.

Other winners included "Man On Wire," which won best documentary, and Martin McDonagh, who won the breakout award for "In Bruges."

The Chicago Film Critics Association picked Pixar's animated family adventure "WALL-E" as the year's best picture.

The film about the cute little robot with a personality also took home the awards for best animated film, best original screenplay (Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon) and best original score (Thomas Newman).

Danny Boyle won best director for "Slumdog Millionaire," which also picked up best adapted screenplay for Simon Beaufoy.

In the best actor category, Mickey Rourke won for his role in "The Wrestler," while Heath Ledger was named best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight."

Anne Hathaway emerged as the winner in the best actress category for "Rachel Getting Married," with Kate Winslet taking best supporting actress for "The Reader."

Other winners included Wally Pfister, who won best cinematography for "The Dark Knight," and "Let the Right One In, which received the prize for best foreign language film. "Man on Wire" won best documentary.