LOS ANGELES (AP) --

Steve McQueen has gained his first directors guild nomination for his grimly historic saga "12 Years a Slave," substantiating the British director's place as a top contender at the Academy Awards.

Here’s a full rundown of the nominees:

ALFONSO CUARÓN
Gravity
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Cuarón’s Directorial Team–Unit Production Manager: David Siegel (Arizona Unit); First Assistant Directors: Josh Robertson, Stephen Hagen (Arizona Unit); Second Assistant Director: Ben Howard

This is Cuarón’s first DGA Award nomination.

PAUL GREENGRASS
Captain Phillips
(Columbia Pictures)
Greengrass’s Directorial Team–Unit Production Managers: Todd Lewis, Gregory Goodman; First Assistant Director: Chris Carreras; Second Assistant Directors: Nick Shuttleworth, Mark S. Constance

This is Greengrass’ first DGA Award nomination.

STEVE McQUEEN
12 Years A Slave
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
McQueen’s Directorial Team–Unit Production Manager: Anthony Katagas; First Assistant Director: Doug Torres; Second Assistant Director: James Roque Jr.; Second Second Assistant Director: Sherman Shelton Jr.; Additional Second Assistant Director: Nathan Parker

This is McQueen’s first DGA Award nomination.

DAVID O. RUSSELL
American Hustle
(Columbia Pictures)
Russell’s Directorial Team–Unit Production Managers: Shea Kammer, Mark Kamine; First Assistant Director: Michele ‘Shelley’ Ziegler; Second Assistant Director: Xanthus Valan; Second Second Assistant Director: Jason Fesel; Location Managers: David Velasco, Guy Efrat (New York Unit)

This is Russell’s second DGA Award nomination.  He was previously nominated in this category for The Fighter in 2010.

MARTIN SCORSESE
The Wolf of Wall Street
(Paramount Pictures)
Scorsese’s Directorial Team–Unit Production Manager: Richard Baratta; First Assistant Director: Adam Somner; Second Assistant Director: Francisco Oritz; Second Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks; Additional Second Assistant Director: Scott Koche; Location Manager: Nils Widboom

This is Scorsese’s 11th DGA Award nomination.  He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006 for The Departed, and has also been nominated in that category for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004) and Hugo (2011). Scorsese also won the DGA Award in 2010 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Television for Boardwalk Empire and he was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for George Harrison: Living in the Material World in 2011.  In 1999, Mr. Scorsese was presented with the Filmmaker Award at the inaugural DGA Honors Gala, and he was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.

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