Michel Hazanavicius collects the DGA Award for The Artist

The Directors Guild of America's 2012 Career Achievement Awards were presented at the Grand Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center last night, with Michel Hazanavicius the recipient of the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, further cementing The Artist's status as front runner for Best Feature at the Academy Awards next month. Of the previous sixty-three recipients of the award only six have failed to replicate their success with an Oscar win for Best Director, while fifty have also went on to see their film collect the coveted Best Picture, including last year's winner, Tom Hooper, for The King's Speech.

Take a look at all of the winners from last night's DGA Awards...

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
James Marsh (Project Nim)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Jon Cassar (The Kennedys)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Patty Jenkins (The Killing)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety
Glenn Weiss (65th Annual Tony Awards)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Neil P. Degroot (Biggest Loser)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials
William Ludel (General Hospital)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
Amy Schatz (A Child's Garden of Poetry)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Noam Murro

DGA Honorary Life Member Award
Ed Sherin

Frank Capra Achievement Award
Katy E. Garretson

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Dennis W. Mazzocco

Awards season has been very kind to The Artist so far, with recent honours including Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Actor - Musical or Comedy and Best Original Score, along with the Darryl F. Zanuck Award from the Producers Guild of America. The Artist will contend the Best Picture Oscar against The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse, while Hazanavicius is nominated alongside Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo) in the category of Best Director. The Oscars will be presented on February 26th.