The Brutalist' filmmaker Brady Corbet earned the Golden Globe for best movie directing over nominees Jacques Audiard, Sean Baker, Edward Berger, Coralie Fargeat and Payal Kapadia at the Jan. 5 ceremony hosted by Nikki Glaser in Los Angeles.

Brady Corbet, whose post-World War II epic The Brutalist has been racking up wins on the awards circuit since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, won Best Director on Sunday at the Golden Globes.

In a heartfelt moment during the 2025 Golden Globes, Brady Corbet, director of The Brutalist, honored his late friend Jeff Baena, who tragically passed away just days before the ceremony. Corbet’s emotional tribute caught the attention of both attendees and fans,

During Brady Corbet’s acceptance speech for his best director win for The Brutalist at Sunday’s 2025 Golden Globes, he took a moment to honor indie film writer-director and Aubrey Plaza’s husband Jeff Baena, who died by suicide Friday at the age of 47.

While accepting his Golden Globe award for Best Director for “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet turned his attention to a recent loss that has left Hollywood in mourning. After thanking the hundreds of people who worked on “The Brutalist,

The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards delivered its fair share of powerful speeches, but a standout of the evening was Brady Corbet, who won Best Director, Motion Picture for The Brutalist.

All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia was nominated in two categories at Golden Globe Awards 2025. However, it could not secure any win.

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia`s All We Imagine As Light lost the Golden Globe Award in the Best Motion Picture Non-English Language category to France`s Emilia Perez. Kapadia, who was also nominated in the Best Director category at the awards lost again to Brady Corbet for The Brutalist.