Clint receives DGA and PGA nominations for American Sniper

The PGA has long been a solid predictors of how the Oscar vote might lean, so look for several of the following titles to march their way into Hollywood's Dolby Theatre for the Feb. 22 ceremony.

American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Producers: Bradley Cooper, p.g.a., Clint Eastwood, p.g.a., Andrew Lazar, p.g.a., Robert Lorenz, p.g.a., Peter Morgan, p.g.a.

American Sniper is up against Birdman (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Boyhood (IFC Films), Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics), Gone Girl (20th Century Fox), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures), The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company), Nightcrawler (Open Road Films), The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) and Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

The DGA has also announced the nominees for the best directors of 2014.

Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Clint Eastwood, "America Sniper"

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"

Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"