Awards & Winners

DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries

Directors Guild of America Award

DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries is a film award presented by the Directors Guild of America.
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries is a film award presented by the Directors Guild of America.

Check all the winners of DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries presented under Directors Guild of America Award since 1971 .


Steven Soderbergh

Honored for : Behind the Candelabra

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Frears Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
David Mamet Phil Spector
Beth McCarthy-Miller The Sound of Music Live!
Rob Ashford The Sound of Music Live!
Nelson McCormick Killing Kennedy
Steven Soderbergh Behind the Candelabra

Jay Roach

Honored for : Game Change
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Greg Berlanti Political Animals
USA Network
Philip Kaufman Hemingway & Gellhorn
Network: HBO
Kevin Reynolds Hatfields & McCoys
Network: History Channel
Jay Roach Game Change
Network: HBO
Michael Rymer Dark Cousin
Network: FX

Jon Cassar

Honored for : The Kennedys
(Network: Reelz Channel)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Stevens Thurgood
Network: HBO
Demi Moore Five
Network: Lifetime
Jennifer Aniston Five
Network: Lifetime
Patty Jenkins Five
Network: Lifetime
Penelope Spheeris Five
Network: Lifetime
Alicia Keys Five
Network: Lifetime
Jon Cassar The Kennedys
Network: Reelz Channel
Stephen Gyllenhaal Girl Fight
Network: Lifetime
Jeff Bleckner Beyond the Blackboard
Network: CBS

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mick Jackson Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Robbie Friedmann Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Glen Moorman Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Scott Ferguson Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Richard E. Chapla Jr. Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Shawn Pipkin Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Phil Hardage Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Kayse Goodell Temple Grandin
Network: HBO
Barry Levinson You Don't Know Jack
Network: HBO
David Nutter Basilone
Network: HBO
Jeremy Podeswa Basilone
Network: HBO
Jeremy Podeswa Home
Network: HBO
Tim Van Patten Okinawa
Network: HBO

Ross Katz

Honored for : Taking Chance
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Balaban Georgia O'Keeffe
Network: Lifetime
Thomas Carter Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Network: TNT
John Kent Harrison The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Network: CBS
Ross Katz Taking Chance
Network: HBO
Michael Sucsy Grey Gardens
Network: HBO

Jay Roach

Honored for : Recount
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Balaban Bernard and Doris
Network: HBO
Tom Hooper John Adams
Network: HBO
Kenny Leon A Raisin in the Sun
Network: ABC
Jay Roach Recount
Network: HBO
Mikael Salomon The Andromeda Strain
Network: A&E

Yves Simoneau

Honored for : Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jon Avnet The Starter Wife
Network: USA
Jeremiah S. Chechik The Bronx Is Burning
Network: ESPN
Lloyd Kramer Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Network: ABC
Mikael Salomon The Company
Network: TNT
Yves Simoneau Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Network: HBO

Walter Hill

Honored for : Broken Trail
(Network: AMC)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Hill Broken Trail
Network: AMC
Charles S. Dutton Sleeper Cell
Network: Showtime
Randa Haines The Ron Clark Story
Network: TNT
Peter Markle Flight 93
Network: A&E
Edward James Olmos Walkout
Network: HBO

Joseph Sargent

Honored for : Warm Springs
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues
Network: HBO
Darnell Martin Their Eyes Were Watching God
Network: ABC
James Steven Sadwith Elvis
Network: CBS
Fred Schepisi Empire Falls
Network: HBO
Joseph Sargent Warm Springs
Network: HBO

George C. Wolfe

Honored for : Lackawanna Blues
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues
Network: HBO
Darnell Martin Their Eyes Were Watching God
Network: ABC
James Steven Sadwith Elvis
Network: CBS
Fred Schepisi Empire Falls
Network: HBO
Joseph Sargent Warm Springs
Network: HBO

Joseph Sargent

Honored for : Something the Lord Made
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Sargent Something the Lord Made
Network: HBO
Robert Altman Tanner on Tanner
Network: Sundance Channel
Stephen Hopkins The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Network: HBO
Lloyd Kramer The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Network: ABC
Christopher Reeve The Brooke Ellison Story
Network: A&E

Mike Nichols

Honored for : Angels in America
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mike Nichols Angels in America
Network: HBO
Jane Anderson Normal
Network: HBO
Jeff Bleckner The Music Man
Network: ABC
Rod Holcomb The Pentagon Papers
Network: FX
Richard Loncraine My House in Umbria
Network: HBO

Mick Jackson

Honored for : Live from Baghdad
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mick Jackson Live from Baghdad
Network: HBO
Julie Dash The Rosa Parks Story
Network: CBS
Howard Deutch Gleason
Network: CBS
John Frankenheimer Path to War
Network: HBO
Richard Loncraine The Gathering Storm
Network: HBO

Frank Pierson

Honored for : Conspiracy
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Pierson Conspiracy
Network: HBO
Robert Allan Ackerman Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Network: ABC
Jon Avnet Uprising
Network: NBC
Billy Crystal 61*
Network: HBO
Mark Rydell James Dean
Network: TNT

Jeff Bleckner

Honored for : The Beach Boys: An American Family
(Network: ABC)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jeff Bleckner The Beach Boys: An American Family
Network: ABC
Kirk Browning Death of a Salesman
Network: Showtime
Martha Coolidge If These Walls Could Talk 2
Network: HBO
Stephen Frears Fail Safe
Network: CBS
Joseph Sargent For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Network: HBO

Mick Jackson

Honored for : Tuesdays with Morrie
(Network: ABC)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martyn Burke Pirates of Silicon Valley
Network: TNT
Martha Coolidge Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Network: HBO
Mick Jackson Tuesdays with Morrie
Network: ABC
Daniel Petrie Inherit the Wind
Network: Showtime
Joseph Sargent A Lesson Before Dying
Network: HBO

Michael Cristofer

Honored for : Gia
(Network: HBO)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Allan Arkush The Temptations
Network: NBC
Steve Barron Merlin
Network: NBC
Rob Cohen The Rat Pack
Network: HBO
Michael Cristofer Gia
Network: HBO
Jon Turteltaub From the Earth to the Moon
For part 7: Is That All There Is?

John Herzfeld

Honored for : Don King: Only in America

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Herzfeld Don King: Only in America
Charles Haid Buffalo Soldiers
John Frankenheimer George Wallace
Joseph Sargent Miss Evers' Boys
William Friedkin 12 Angry Men
William Friedkin 12 Angry Men

Betty Thomas

Honored for : The Late Shift

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anjelica Huston Bastard Out of Carolina
John Frankenheimer Andersonville
Robert Harmon Gotti
Uli Edel Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Betty Thomas The Late Shift
Jake Jacobson The Late Shift
Robert Lorenz The Late Shift
Richard Graves The Late Shift

Mick Jackson

Honored for : Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Petrie Kissinger And Nixon
Frank Pierson Truman
Peter Werner Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Robert Markowitz The Tuskegee Airmen
Mick Jackson Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Rod Holcomb

Honored for : ER
(For the 2 hour pilot episode)

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rod Holcomb ER
For the 2 hour pilot episode
Betty Thomas My Breast
John Dall The Last Seduction
John Frankenheimer Against the Wall
Joseph Sargent World War II: When Lions Roared

Michael Ritchie

Honored for : The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Ritchie The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Emile Ardolino Gypsy
Ian Sander I'll Fly Away: Then And Now
Robert Olen Butler Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Roger Spottiswoode And the Band Played On

Ron Lagomarsino

Honored for : Picket Fences
(For the two hours pilot episode.)

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ron Lagomarsino Picket Fences
For the two hours pilot episode
Frank Pierson Citizen Cohn
Joseph Sargent Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miss Rose White

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Honored for : Paris Trout

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Gyllenhaal Paris Trout
Brian Gibson The Josephine Baker Story
Joshua Brand I'll Fly Away
For the pilot episode.

Roger Young

Honored for : Murder in Mississippi

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Roger Young Murder in Mississippi
Gilbert Cates Call Me Anna
Peter Werner Hiroshima: Out Of The Ashes

Dan Curtis

Honored for : War and Remembrance

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dan Curtis War and Remembrance
Daniel Petrie My Name Is Bill W.
Simon Wincer Lonesome Dove

Lamont Johnson

Honored for : Gore Vidal's Lincoln

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lamont Johnson Gore Vidal's Lincoln
Dan Curtis War and Remembrance
Rod Holcomb China Beach

Jud Taylor

Honored for : Foxfire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jud Taylor Foxfire
Marvin J. Chomsky Billionaire Boys Club
Paul Bogart Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Lee Grant

Honored for : Nobody's Child

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lee Grant Nobody's Child
George Schaefer Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Gregory Hoblit Pilot
L.A. Law

John Erman

Honored for : An Early Frost

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Erman An Early Frost
Jeff Bleckner Do You Remember Love
Lamont Johnson Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Daniel Petrie

Honored for : The Dollmaker

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Petrie The Dollmaker
Randa Haines Something About Amelia
Robert Greenwald The Burning Bed

Edward Zwick

Honored for : Special Bulletin

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Zwick Special Bulletin
Daryl Duke The Thorn Birds
John Erman Who Will Love My Children?

Marvin J. Chomsky

Honored for : Inside The Third Reich

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marvin J. Chomsky Inside The Third Reich
Delbert Mann The Member of the Wedding
Jack Hofsiss The Elephant Man

Herbert Wise

Honored for : Skokie

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Herbert Wise Skokie
Emile Ardolino Great Performances: Dance in America
For episode Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet/In Tribute to Nijinsky
Anthony Harvey The Patricia Neal Story
Anthony Page The Patricia Neal Story

Jerry London

Honored for : Sh?gun

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marvin J. Chomsky Attica
Jerry London Sh?gun
Robert L. Collins Gideon's Trumpet

Michael Mann

Honored for : The Jericho Mile

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Mann The Jericho Mile
David Greene Friendly Fire
Delbert Mann All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Aaron The Miracle Worker

Marvin J. Chomsky

Honored for : Holocaust

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marvin J. Chomsky Holocaust
Glenn A. Jordan Les Misérables
George Schaefer First, You Cry

Daniel Petrie

Honored for : Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Petrie Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
David Greene Roots
For part I
Gary Nelson Washington: Behind Closed Doors

Daniel Petrie

Honored for : Eleanor and Franklin

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Petrie Eleanor and Franklin
Dwight Hemion America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music
Tom Gries Helter Skelter

Sam O'Steen

Honored for : Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sam O'Steen Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Buzz Kulik Babe
Lamont Johnson Fear On Trial

John Korty

Honored for : The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Korty The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Lamont Johnson The Execution of Private Slovik
Tom Gries QB VII

Joseph Sargent

Honored for : The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Sargent The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Anthony Harvey The Glass Menagerie
Robert Olen Butler The Blue Knight
Joseph Sargent Kojak
For episode The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Robert Butler The Blue Knight

Lamont Johnson

Honored for : That Certain Summer

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lamont Johnson That Certain Summer
Paul Bogart The House Without a Christmas Tree
Tom Gries The Glass House

Buzz Kulik

Honored for : Brian's Song

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Buzz Kulik Brian's Song
Delbert Mann Jane Eyre
Fielder Cook The Price