Awards & Winners

1997 Directors Guild of America Award

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DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
DGA Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
DGA Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award
DGA Lifetime Achievement in News Direction
DGA Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

50th Directors Guild of America Awards »

DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

James Cameron

Honored for : Titanic

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Cameron Titanic
James L. Brooks As Good as It Gets
Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential
Steven Spielberg Amistad
Gus Van Sant Good Will Hunting
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries

Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell

Honored for : Riding the Rails

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Nominee Nominated Work
Muffie Meyer Blows Must Decide: 1774-76
Middlemarch Films
Ellen Hovde Blows Must Decide: 1774-76
Middlemarch Films
John O’Hagan Wonderland
Good Machine
Michele Ohayon Colors Straight Up
Echo Pictures
Peter Rosen First Person Singular: I.M. Pei
Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. / Lives & Legacies Films
Michael Uys Riding the Rails
Out of the Blue Productions
Lexy Lovell Riding the Rails
Out of the Blue Productions
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Film/Miniseries

John Herzfeld

Honored for : Don King: Only in America

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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
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

Andy Ackerman

Honored for : Seinfeld
(For episode The Betrayal)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andy Ackerman Seinfeld
For episode The Betrayal
James Burrows Dharma & Greg
For the pilot episode.
Pamela Fryman Frasier
For episode Halloween - Part I
Gordon Hunt Mad About You
For episode The Birth
Gil Junger Ellen
For the Puppy episode
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Commercials

Bruce Dowad

(For Isuzu: "Giant", Mercedes Benz: "Don't Fence Me In" and Coca-Cola: "World Dance".)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Dowad
For Isuzu: "Giant", Mercedes Benz: "Don't Fence Me In" and Coca-Cola: "World Dance".
Robert Allan Black
For Baked Lays Chips: "Antonio", Rite-Aid: "Firefighter" and Southwest Bell: "Rancher".
Thom Higgins
For Weyerhauser: "Love Note", Oreo: "Basketball" and Ford: "Generations".
Erich Joiner
For S & W: "Bonus", "Yacht" and "Grandma".
David Wild
For WA Lottery: "Born to be Wild", Zima: "Sticky Shoes" and Saturn: "Doc Payne".
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

Barbara Kopple

Honored for : Homicide: Life on the Street
(For episode The Documentary)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Kopple Homicide: Life on the Street
For episode The Documentary
Chris Carter The X-Files
For episode The Post-Modern Prometheus
Christopher Chulack ER
For episode Fathers and Sons
James Frawley Ally McBeal
For the pilot episode.
Mark Tinker Brooklyn South
For the pilot episode.
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Daytime Serials

Scott McKinsey

Honored for : General Hospital
(For episode #8883)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scott McKinsey General Hospital
For episode #8883
Susan Flannery The Bold and the Beautiful
For episode #2580
Christopher Goutman As the World Turns
For episode #10,446
Charles C. Dyer As the World Turns
For episode #10,446
Maria Wagner As the World Turns
For episode #10,446
Deveney Kelly The Bold and the Beautiful
For episode #2681
Frank Pacelli The Young and the Restless
For episode #6032
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs

Brian Robbins

Honored for : Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal
(For episode First Time)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Robbins Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal
For episode First Time
Shawn Levy The Secret World of Alex Mack
For episode Lies and Secrets
Melanie Mayron The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
For episode Toothless
Ron Oliver Goosebumps
For episode The Perfect School
Howard Storm Kenan & Kel
For episode Haven't Got Time for the Paint
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Musical Variety

Louis J. Horvitz

Honored for : 20th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Louis J. Horvitz 20th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Arthur Forrest The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Bruce Gowers Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
Don Scardino Tracey Takes On...
For episode Tracy Takes On Vegas
Thomas Schlamme Tracey Takes On...
For episode Tracy Takes On 1976