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    DGA Award

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    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Actuality

    • Winner
        • Marvin Einhorn
        • Today
        • Marty Pasetta
        • The 49th Annual Academy Awards

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

      • Paul Bogart
        Winners
        • Paul Bogart
        • Marlene Laird(associate director) (plaque)
        • Ted Ray(stage manager) (plaque)
        • All in the Family
        For episode "Edith's 50th Birtday".
      • Alan Alda at an event for Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
        Burt Metcalfe
        • Alan Alda
        • Burt Metcalfe
        • M*A*S*H
        For episode "Comrades in Arms", parts 1 and 2.
        • Jay Sandrich
        • Soap
        For episode "007 Air 8".

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

      • Winner
        • Perry Miller Adato
      • Jack Haley Jr.
        • Jack Haley Jr.
        • Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night

      • John Erman in Stella (1990)
        Winners
        • John Erman
        • Herb Willis(unit production manager) (plaque)
        • Mack Bing(first assistant director) (plaque)
        • Michael Kusley(second assistant director) (plaque)
        • Roots
        For show #2, second hour.
        • E.W. Swackhamer
        • Family
        For episode "Acts of Love", parts 1 + 2.
        • Joseph Hardy
        • James at 16
        For episode "Friends".

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

      • Woody Allen at an event for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
        Winners
        • Woody Allen
        • Robert Greenhut(unit production manager) (plaque)
        • Fred T. Gallo(first assistant director) (plaque)
        • Frederic B. Blankfein(second assistant director) (plaque)
        • Annie Hall
      • George Lucas
        • George Lucas
        • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
      • Herbert Ross in Steel Magnolias (1989)
        • Herbert Ross
        • The Turning Point
      • Fred Zinnemann
        • Fred Zinnemann
        • Julia
      • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
        • Steven Spielberg
        • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety

      • Winners
        • Art Fisher
        • David Grossman(associate director) (plaque)
        • Bob Graner(stage manager) (plaque)
        • Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
      • Tony Charmoli
        • Tony Charmoli
        • Mitzi... Zings Into Spring
        • Bill Davis
        • Sinatra and Friends

      Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality

      • Daniel Petrie
        Winners
        • Daniel Petrie
        • Wolfgang Glattes(first assistant director) (plaque)
        • Jack Frost Sanders(second assistant director) (plaque)
        • Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
      • David Greene
        • David Greene
        • Roots
        For part I.
        • Gary Nelson
        • Washington: Behind Closed Doors

      DGA Honorary Life Member Award

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      • David Butler
        Winner
        • David Butler

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