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    DGA Award

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    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Actuality

    • Don Mischer
      Winners
      • Don Mischer
      • Michael Onofrio(associate director) (plaque)
      • Peter Barth(stage manager) (plaque)
      • Brooks Fountain(stage manager) (plaque)
      • Henry Z. Neimark(stage manager) (plaque)
      • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      • Marty Pasetta
      • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda
      • Ted Nathanson
      • NFL Monday Night Football

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

    • Paul Bogart
      Winners
      • Paul Bogart
      • Jon Sharp(associate director) (plaque)
      • Ted Ray(stage manager) (plaque)
      • All in the Family
      For episode "California, Here We Are".
      • Jay Sandrich
      • Soap
      For episode #32.
      • Charles S. Dubin
      • M*A*S*H
      For episode "Point of View".

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

    • John Korty
      Winners
      • John Korty
      • Dan McCann(assistant director) (plaque)
      • Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
      • Art Fisher
      • NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night

    • Gene Reynolds
      Winners
      • Gene Reynolds
      • Donald Baer(unit production manager) (plaque)
      • Paul Nichols(first assistant director) (plaque)
      • Carl Dubliclay(second assistant director) (plaque)
      • Lou Grant
      For episode "Prisoner".
      • Joseph Hardy
      • The Paper Chase
      For the pilot episode.
    • Michael Apted
      • Michael Apted
      • Great Performances
      For episode "The Collection".

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

    • Michael Cimino in Desperate Hours (1990)
      Winners
      • Michael Cimino
      • Claude Binyon Jr.(unit production manager) (plaque)
      • Charles Okun(assistant director) (plaque)
      • Michael Grillo(assistant director) (plaque)
      • The Deer Hunter
    • Hal Ashby in Bound for Glory (1976)
      • Hal Ashby
      • Coming Home
    • Warren Beatty
      Buck Henry
      • Warren Beatty
      • Buck Henry
      • Heaven Can Wait
    • Paul Mazursky
      • Paul Mazursky
      • An Unmarried Woman
    • Alan Parker in The Life of David Gale (2003)
      • Alan Parker
      • Midnight Express

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety

    • Winners
      • Merrill Brockway
      • Merrily Mossman(associate director) (plaque)
      • Henry Z. Neimark(stage manager) (plaque)
      • Great Performances: Dance in America
      For episode "Choreography By Balanchine, Pt. 3".
    • George Schaefer
      • George Schaefer
      • The Second Barry Manilow Special
      • Gary Weis
      • Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality

    • Winners
      • Marvin J. Chomsky
      • Bruce S. Pustin(assistant director) (plaque)
      • Holocaust
    • Glenn Jordan
      • Glenn Jordan
      • Les Miserables
    • George Schaefer
      • George Schaefer
      • First, You Cry

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    March 10, 1979

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