41st Directors Guild of America Awards

The 41st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1988, were presented on March 11, 1989, at the Beverly Hilton and the Plaza Hotel. The feature film nominees were announced on January 31, 1989.

Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda Mike Nichols – Working Girl Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning Robert Zemeckis – Who Framed Roger Rabbit |

Mark Tinker – St. Elsewhere for "The Last One" Edward Zwick – thirtysomething for "Accounts Receivable, Michael's Brother" | | Steve Miner – The Wonder Years for "Pilot"

Ellen Gittelsohn – Roseanne for "Pilot" Barnet Kellman – Murphy Brown for "Pilot" | | Lamont Johnson – Lincoln

Dan Curtis – War and Remembrance Rod Holcomb – China Beach for "Pilot" | | Walter C. Miller – Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

David Grossman – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion Hal Gurnee – Late Night with David Letterman for "6th Anniversary Special" | | Jesus Trevino – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Gangs"

Kevin Hooks – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Home Sweet Homeless" Gilbert Moses – ABC Afterschool Specialfor "Daddy Can't Read" | | Merrill Brockway – Great Performances for "On the Move"

Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer – An Empire of Reason Lloyd Kramer – No One Dies Alone | | Harry J. Coyle – 1988 World Series

Robert Fishman – 1988 NCAA Basketball Championship for "Oklahoma vs. Kansas" Larry Kamm – Super Bowl XXII Don Ohlmeyer and Roger Goodman – 1988 Indianapolis 500 |

David Ashwell – Crossland Federal Savings Bank's "Detective", Gallo's "Dinner for Six", Kellogg's' "Hard Days Work", and Pepsi's "Thumbs Up" Leslie Dektor – Security Pacific Bank's "Football", Schlage's "School", and Levi's' "Yo Yo Do-Wop" Richard Levine – Delta Air Lines' "Company B", Hyundai's "Escape", and Seagram's "Kzev" and "Relationships" Robert Lieberman – AT&T's "Celebration", and McDonald's' "County Champ" and "Olympic Hopefuls" |

• Gilbert Cates

• Sidney Lumet

• 41st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards