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49th Directors Guild of America Awards


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name49th Directors Guild of America Awards
date
locationHyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California
Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City
countryUnited States
presenterDirectors Guild of America
hostCarl Reiner (Los Angeles)
Mary Tyler Moore (New York)
award1_typeBest Director Feature Film:
award1_winnerThe English Patient – Anthony Minghella
award2_typeBest Director Documentary:
award2_winnerLooking for Richard – Al Pacino
previous48th
mainDGA Awards
next50th

Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City Mary Tyler Moore (New York)

The 49th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1996, were presented on March 8, 1997 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza and the Sheraton New York Hotel. The simultaneous ceremonies were hosted by Carl Reiner in Los Angeles and Mary Tyler Moore in New York. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 21, 1997 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 4, 1997.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature FilmDocumentaries

Television

Drama SeriesComedy SeriesMiniseries or TV FilmMusical VarietyDaytime SerialsChildren's Programs

Commercials

Commercials

[[Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award – Feature Film|D.W. Griffith Award]]

  • Stanley Kubrick

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

  • Larry Kamm

Lifetime Achievement in News Direction

  • Max A. Schindler

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

  • Delbert Mann

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

  • Joseph Dicso

Diversity Award

  • Christopher Chulack
  • Bruce Paltrow
  • John Wells

References

References

  1. (March 9, 1997). "'The English Patient' Wins Top Directors Guild Award". Los Angeles Times.
  2. (March 8, 1997). "1996 Annual DGA Award Winners". Directors Guild of America.
  3. (March 4, 1997). "Carl Reiner set to host DGA awards". Variety.
  4. (March 5, 1997). "Moore to host DGA's Gotham awards fete". Variety.
  5. (January 21, 1997). "The DGA nominations list". Variety.
  6. (January 22, 1997). "Five Get First Nods From DGA". Los Angeles Times.
  7. (February 4, 1997). "'ER,' 'Sanders' top DGA noms; 'Bastard' honored". Variety.
  8. (February 6, 1997). "1996 DGA Daytime, Commercial and Children's Nominees". Directors Guild of America.
  9. (February 10, 1997). "DGA names TV noms". Variety.
  10. (February 17, 1997). "'Kings' on directors' list of docu nominations". Variety.
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