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50th Directors Guild of America Awards


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name50th Directors Guild of America Awards
date
locationHyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California
Windows on the World, New York City
countryUnited States
presenterDirectors Guild of America
award1_typeBest Director Feature Film:
award1_winnerTitanic – James Cameron
award2_typeBest Director Documentary:
award2_winnerRiding the Rails – Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell
previous49th
mainDGA Awards
next51st

Windows on the World, New York City

The 50th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1997, were presented on March 7, 1998 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza and the Windows on the World. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 26, 1998 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 3, 1998.

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]]

  • Francis Ford Coppola

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

  • Craig Janoff

Lifetime Achievement in News Direction

  • Robert E. Vitarelli

[[Frank Capra Achievement Award]]

  • Bob Jeffords

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

  • Martha Coolidge

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

  • C.J. Rapp Pittman

Presidents Award

  • George Sidney

References

References

  1. (March 8, 1998). "Ship's captain crowned". [[Variety (magazine).
  2. (March 9, 1998). "DGA Awards Presented; Cameron Named Feature Winner, Uys & Lovell Take Doc Prize".
  3. (March 8, 1998). "Cameron Gets DGA Film Award". Los Angeles Times.
  4. (March 7, 1998). "DGA Announces Winners of 1997 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and Recipients of 1998 Lifetime Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America.
  5. (January 26, 1998). "Nods for DGA Award Announced".
  6. (January 26, 1998). ""Titanic" vs. "L.A." for DGA Prize".
  7. (January 27, 1998). "Direction Is Set on DGA Nods". Los Angeles Times.
  8. (February 3, 1998). "Half-dozen tyros dot DGA's tube nom list". Variety.
  9. (February 5, 1998). "DGA Announces 1997 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America.
  10. (February 9, 1998). "Eye soaps lead way with four DGA noms". [[Variety (magazine).
  11. (February 9, 1998). "DGA Announces 1997 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in TV Categories of Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America.
  12. (February 18, 1998). "DGA Announces Doc Nominees".
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