31st Directors Guild of America Awards: Difference between revisions

{{DGA awards short description|works-year=1978}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = 31st Directors Guild of America Awards

| date = {{start date|1979|03|10}}

| location = [[The Beverly Hilton]], [[Los Angeles, California]]

| country = United States

| presenter = [[Directors Guild of America]]

| award1_type = Best Director Feature Film:

| award1_winner = ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' – [[Michael Cimino]]

| previous = [[30th Directors Guild of America Awards|30th]]

| main = [[Directors Guild of America Awards|DGA Awards]]

| next = [[32nd Directors Guild of America Awards|32nd]]

}}

The '''31st Directors Guild of America Awards''', honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in [[film director|film]] and [[television director|television]] in 1978, were presented on March 10, 1979 at the [[The Beverly Hilton|Beverly Hilton]].<ref><!-- The location is in the caption and the pictures are dated. -->{{cite web |title=31st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards |url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/event/31st-annual-directors-guild-of-america-awards-75100748 |website=Getty Images |access-date=June 17, 2018}}</ref> The feature film nominees were announced in February 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buckley |first1=Tom |title=At the Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/16/archives/at-the-movies.html |access-date=June 17, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=February 16, 1979}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==

===Film===

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! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Feature Film]]

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Michael Cimino]] – ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'''''

* [[Hal Ashby]] – ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''

* [[Warren Beatty]] and [[Buck Henry]] – ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''

* [[Paul Mazursky]] – ''[[An Unmarried Woman]]''

* [[Alan Parker]] – ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''

===Television===

{| class=wikitable style="width="100%"

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Drama Series]]

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Gene Reynolds]] – ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'' for "Prisoner"'''

* [[Michael Apted]] – ''[[Laurence Olivier Presents]]'' for "[[The Collection (play)|The Collection]]"

* [[Joseph Hardy (director)|Joseph Hardy]] – ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]'' for "Pilot"

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series|Comedy Series]]

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Paul Bogart]] – ''[[All in the Family]]'' for "California, Here We Are"'''

* [[Charles S. Dubin]] – ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' for "Point of View"

* [[Jay Sandrich]] – ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' for "Episode 32"

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Musical Variety|Musical Variety]]

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Merrill Brockway]] – ''[[Great Performances]]'' for "Choreography by Balanchine: Part 3"'''

* [[George Schaefer (director)|George Schaefer]] – ''The Second Barry Manilow Special''

* [[Gary Weis]] – ''Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy''

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| Documentary

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[John Korty]] – ''[[Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?]]'''''

* Arthur Fisher – ''Disneyland: 25th Anniversary Special''

* Richard Gerdau – ''Arson: Fire for Hire''

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| Actuality

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Don Mischer]] – ''[[Kennedy Center Honors]]'''''

* Edward Nathanson – ''NFL Football''

* [[Marty Pasetta]] – ''AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda''

|-

! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality

|-

| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

'''[[Marvin J. Chomsky]] – ''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]'''''

* [[Glenn Jordan]] – ''[[Les Misérables (1978 film)|Les Misérables]]''

* George Schaefer – ''[[First, You Cry]]''

|}

==References==

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==External links==

* {{Official website|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1978.aspx?value=1978|name=31st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards}}

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