The DGA Awards honor directorial excellence in film and television.
There have been only five times since 1949 that the DGA film winner has
not gone on to win the Best Director Oscar. Here are the film awards.
59th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Awarded Feb. 4, 2007
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Arunas Matelis, Before Flying Back to the Earth
Lifetime Achievement Award
George Paul
Honorary Life Member Award
Carl Reiner
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Terry Benson
Robert B. Aldrich Award
Paris Barclay and Taylor Hackford
58th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Awarded Jan. 28, 2006
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Lifetime Achievement Award
Clint Eastwood
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Jerry H. Ziesmer
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Donald E. Jacob
Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Direction
Joseph R. Aceti
57th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Awarded Jan. 29, 2005
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni, The Story of the Weeping
Camel
President's Award
Gilbert Cates
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Herb Adelman
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Stanley Faer
DGA Diversity Award
Stephen McPherson
56th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Awarded Feb. 7, 2004
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Nathaniel Kahn, My Architect
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike Nichols
Honorary Life Member Award
Larry Auerbach
Robert B. Aldrich Award
Jeremy Kagan
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Peery Forbis
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Stephen Glanzrock
55th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 2003
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Tasha Oldham, The Smith Family
Lifetime Achievement Award
Martin Scorsese
Honorary Life Member Award
John Rich
Robert B. Aldrich Award
Jud Taylor
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Esperanza “Candy” Martinez
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Yudi Bennett
54th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 2002
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim, Startup.com
Honorary Life Member Award
Delbert Mann
Robert B. Aldrich Award
Edwin Sherin
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Anita Cooper-Avrick
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Burt Bluestein
53rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 2001
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Chuck Braverman, High School Boot Camp
Lifetime Achievement
Steven Spielberg
52nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 12, 2000
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen, On the Ropes
51st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 6, 1999
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Jerry Blumenthal Peter Gildbert and Gordon Quinn, Vietnam: Long
Time Coming
50th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 7, 1998
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
James Cameron, Titanic
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell, Riding the Rails
D.W. Griffith Award
Francis Ford Coppola
49th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 8, 1997
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
Al Pacino, Looking for Richard
D.W. Griffith Award
Stanley Kubrick
48th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Announced March 2, 1996
Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Ron Howard, Apollo 13
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary
