31st Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1978

Date

March 10, 1979 (1979-03-10)

Location

The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

The Deer Hunter – Michael Cimino

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1978.aspx?value=1978

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The 31st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1978, were presented on March 10, 1979 at the Beverly Hilton.^[1] The feature film nominees were announced in February 1979.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter Hal Ashby – Coming Home Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman Alan Parker – Midnight Express

Feature Film

Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter

Hal Ashby – Coming Home
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait
Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman
Alan Parker – Midnight Express

Television

Drama Series
*Gene Reynolds – Lou Grant* for "Prisoner"** Michael Apted – Laurence Olivier Presents for "The Collection" Joseph Hardy – The Paper Chase for "Pilot"
Comedy Series
*Paul Bogart – All in the Family* for "California, Here We Are"** Charles S. Dubin – MASH* for "Point of View" Jay Sandrich – Soap for "Episode 32"
Musical Variety
*Merrill Brockway – Great Performances* for "Choreography by Balanchine: Part 3"** George Schaefer – The Second Barry Manilow Special Gary Weis – Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Documentary
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
Actuality
Don Mischer – Kennedy Center Honors Edward Nathanson – NFL Football Marty Pasetta – AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda
Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Marvin J. Chomsky – Holocaust Glenn Jordan – Les Misérables George Schaefer – First, You Cry

References

^ "31st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards". Getty Images. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
^ Buckley, Tom (February 16, 1979). "At the Movies". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2018.