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Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

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 Terry Zwigoff, Crumb
D. W. Griffith Award Woody Allen

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