34th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 34th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1981, were presented on March 13, 1982 at the Beverly Hilton and the Plaza Hotel.[1][2] The television nominees were announced on February 9, 1982.[3][4]

34th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 13, 1982
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California Plaza Hotel, New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Reds – Warren Beatty

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Warren Beatty – Reds Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire Louis Malle – Atlantic City Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark

Television

Drama Series
Robert Butler – Hill Street Blues for "Hill Street Station" David Anspaugh – Hill Street Blues for "The Last White Man on East Ferry" Georg Stanford Brown – Hill Street Blues for "Up in Arms"
Comedy Series
Alan Alda – M*A*S*H for "The Life You Save" James Burrows – Taxi for "Jim the Psychic" Harry Morgan – M*A*S*H for "Blood Brothers"
Musical Variety
Emile Ardolino – Great Performances: Dance in America for "The Spellbound Child" Bill Davis and Tony Charmoli – Lily: Sold Out Clark Jones – Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Documentary
Robert Guenette – Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark David Heeley – Starring Katharine Hepburn Harry Moses – Jean Seberg
Actuality
Stan Harris – Command Performance at Ford's Theatre: The Stars Meet The President Clark Jones – 35th Tony Awards Doug Wilson – 1981 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Herbert Wise – Skokie Emile Ardolino – Great Performances for "Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet/In Tribute to Nijinsky" Anthony Harvey and Anthony Page – The Patricia Neal Story

Commercials

Commercials

Richard Levine – Pepsi's "First Love" and "Papa", and Kodak's "Summer Colt" R. Hagmann – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Julie Through the Looking Glass", and Coca-Cola's "Railway Crossing" Tibor Hirsch – SOS's "Anniversary", Partager's "Camargue", United Airlines' "Clem's Story", and GTE's "Santa's Workshop" Joe Pytka – Henry Weinhard's' "Alaska", Bud Light's "Football", and Coca-Cola's "Thirsty Workers" Melvin Sokolsky – Fisher's "Beam" and Dr Pepper's "Roundy Room" and "Whistling"

D.W. Griffith Award

• Rouben Mamoulian

Frank Capra Achievement Award

• David Golden
• Wallace Worsley Jr.

References

1. Fraser, Gerald (March 15, 1982). "Beatty Wins Directors Guild Award For His Work On 'Reds'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
2. Hanauer, Joan (March 19, 1982). "Embattled Beatty". UPI. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
3. "'Hill Street Blues' leads Directors Guild nominations". UPI. February 9, 1982. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
4. Harmetz, Aljean (February 2, 1982). "Directors Win Antitrust Suit Brought By HBO". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

External links

• 34th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards