45th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 45th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1992, were presented on March 6, 1993 at the Beverly Hilton and in New York.[1][2] The ceremony in Beverly Hills was hosted by Carl Reiner[3] and the ceremony in New York was hosted by Jerry Orbach.[4] The feature film nominees were announced on January 25, 1993[5] and the other nominations were announced starting on February 22, 1993.[6] Prior to the nominations announcement, finalists were announced for the television categories.[7]

45th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 6, 1993
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner (Los Angeles) Jerry Orbach (New York)
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood
Best Director Documentary:	Brother's Keeper – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven Robert Altman – The Player James Ivory – Howards End Neil Jordan – The Crying Game Rob Reiner – A Few Good Men
Documentaries
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky – Brother's Keeper Ric Burns – The Donner Party Mark Stouffer – Braving Alaska

Television

Drama Series
Rob Thompson – Northern Exposure for "Cicely" Roy Campanella II – I'll Fly Away for "The Way Things Are" Michael Fresco – Northern Exposure for "Thanksgiving"
Comedy Series
Tom Cherones – Seinfeld for "The Contest" Jason Alexander – Seinfeld for "The Good Samaritan" James Burrows – Cheers for "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
Miniseries or TV Film
Ron Lagomarsino – Picket Fences for "Pilot" Frank Pierson – Citizen Cohn Joseph Sargent – Miss Rose White
Musical Variety
Bobby Quinn – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for "Robin Williams/Bette Midler" Hal Gurnee – Late Night with David Letterman for "10th Anniversary Special" Jeff Margolis – The 64th Annual Academy Awards
Daytime Serials
Susan Strickler – Another World for "Episode #7022" Kenneth Herman Jr. – Days of Our Lives for "Episode #6888" Frank Pacelli – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #4825"
Daytime Drama
Helaine Head – WonderWorks for "You Must Remember This" Neema Barnette – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love" Strath Hamilton – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen"

Commercials

Commercials
Leslie Dektor – American Express' "Elevator", US West's "Missed the Bus", Bank of America's "Second Generation", and Southern California Edison's "Truth" William Patterson – Philips' "DCC Clear Sound" Joe Pytka – Nike's "Hare Jordan" and Hallmark Cards' "Old Friend"

D.W. Griffith Award

• Sidney Lumet

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

• Harry Coyle

Frank Capra Achievement Award

• Willard H. Sheldon

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

• Gene Reynolds
• John Rich

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

• James Woodworth

Honorary Life Member

• Arthur Hiller

References

1. Fox, David (March 8, 1993). "Eastwood's Next Sidekick Might Be Named Oscar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
2. "Eastwood Wins Directors' Prize for 'Unforgiven'". Los Angeles Times. March 7, 1993. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
3. "45th Annual DGA Awards: Los Angeles Awards Ceremony Pictures". Director Guild of America. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
4. "45th Annual DGA Awards: New York Awards Ceremony Pictures". Director Guild of America. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
5. Fox, David (January 26, 1993). "Directors Guild Fails to Catch the 'Scent'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
6. O'Steen, Kathleen (February 22, 1993). "NBC leads list of DGA TV nods". Variety. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
7. "CBS tops DGA TV nominee finalists". Variety. February 16, 1993. Retrieved March 31, 2018.

External links

• 45th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards