Film Awards

1982 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerRedsWarren BeattyA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Amazon1982 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesAtlantic CityLouis MalleAmazonChariots of FireHugh HudsonAmazonOn Golden PondMark RydellAmazonRaiders of the Lost ArkSteven SpielbergAmazon

1981 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerOrdinary PeopleRobert RedfordThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.Amazon1981 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesCoal Miner's DaughterMichael AptedAmazonRaging BullMartin ScorseseAmazonThe Elephant ManDavid LynchAmazonThe Stunt ManRichard RushAmazon

1980 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonTed Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.Amazon1980 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesApocalypse NowFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazonBreaking AwayPeter YatesAmazonManhattanWoody AllenAmazonThe China SyndromeJames BridgesAmazon

1979 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerThe Deer HunterMichael CiminoAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.Amazon1979 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyAmazonComing HomeHal AshbyAmazonHeaven Can WaitWarren BeattyAmazonMidnight ExpressAlan ParkerAmazon

1978 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerAnnie HallWoody AllenNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.Amazon1978 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesClose Encounters of the Third KindSteven SpielbergAmazonJuliaFred ZinnemannAmazonStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeGeorge LucasAmazonThe Turning PointHerbert RossAmazon

1977 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerRockyJohn G. AvildsenA small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.Amazon1977 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesAll the President's MenAlan J. PakulaAmazonNetworkSidney LumetAmazonSeven BeautiesLina WertmüllerAmazonTaxi DriverMartin ScorseseAmazon

1976 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMilos FormanA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonDog Day AfternoonSidney LumetAmazonJawsSteven SpielbergAmazonNashvilleRobert AltmanAmazon

1975 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Amazon1975 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesChinatownRoman PolanskiAmazonLennyBob FosseAmazonMurder on the Orient ExpressSidney LumetAmazonThe ConversationFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon

1974 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerThe StingGeorge Roy HillTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Amazon1974 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesAmerican GraffitiGeorge LucasAmazonLast Tango in ParisBernardo BertolucciAmazonSerpicoSidney LumetAmazonThe ExorcistWilliam FriedkinAmazon

1973 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerThe GodfatherFrancis Ford CoppolaThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Amazon1973 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesCabaretBob FosseAmazonDeliveranceJohn BoormanAmazonSlaughterhouse-FiveGeorge Roy HillAmazonSounderMartin RittAmazon