42nd Directors Guild of America Awards

42nd Directors Guild of America Awards
42nd Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 10, 1990
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California ; New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1989.aspx?value=1989

The 42nd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1989, were presented on March 10, 1990, at the Beverly Hilton and in New York City.^[1]^[2] The feature film nominees were announced on January 30, 1990^[3]^[4] and nominees in six television categories were announced on February 8, 1990.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors Rob Reiner – When Harry Met Sally... Phil Alden Robinson – Field of Dreams Peter Weir – Dead Poets Society

Television

Drama Series
*Eric Laneuville – L.A. Law* for "I'm in the Nude for Love"** Gabrielle Beaumont – L.A. Law for "Lie Down and Deliver" Marshall Herskovitz – thirtysomething for "Love & Sex" John Pasquin – L.A. Law for "To Live and Diet in L.A."
Comedy Series
*Barnet Kellman – Murphy Brown* for "Brown Like Me"** James Burrows – Cheers for "Sisterly Love" Harry Thomason – Designing Women for "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?"
Miniseries or TV Film
Dan Curtis – War and Remembrance Daniel Petrie – My Name Is Bill W. Simon Wincer – Lonesome Dove
Musical Variety
*Don Mischer – Great Performances* for "Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America"** Hal Gurnee – Late Night with David Letterman in Chicago Paul Flaherty – Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
Daytime Drama
*Victoria Hochberg – WonderWorks* for "Jacob Have I Loved"** Joanna Lee – ABC Afterschool Special for "My Dad Can't Be Crazy...Can He?" Richard Masur – ABC Afterschool Special for "Torn Between Two Fathers"
Documentary/Actuality
Peter Rosen – The Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music Merrill Brockway – American Masters for "Stella Adler: Awake and Dream!" Gene Laski – American Masters for "W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult"
Sports
Robert Fishman – 1989 US Open Craig Janoff – 1989 World Series Edward Nathanson – Super Bowl XXIII

Commercials

Commercials
David Cornell – AT&T's "Small Town" Leslie Dektor – Pepsi's "Glasnost", International Cotton Association's "One Day", and United Airlines' "Speech" James Gartner – First City Texas' "Going Back to Work", Pizza Hut's "Right Field", and Barnett Bank's "World Series" Michael Grasso – Dr Pepper's "Baseball" and 7-Eleven's "Proposal" and "Small Businessmen" Richard Levine – Pepsi's "Missing Link" and "Two Michaels", and Sprint's "Trauma Unit"

D.W. Griffith Award

Ingmar Bergman

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Stanley Ackerman

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

George Schaefer

Honorary Life Member

References

^ Bernstein, Sharon (March 12, 1990). "Oliver Stone Wins Directors Award, Next the Oscar?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ Scott, Vernon (March 15, 1990). "The entertainment industry's guilds and critics have been scurrying..." UPI. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ "Guild Announces Surprise Nominees for 1989 Directing Achievement Award". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 1990. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ Scott, Vernon (January 30, 1990). "Directors announce nominees". UPI. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ "DGA Nominates 21 Directors in 6 Categories for Annual Awards". Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1990. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

External links

42nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] Bernstein, Sharon (March 12, 1990). "Oliver Stone Wins Directors Award, Next the Oscar?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[2] Scott, Vernon (March 15, 1990). "The entertainment industry's guilds and critics have been scurrying..." UPI. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[3] "Guild Announces Surprise Nominees for 1989 Directing Achievement Award". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 1990. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[4] Scott, Vernon (January 30, 1990). "Directors announce nominees". UPI. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[5] "DGA Nominates 21 Directors in 6 Categories for Annual Awards". Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1990. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

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