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24th Directors Guild of America Awards

Date

1972

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

The French Connection – William Friedkin

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1971.aspx?value=1971

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The 24th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1971, were presented in 1972.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42 John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday

Television

Drama Series
*Daniel Petrie – The Man and the City* for "Hands of Love"** Lewis Freedman – Beginning to End Lamont Johnson – Birdbath
Comedy Series
*John Rich – All in the Family* for "Meet the Bunkers"** Bruce Bilson – The Odd Couple for "Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do" Jay Sandrich – Mary Tyler Moore for "Baby Sit-Com"
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Buzz Kulik – Brian's Song Fielder Cook – The Price Delbert Mann – Jane Eyre
Musical Variety
Timothy Kiley – The Flip Wilson Show Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Greg Garrison – The Dean Martin Show
Documentary/News
Phillip Beigel – Anatomy of a Decision: The FBI and the Great American Dream Machine Joel Banow – Louis Armstrong Anthony Messuri – Apollo: A Trip to the Moon

Outstanding Television Director

John Rich

External links

24th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

v t e Directors Guild of America Awards
Film awards	Feature Film Documentaries First-Time Feature Film
Television awards	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries or TV Film Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials Reality Programs Children’s Programs Commercials
Special awards	Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film Lifetime Achievement in Television Frank Capra Achievement Award Honorary Life Member Robert B. Aldrich Service Award Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award Preston Sturges Award Diversity Award Presidents Award
Former awards	Daytime Serials Musical Variety
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Feature Film
William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42 John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday

Feature Film

William Friedkin – The French Connection

Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show
Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange
Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42
John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday

Drama Series
*Daniel Petrie – The Man and the City* for "Hands of Love"** Lewis Freedman – Beginning to End Lamont Johnson – Birdbath
Comedy Series
*John Rich – All in the Family* for "Meet the Bunkers"** Bruce Bilson – The Odd Couple for "Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do" Jay Sandrich – Mary Tyler Moore for "Baby Sit-Com"
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Buzz Kulik – Brian's Song Fielder Cook – The Price Delbert Mann – Jane Eyre
Musical Variety
Timothy Kiley – The Flip Wilson Show Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Greg Garrison – The Dean Martin Show
Documentary/News
Phillip Beigel – Anatomy of a Decision: The FBI and the Great American Dream Machine Joel Banow – Louis Armstrong Anthony Messuri – Apollo: A Trip to the Moon

Drama Series

Daniel Petrie – The Man and the City for "Hands of Love"