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30th Directors Guild of America Awards

Date

1978

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

Annie Hall – Woody Allen

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1977.aspx?value=1977

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The 30th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1977, were presented in 1978.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Woody Allen – Annie Hall George Lucas – Star Wars Herbert Ross – The Turning Point Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann – Julia

Television

Drama Series
*John Erman – Roots* for "Part II"** Joseph Hardy – James at 15 for "Friends" E. W. Swackhamer – Family for "Acts of Love: Part 1" and "Acts of Love: Part 2"
Comedy Series
*Paul Bogart – All in the Family* for " Edith's 50th Birthday"** Alan Alda & Burt Metcalfe – MASH* for "Comrades in Arms" Jay Sandrich – Soap for "Episode 7"
Musical Variety
Arthur Fisher – Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight Tony Charmoli – Mitzi Sings into Spring Bill Davis – Sinatra and Friends
Documentary
Perry Miller Adato – Georgia O'Keeffe John Cosgrove – Jill Kinmont: From Tragedy to Triumph Jack Haley Jr. – Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
Actuality
Raymond Lockhart – A Day with President Carter Marvin Einhorn – The Today Show Marty Pasetta – 49th Academy Awards
Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Daniel Petrie – Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years David Greene – Roots for "Part I" Gary Nelson – Washington: Behind Closed Doors

Honorary Life Member

David Butler

External links

30th 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
Woody Allen – Annie Hall George Lucas – Star Wars Herbert Ross – The Turning Point Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann – Julia

Feature Film

Woody Allen – Annie Hall

George Lucas – Star Wars
Herbert Ross – The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann – Julia

Drama Series
*John Erman – Roots* for "Part II"** Joseph Hardy – James at 15 for "Friends" E. W. Swackhamer – Family for "Acts of Love: Part 1" and "Acts of Love: Part 2"
Comedy Series
*Paul Bogart – All in the Family* for " Edith's 50th Birthday"** Alan Alda & Burt Metcalfe – MASH* for "Comrades in Arms" Jay Sandrich – Soap for "Episode 7"
Musical Variety
Arthur Fisher – Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight Tony Charmoli – Mitzi Sings into Spring Bill Davis – Sinatra and Friends
Documentary
Perry Miller Adato – Georgia O'Keeffe John Cosgrove – Jill Kinmont: From Tragedy to Triumph Jack Haley Jr. – Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front
Actuality
Raymond Lockhart – A Day with President Carter Marvin Einhorn – The Today Show Marty Pasetta – 49th Academy Awards
Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Daniel Petrie – Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years David Greene – Roots for "Part I" Gary Nelson – Washington: Behind Closed Doors

Drama Series

John Erman – Roots for "Part II"