1980 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Winner and Nominees

Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Benton

Ted 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.

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

Breaking Away

Peter Yates

Manhattan

Woody Allen

The China Syndrome

James Bridges