DGA Awards

1985 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerAmadeusMilos FormanThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Amazon1985 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesA Passage to IndiaDavid LeanAmazonA Soldier's StoryNorman JewisonAmazonPlaces in the HeartRobert BentonAmazonThe Killing FieldsRoland JofféAmazon

1984 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerTerms of EndearmentJames L. BrooksFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.Amazon1984 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesFanny and AlexanderIngmar BergmanAmazonTender MerciesBruce BeresfordAmazonThe Big ChillLawrence KasdanAmazonThe Right StuffPhilip KaufmanAmazon

1983 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film WinnerGandhiRichard AttenboroughMohandas K. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.Amazon1983 DGA Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanTaylor HackfordAmazonDas BootWolfgang PetersenAmazonE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven SpielbergAmazonTootsieSydney PollackAmazon

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