25th Directors Guild of America Awards explained

25th Directors Guild of America Awards
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Directors Guild of America
Award1 Type:	Best Director Feature Film:
Award1 Winner:	The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola
Previous:	24th
Main:	DGA Awards
Next:	26th

The 25th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1972, were presented in 1973.

Winners and nominees

Television

Drama Series
Robert Butler – The Waltons for "Dust Bowl Cousins" Marc Daniels – Marcus Welby, M.D. for "Love is When They Say They Need You" Charles S. Dubin – Hawaii Five-O for "V for Fashion"
Comedy Series
Gene Reynolds – M*A*S*H for "Pilot" Bill Hobin – Maude for "Maude's Dilemma" John Rich and Bob LaHendro – All in the Family for "The Bunkers and the Swingers"
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Lamont Johnson – That Certain Summer Paul Bogart – The House Without a Christmas Tree Tom Gries – The Glass House
Musical Variety
Bob Fosse – Liza with a Z Bill Davis – The Julie Andrews Hour Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Documentary/News
Aram Boyajian – The American Indian: This Land Was His Land Arthur Bloom – 60 Minutes Julian Krainin – Oceans: The Silent Crisis

Outstanding Television Director

• Lamont Johnson

D.W. Griffith Award

• David Lean
• William A. Wellman

Honorary Life Member

• David Lean

References

Web site: Awards / History / 1972 . December 6, 2023 . Directors Guild of America.