Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film explained

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film
Awarded For:Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
Presenter:Directors Guild of America
Country:United States
Year:1971
Holder:Sarah Adina Smith for Lessons in Chemistry (2023)

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The award was previously named the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Miniseries or Movies for Television.

Winners and nominees

1970s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
1971
(24th)
Buzz Kulik Brian's Song ABC[1]
The Price NBC
Jane Eyre
1972
(25th)
Lamont Johnson That Certain Summer ABC[2]
The House Without a Christmas Tree CBS
The Glass House
1973
(26th)
Joseph SargentThe Marcus-Nelson Murders CBS[3]
The Blue Knight NBC
The Glass Menagerie ABC
1974
(27th)
John Korty The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman CBS[4]
QB VII ABC
The Execution of Private Slovik NBC
1975
(28th)
Sam O'Steen Queen of the Stardust Ballroom CBS[5]
Fear on Trial CBS
Babe

1980s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
1982
(35th)
Marvin J. Chomsky Inside the Third Reich ABC[6]
The Elephant Man ABC
The Member of the Wedding NBC
1983
(36th)
Edward ZwickSpecial Bulletin NBC[7]
The Thorn Birds ABC
Who Will Love My Children?
1984
(37th)
Daniel Petrie The Dollmaker ABC[8]
The Burning Bed NBC
Something About Amelia ABC
1985
(38th)
John Erman An Early Frost NBC[9]
Do You Remember Love CBS
NBC
1986
(39th)
Lee Grant Nobody's Child CBS[10]
L.A. Law (Episode: "Pilot") NBC
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry CBS
1987
(40th)
Jud Taylor Foxfire CBS[11]
NBC
Billionaire Boys Club
1988
(41st)
Lamont Johnson Lincoln NBC[12]
War and Remembrance ABC
China Beach (Episode: "Pilot")
1989
(42nd)
Dan Curtis War and Remembrance ABC[13]
My Name Is Bill W. CBS
Lonesome Dove

1990s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
1990
(43rd)
Roger Young Murder in Mississippi NBC[14]
Call Me Anna ABC
NBC
1991
(44th)
Stephen Gyllenhaal Paris Trout Showtime[15]
I'll Fly Away (Episode: "Pilot") NBC
The Josephine Baker Story HBO
1992
(45th)
Ron Lagomarsino Picket Fences (Episode: "Pilot") CBS[16]
Citizen Cohn HBO
Miss Rose White NBC
1993
(46th)
Michael RitchieThe Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom HBO[17]
Gypsy CBS
(Episode: "Pilot") ABC
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now PBS
And the Band Played On HBO
1994
(47th)
Rod Holcomb ER (Episode: "24 Hours") NBC[18]
The Last Seduction HBO
Against the Wall
NBC
My Breast CBS
1995
(48th)
Mick Jackson HBO[19]
The Tuskegee Airmen HBO
Kissinger and Nixon TNT
Truman HBO
Lifetime
1996
(49th)
Betty Thomas The Late Shift HBO[20]
HBO
Andersonville TNT
Gotti HBO
Bastard out of Carolina Showtime
1997
(50th)
John Herzfeld HBO[21]
George Wallace TNT
12 Angry Men Showtime
Buffalo Soldiers TNT
Miss Evers' Boys HBO
1998
(51st)
Michael Cristofer Gia HBO[22]
The Temptations NBC
Merlin
The Rat Pack HBO
From the Earth to the Moon (Episode: "That's All There Is")
1999
(52nd)
Mick Jackson Tuesdays with Morrie ABC[23]
Pirates of Silicon Valley TNT
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge HBO
Inherit the Wind Showtime
A Lesson Before Dying HBO

2000s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
2000
(53rd)
Jeff Bleckner ABC[24]
Death of a Salesman Showtime
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Segment: "1972") HBO
Fail Safe CBS
HBO
2001
(54th)
Frank Pierson Conspiracy HBO[25]
ABC
Uprising NBC
61* HBO
James Dean TNT
2002
(55th)
Mick Jackson Live from Baghdad HBO[26]
The Rosa Parks Story CBS
Gleason
Path to War HBO
The Gathering Storm
2003
(56th)
Mike Nichols Angels in America HBO[27]
Normal HBO
The Music Man ABC
The Pentagon Papers FX
My House in Umbria HBO
2004
(57th)
Joseph Sargent Something the Lord Made HBO[28]
Tanner on Tanner Sundance Channel
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
The Five People You Meet in Heaven ABC
The Brooke Ellison Story A&E
2005
(58th)
Joseph Sargent Warm Springs HBO[29]
George C. Wolfe Lackawanna Blues
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC
Elvis CBS
Empire Falls HBO
2006
(59th)
Walter Hill Broken Trail AMC[30]
Sleeper Cell: American Terror Showtime
The Ron Clark Story TNT
Flight 93 A&E
Walkout HBO
2007
(60th)
Yves Simoneau Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee HBO[31]
The Starter Wife USA
The Bronx Is Burning ESPN
ABC
The Company TNT
2008
(61st)
Jay Roach Recount HBO[32]
Bernard and Doris HBO
John Adams
A Raisin in the Sun ABC
The Andromeda Strain A&E
2009
(62nd)
Ross Katz Taking Chance HBO[33]
Georgia O'Keeffe Lifetime
TNT
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler CBS
Grey Gardens HBO

2010s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
2010
(63rd)
Mick Jackson Temple Grandin HBO[34]
You Don't Know Jack HBO
The Pacific (Episode: "Basilone")
Jeremy Podeswa The Pacific (Episode: "Home")
The Pacific (Episode: "Okinawa")
2011
(64th)
Jon Cassar The Kennedys Reelz[35]
Five Lifetime
Beyond the Blackboard CBS
Girl Fight Lifetime
Thurgood HBO
2012
(65th)
Jay Roach Game Change HBO[36]
Political Animals (Episode: "Pilot") USA
Hemingway & Gellhorn HBO
Hatfields & McCoys History
(Episode: "Dark Cousin") FX
2013
(66th)
Steven Soderbergh Behind the Candelabra HBO[37]
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight HBO
Phil Spector
The Sound of Music Live! NBC
Killing Kennedy Nat Geo
2014
(67th)
Lisa Cholodenko Olive Kitteridge HBO[38]
Peter Pan Live! NBC
Houdini History
The Normal Heart HBO
The Trip to Bountiful Lifetime
2015
(68th)
Dee Rees Bessie HBO[39]
Whitney Lifetime
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Show Me a Hero HBO
The Wiz Live! NBC
2016
(69th)
Steven Zaillian The Night Of (Episode: "The Beach") HBO[40]
Madoff ABC
Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski Fox
Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski Hairspray Live! NBC
All the Way HBO
2017
(70th)
Jean-Marc Vallée Big Little Lies HBO[41]
Godless Netflix
The Wizard of Lies HBO
Story of a Girl Lifetime
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO
2018
(71st)
Ben Stiller Escape at Dannemora Showtime[42] [43]
Maniac Netflix
David Leveaux and Alex RudzinskiJesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert NBC
Paterno HBO
Sharp Objects
2019
(72nd)
Johan Renck Chernobyl HBO[44] [45]
When They See Us Netflix
Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Nowadays") FX
Minkie Spiro Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "All I Care About Is Love")
Fosse/Verdon (Episode: "Glory")

2020s

YearWinners and nomineesProgramNetwork
2020
(73rd)
Scott Frank The Queen's Gambit Netflix[46] [47]
The Undoing HBO
HamiltonDisney+
WandaVision
Little Fires Everywhere (Episode: "Find a Way") Hulu
2021
(74th)
Barry Jenkins The Underground Railroad Amazon[48] [49]
Dopesick (Episode: "First Bottle") Hulu
Station Eleven (Episode: "Wheel of Fire")HBO Max
Dopesick (Episode: "The People vs. Purdue Pharma") Hulu
Mare of Easttown HBO
2022
(75th)
Helen Shaver Station Eleven (Episode: "Who's There?") HBO Max[50] [51]
The Roku Channel
Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+
Station Eleven (Episode: "Unbroken Circle") HBO Max
Inventing Anna (Episode: "The Devil Wore Anna") Netflix
2023
(76th)
Sarah Adina Smith Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Her and Him") Apple TV+[52] [53]
All the Light We Cannot See Netflix
Tara Miele Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Introduction to Chemistry") Apple TV+
Lessons in Chemistry (Episode: "Poirot")
Daisy Jones & the Six (Episode: "Track 10: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide") Amazon

Multiple wins and nominations

Directors with at least one win and at least two nominations
WinsNominationsName (Year)
44Mick Jackson (1995, 1999, 2002, 2010)
38Joseph Sargent (1973, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005)
25Lamont Johnson (1972, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1988)
3Jay Roach (2008, 2012, 2016)
14Daniel Petrie (1984, 1989, 1995, 1999)
4Jeff Bleckner (1985, 2000, 2003, 2011)
3Rod Holcomb (1988, 1994, 2003)
3Frank Pierson (1992, 1995, 2001)
2Buzz Kulik (1971, 1975)
2Marvin J. Chomsky (1982, 1987)
2John Erman (1983, 1985)
2Dan Curtis (1988, 1989)
2Scott Frank (2017, 2020)
2Stephen Gyllenhaal (1991, 2011)
2Betty Thomas (1994, 1996)
2George C. Wolfe (2005, 2017)
2Jean-Marc Vallée (2017, 2018)
Directors with no win and at least two nominations
WinsNominationsName (Year)
04John Frankenheimer (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002)
4Barry Levinson (2010, 2017, 2018, 2021)
3Kenny Leon (2008, 2015, 2016)
3Jeremy Podeswa (2010, 2022)
3Alex Rudzinski (2016, 2018)
3Thomas Kail (2016, 2019, 2020)
2Delbert Mann (1971, 1982)
2Tom Gries (1972, 1974)
2Paul Bogart (1972, 1987)
2Robert Butler (1973, 1993)
2Randa Haines (1984, 2006)
2Peter Werner (1990, 1995)
2Uli Edel (1996, 2014)
2Martha Coolidge (1999, 2000)
2Stephen Frears (2000, 2013)
2Jon Avnet (2001, 2007)
2Richard Loncraine (2002, 2003)
2Lloyd Kramer (2004, 2007)
2Mikael Salomon (2007, 2008)
2Bob Balaban (2008, 2009)
2Rob Ashford (2013, 2014)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 24th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  2. Web site: 25th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  3. Web site: 26th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  4. Web site: 27th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  5. Web site: 28th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  6. Web site: 35th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  7. Web site: 36th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  8. Web site: 37th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  9. Web site: 38th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  10. Web site: 39th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  11. Web site: 40th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  12. Web site: 41st Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  13. Web site: 42nd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  14. Web site: 43rd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  15. Web site: 44th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  16. Web site: 45th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  17. Web site: 46th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  18. Web site: 47th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  19. Web site: 48th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  20. Web site: 49th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  21. Web site: 50th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  22. Web site: 51st Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  23. Web site: 52nd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 9, 2018.
  24. Web site: 53rd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  25. Web site: 54th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  26. Web site: 55th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  27. Web site: 56th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  28. Web site: 57th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  29. Web site: 58th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  30. Web site: 59th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  31. Web site: 60th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  32. Web site: 61st Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  33. Web site: 62nd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  34. Web site: 63rd Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  35. Web site: 64th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  36. Web site: 65th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  37. Web site: 66th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  38. Web site: 67th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  39. Web site: 68th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  40. Web site: 69th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  41. Web site: 70th Annual DGA Awards . Directors Guild of America . September 10, 2018.
  42. Web site: 71st Annual DGA Awards Winners . Directors Guild of America . February 3, 2019 . February 2, 2019.
  43. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2018 . Directors Guild of America . January 7, 2019 . January 7, 2019.
  44. Web site: 72nd Annual DGA Awards Winners . Directors Guild of America . January 26, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
  45. Web site: DGA Announces 2019 Awards Nominees for: Movies for Television & Limited Series; Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming; Reality Programs; Children’s Programs; Commercials; and Documentary . Directors Guild of America . January 7, 2020 . January 6, 2020.
  46. Web site: DGA Awards: Chloe Zhao and 'Nomadland' Take Top Honor . . April 10, 2021 . April 10, 2021.
  47. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020 . Directors Guild of America . March 8, 2021 . March 8, 2021.
  48. News: Chuba . Kirsten . Gajewski . Ryan . Lewis . Hilary . DGA Awards: Jane Campion and The Power of the Dog Take Top Honor . March 13, 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter . March 12, 2022.
  49. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2021 . Directors Guild of America . January 26, 2022 . January 26, 2022.
  50. Web site: Tapp . Tom . DGA Awards: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Win for Everything Everywhere All At Once – Complete Winners List . Deadline . February 19, 2023 . February 18, 2023.
  51. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2022 . Directors Guild of America . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023.
  52. News: Murphy . J. Kim . Christopher Nolan Wins at Directors Guild for Oppenheimer, The Bear and The Last of Us Take TV Prizes: Full DGA Winners List . February 11, 2024 . Variety . February 10, 2024.
  53. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2023 . Directors Guild of America . January 9, 2024 . January 10, 2024.