48th Directors Guild of America Awards

48th Directors Guild of America Awards
48th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 2, 1996
Location	Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California ; New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner (Los Angeles)
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Apollo 13 – Ron Howard
Best Director Documentary:	Crumb – Terry Zwigoff
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1995.aspx?value=1995

The 48th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1995, were presented on March 2, 1996 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza as well as in New York.^[1]^[2] The ceremony in Los Angeles was hosted by Carl Reiner.^[3] The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 22, 1996 and the other nominations were announced in February.^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Ron Howard – Apollo 13 Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas Mel Gibson – Braveheart Ang Lee – Sense and Sensibility Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman
Documentaries
Terry Zwigoff – Crumb Deborah Hoffmann – Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter Freida Lee Mock – Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Bill Van Daalen – Indianapolis: Ship of Doom Helen Whitney – American Masters for "Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light"

Television

Drama Series
Christopher Chulack – ER for "Hell and High Water" Félix Enríquez Alcalá – ER for "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" Chris Carter – The X-Files for "The List" Charles Haid – Murder One for "Pilot" Mimi Leder – ER for "Love's Labor Lost"
Comedy Series
*Gordon Hunt – Mad About You* for "The Alan Brady Show"** Andy Ackerman – Seinfeld for "The Gum" James Burrows – Friends for "The One with the Birth" Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show for "Arthur After Hours" David Lee – Frasier for "Daphne's Room"
Miniseries or TV Film
Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial Robert Markowitz – The Tuskegee Airmen Daniel Petrie – Kissinger and Nixon Frank Pierson – Truman Peter Werner – Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Musical Variety
*Matthew Diamond – Great Performances* for "Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein"** Ellen Brown – The Tonight Show With Jay Leno from Las Vegas Hal Gurnee – Late Show with David Letterman from London Louis J. Horvitz – Sinatra: 80 Years My Way Jeff Margolis – The 67th Annual Academy Awards
Daytime Serials
*William Ludel and Alan Pultz – General Hospital* for "Episode #8248"** Joseph Behar – General Hospital for "Episode #8183" Bruce S. Barry – Guiding Light for "Episode #12063" Susan Flannery – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #2167" Scott McKinsey and Shelley Curtis – General Hospital for "Episode #8233"

Commercials

Commercials
Robert Lieberman – Hallmark Cards' "Jeffrey's Secret" and Merrill Lynch's "Sisters Already Retired" Steven Chase – Pepsi's "All Sports Basketball", Mountain Dew's "Crooner", Anheuser-Busch's "Fishing" and "Primate", and AT&T's "Paddleball" Tony Kaye – Guinness' "Men & Women", TAG Heuer's "Mind Games", and Volvo's "Twister" Joe Pytka – Pepsi's "Diner", "Set Piece" and "Stranded" Kinka Usher – Timex Corporation's "Angel" and "Dog To Vet", and California Milk's "Full Body Cast", "Interrogation" and "Trix"

D.W. Griffith Award

Woody Allen

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

Tony Verna

Lifetime Achievement in News Direction

Arthur Bloom

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Daniel Petrie

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Don Lewis Barnhart

Honorary Life Member

Chuck Jones

References

^ Welkos, Robert (March 4, 1996). "'Apollo 13' DGA Win Yields No Oscar Clues". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
^ "Ron Howard Wins Directors Guild Award". Los Angeles Times. March 3, 1996. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^ "48th Annual DGA Awards: Los Angeles Awards Ceremony Pictures". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^ "48th Annual DGA Feature Film Award Nominees". Directors Guild of America. January 22, 1996. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^ Puig, Claudia (January 23, 1996). "Directors Guild Gives a Nod to 'Il Postino'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

External links

48th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] Welkos, Robert (March 4, 1996). "'Apollo 13' DGA Win Yields No Oscar Clues". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[2] "Ron Howard Wins Directors Guild Award". Los Angeles Times. March 3, 1996. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

[3] "48th Annual DGA Awards: Los Angeles Awards Ceremony Pictures". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

[4] "48th Annual DGA Feature Film Award Nominees". Directors Guild of America. January 22, 1996. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

[5] Puig, Claudia (January 23, 1996). "Directors Guild Gives a Nod to 'Il Postino'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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