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1970s - DGA Award Winners for:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television
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  1979

Comedy Series, Period of Adjustment (M*A*S*H)

  • CHARLES S. DUBIN, Director
  • DAVID HAWKS, Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director
  • CATHERINE KINSOCK, Second Assistant

Director Dramatic Series, Cop (Lou Grant)

  • ROGER YOUNG, Director
  • PAUL TINY NICHOLS, First Assistant Director
  • CARL P. DUBLICLAY, Second Assistant Director

Special, The Jericho Mile

  • MICHAEL MANN, Director
  • PENELOPE FOSTER, Unit Production Manager
  • FRANK BEETSON, First Assistant Director
  • JOHN KITTLESON, Second Assistant Director

Actuality, The Kennedy Center Honors

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • STAN SPIRO, JAN CORNELL, Associate Directors
  • SHELLEY JENSEN, Stage Manager

Musical/Variety, John Denver and the Muppets

  • TONY CHARMOLI, Director
  • SHELLEY JENSEN, First Assistant Director
  • PAUL ROSE, Stage Manager

Documentary, The Magic Sense

  • ALFRED R. KELMAN, Director

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1978

Comedy Series, California, Here We Are (All in the Family)

  • PAUL BOGART, Director
  • JON SHARP, Associate Director
  • TED RAY, Stage Manager

Dramatic Series, Prisoner (Lou Grant)

  • GENE REYNOLDS, Director
  • DONALD BAER, Unit Production Manager
  • PAUL TINY NICHOLS, First Assistant Director
  • CARL DUBLICLAY, Second Assistant Director

Actuality, The Kennedy Center Honors (Special)

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • MICHAEL ONOFRIO, Associate Director
  • PETER BARTH, BROOKS FOUNTAIN,
  • HENRY NEIMARK, Stage Managers

Documentary, Who are the Debolts? (Special)

  • JOHN KORTY, Director DAN McCANN, Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Choreography By Balanchine, Pt. 3 (Dance in America)

  • MERRILL BROCKWAY, Director
  • MERRILY MOSSMAN, Associate Director
  • HENRY NEIMARK, Stage Manager

Specials, Holocaust

  • MARVIN CHOMSKY, Director
  • BRUCE PUSTIN, Assistant Director

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1977

Comedy Series, Edith's 50th Birthday (All in the Family)

  • PAUL BOGART, Director
  • MARLENA LAIRD, Associate Director
  • TED RAY, Stage Manager

Dramatic Series, Show #2 - Second Hour (Roots)

  • JOHN ERMAN, Director
  • HERB WILLIS, Unit Production Manager
  • MACK BING, First Assistant Director
  • MIKE KUSLEY, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Neil Diamond; Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (Special)

  • ART FISHER, Director
  • DAVID GROSSMAN, Associate Director
  • BOB GRANER, Stage Manager

News Specials/Sports, A Day With President Carter

  • RAY LOCKHART, Director
  • JUDITH GARFIELD, Associate Director

Documentaries, Georgia O'Keeffe (Special)

  • PERRY MILLER ADATO, Director

Specials, Eleanor and Franklin - The White House Years (Special)

  • DANIEL PETRIE, Director
  • EDWARD TEETS, Unit Production Manager
  • WOLFGANG GLATTES, First Assistant Director
  • JACK FROST SANDERS, Second Assistant Director

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1976

Comedy Series, Dear Sigmund (M*A*S*H)

  • ALAN ALDA, Director
  • TED BUTCHER, Unit Production Manager
  • DAVID HAWKS and LISA HALLAS, Assistant Directors

Dramatic Series, Rites of Friendship (Family)

  • GLENN JORDAN, Director
  • AL KRAUS, Unit Production Manager
  • FRED GILES and DOUG MORRISON, Assistant Directors

Musical/Variety, Shirley MacLaine - Gypsy in My Soul

  • TONY CHARMOLI, Director
  • PORTMAN PAGET, Associate Director
  • RUPERT BARON, Stage Manager

Documentary/News Specials, Democratic and Republican NationalConvention" (CBS News)

  • ARTHUR BLOOM, Director
  • MICHAEL BUDDY, GEORGE CHODERKER, Associate Directors
  • JAMES WALL, Stage Manager

Specials, Eleanor and Franklin

  • DANIEL PETRIE, Director
  • EDWARD TEETS, Unit Production Manager
  • LYNN GUTHRIE and JACK FROST SANDERS, Assistant Directors

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1975

Specials, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

  • SAM O'STEEN, Director
  • CHRIS SEITZ, Unit Production Manager
  • KEN SWOR, First Assistant Director
  • HENRY LANGE, JR., Second Assistant Director

Comedy Series, Bombed (M*A*S*H)

  • HY AVERBACK, Director
  • LEN SMITH, First Assistant Director
  • GEORGE BATCHELLER, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (Series)

  • JAMES CELLAN-JONES, Director
  • MICHAEL CUSTANCE, Associate Director
  • JOHN WAYNE, Stage Manager

Musical/Variety, The Lily Tomlin Show

  • JAY SANDRICH, Director
  • JOHN CHULAY, First Assistant Director
  • ANTHONY CHICKEY, Associate Director
  • JAMES WOODWORTH, Second Assistant Director

Documentary/News Specials, CBS Reports: The Guns of Autumn

  • IRV DRASNIN, Director

From the five winners for 1975, SAM O'STEEN was selected as the most outstanding television director.

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1974

Specials, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

  • JOHN KORTY, Director
  • TED SWANSON, Unit Production Manager
  • RIC RONDELL, First Assistant Director
  • NATE HAGGARD, Second Assistant Director

Comedy Series, Alcoholics Unanimous (M*A*S*H)

  • HY AVERBACK, Director
  • TED BUTCHER, Unit Production Manager
  • LEN SMITH, First Assistant Director
  • GEORGE BATCHELLER, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die (Kojak)

  • DAVID FRIEDKIN, Director
  • MIKE FRANKOVICH, JR., Unit Production Manager
  • SAM FREEDLE, First Assistant Director
  • VAL RASET, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety What Makes a Gershwin Tune a Gershwin Tune? (New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts)

  • ROGER ENGLANDER, Director
  • JIM GATELEY, Unit Production Manager
  • PORTMAN PAGE, Associate Director
  • DON MAYO, Stage Manager

Documentary/News Specials, American Film Institute Salutes James Cagney

  • BILL FOSTER, Director
  • BOB LALLY, Associate Director
  • ANTHONY CHICKEY, Stage Manager

From the five winners for 1974, JOHN KORTY was selected as the most outstanding television director.

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1973

Specials, The Marcus/Nelson Murders

  • JOSEPH SARGENT, Director
  • BEN BISHOP, Unit Production Manager
  • ALAN CROSLAND, JR., First Assistant Director
  • CHARLES WALKER, Second Assistant Director

Comedy Series, Deal Me Out (M*A*S*H)

  • GENE REYNOLDS, Director
  • TED BUTCHER, Unit Production Manager
  • LEONARD SMITH, First Assistant Director
  • GEORGE BATCHELLER, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Knockover (Kojak)

  • CHARLES S. DUBIN, Director
  • JOSEPH CAVALIER, Unit Production Manager
  • MORRIS R. ABRAMS, First Assistant Director
  • ROBERT SMAWLEY, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Barbra Streisand & Other Musical Instruments

  • DWIGHT HEMION, Director
  • BILL GLAZE, Unit Production Manager

Documentary/News Specials, 60 Minutes

  • ARTHUR BLOOM, Director
  • MARK FARRINGTON, JOE GORSUCH, Associate Directors
  • DAVID FOX, Stage Manager

From the five winners for 1973, JOSEPH SARGENT was selected as the most outstanding television director.

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1972

Specials, That Certain Summer

  • LAMONT JOHNSON, Director
  • JACK TERRY, Unit Production Manager
  • WARREN SMITH, First Assistant Director
  • HARVEY LAIDMAN, Second Assistant Director

Comedy Series, M*A*S*H (Pilot Episode)

  • GENE REYNOLDS, Director
  • WES McAFEE, Unit Production Manager, First Assistant Director
  • RON SCHWARY, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Dust Bowl Cousins (The Waltons)

  • ROBERT BUTLER, Director
  • NEIL MAFFEO, Unit Production Manager
  • LYNN GUTHRIE, First Assistant Director
  • MILES TILTON, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Liza with a 'Z'

  • BOB FOSSE, Director
  • KENNETH UTT, Unit Production Manager
  • PAUL GANAPOLER, First Assistant Director
  • JOHN NEUKUM, Second Assistant Director

Documentary/News Specials, The American Indian: This Land Was His Land

  • ARAM BOYAJIAN, Director

From the five winners for 1972, LAMONT JOHNSON was selected as the most outstanding television director.

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1971

Comedy Series, All in the Family (Series)

  • JOHN RICH, Director
  • BOB LA HENDRO, Associate Director
  • HARRY ROGUE, Stage Manager

Dramatic Series, Hands of Love (The Man and the City)

  • DANIEL PETRIE, Director
  • ROBIN CLARK, Unit Production Manager
  • CHRIS CHRISTENBERRY, First Assistant Director
  • TOM BLANK, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, The Flip Wilson Show

  • TIM KILEY, Director
  • HAL ALEXANDER, RON CATES, Associate Directors
  • GARY NECESSARY, Stage Manager

Documentary/News Specials, Anatomy of a Decision The FBI and the Great American Dream Machine

  • PHILLIP BEIGEL, Director
  • JOHN HAGGERTY, Unit Production Manager
  • BOB HANKAL, Associate Director
  • MERRILY MOSSMAN, Stage Manager

Specials, Brian's Song

  • BUZZ KULIK, Director
  • EDDIE SAETA, Unit Production Manager, First Assistant Director
  • RICHARD LEARMAN, Second Assistant Director

From the five winners in 1971, JOHN RICH was selected as the most outstanding television director.

1970

My Sweet Charlie

  • LAMONT JOHNSON, Director
  • RALPH FERRIN, Assistant Director
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