Directors Guild of America Award

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directing award film and television award

The Directors Guild of America Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Directors Guild of America to recognize outstanding achievement in film and television directing.

Aliases (12)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	directing award → film and television award →
alsoKnownAs	DGA Award →
associatedWith	Hollywood →
awardedFor	outstanding achievement in film directing → outstanding achievement in television directing →
awardingBodyType	labor union →
ceremonyType	awards ceremony →
country	United States →
eligibility	assistant directors and stage managers → directors and unit production managers →
field	film → television →
firstAwardedBy	Screen Directors Guild →
frequency	annual →
genre	professional guild award →
hasCategory	children’s programs directing → commercials directing → documentary directing → feature film directing → television series directing → variety and talk programming directing →
hasPart	Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series → Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary → Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series → Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures → Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series → Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports → Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Feature Film → Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Television → Frank Capra Achievement Award → Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award → Honorary Life Member → Robert B. Aldrich Service Award →
inception	1948 →
language	English →
location	Los Angeles →
notableFor	strong correlation with Academy Award for Best Director →
organizer	Directors Guild of America →
presentedBy	Directors Guild of America →
scope	national →
selectionProcess	voting by Directors Guild of America members →
significance	one of the most prestigious directing honors in the United States →
website	https://www.dga.org/Awards.aspx →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alejandro G. Iñárritu → Alex Gibney → Arthur Penn ("Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award") → Billy Wilder → Citizenfour ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary") → Don Mischer → Fred Zinnemann → Howard Hawks ("Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award") → Jane Campion ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film") → John G. Avildsen → John Huston → Kathryn Bigelow ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures") → Paris Barclay → Robert Wise → Robert Zemeckis → Ryan Coogler → Stanley Donen → Tom Hooper → William Friedkin →	awardReceived
Directors Guild of America ("Directors Guild of America Awards") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Feature Film") → Directors Guild of America Award ("Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Television") →	hasPart
Academy Award for Best Director ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures") → BAFTA Award for Best Direction ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures") →	relatedAward
Directors Guild of America Award ("DGA Award") →	alsoKnownAs
Directors Guild of America ("Directors Guild of America Awards") →	hasAward
Marielle Heller ("Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film") →	nominatedFor
Directors Guild of America ("Directors Guild of America Awards") →	organizes