Directors Guild of America Awards 1979
The 31st Directors Guild of America Awards · Held March 10, 1979 · 3 categories · everything in 1979
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
- Winner Michael Cimino · The Deer Hunter
- Nominee Paul Mazursky · An Unmarried Woman
- Nominee Hal Ashby · Coming Home
- Nominee Warren Beatty · Heaven Can Wait
- Nominee Alan Parker · Midnight Express
Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
- Winner Gene Reynolds · Prisoner from Lou Grant
- Nominee Joseph Hardy · Pilot from The Paper Chase
- Nominee Michael Apted · The Collection from Laurence Olivier Presents
Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series
- Winner Paul Bogart · California, Here We Are from All in the Family
- Nominee Jay Sandrich · Episode 32 from Soap
- Nominee Charles S. Dubin · Point of View from M*A*S*H