Directors Guild of America Awards 1998
The 50th Directors Guild of America Awards · Held March 7, 1998 · 5 categories · everything in 1998
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
- Winner James Cameron · Titanic
- Nominee Steven Spielberg · Amistad
- Nominee James L. Brooks · As Good as It Gets
- Nominee Gus Van Sant · Good Will Hunting
- Nominee Curtis Hanson · L.A. Confidential
Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
- Winner Riding the Rails
- Nominee Michèle Ohayon · Colors Straight Up
- Nominee First Person Singular: I.M. Pei
- Nominee Ellen Hovde · Liberty! The American Revolution
- Nominee Wonderland
Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
- Winner Barbara Kopple · The Documentary from Homicide: Life on the Street
- Nominee Christopher Chulack · Fathers and Sons from ER
- Nominee Steve Buscemi · Homicide: Life on the Street
- Nominee Mark Tinker · Pilot from Brooklyn South
- Nominee James Frawley · Pilot from Ally McBeal
- Nominee Chris Carter · The Post-Modern Prometheus from The X-Files
Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series
- Winner Andy Ackerman · The Betrayal from Seinfeld
- Nominee Pamela Fryman · Halloween (Part I) from Frasier
- Nominee James Burrows · Pilot from Dharma & Greg
- Nominee Gordon Hunt · The Birth from Mad About You
- Nominee Todd Holland · The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Gil Junger · The Puppy Episode from Ellen
Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series
- Winner John Herzfeld · Only in America from Don King
- Nominee William Friedkin · 12 Angry Men
- Nominee Charles Haid · Buffalo Soldiers
- Nominee John Frankenheimer · George Wallace
- Nominee Joseph Sargent · Miss Evers' Boys