40th Directors Guild of America Awards

40th Directors Guild of America Awards
40th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 12, 1988
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California ; Plaza Hotel, New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1987.aspx?value=1987

The 40th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1987, were presented on March 12, 1988 at the Beverly Hilton and the Plaza Hotel.^[1]^[2]^[3] The feature film nominees were announced on February 1, 1988^[4]^[5]^[6] and nominees in eight television categories were announced on February 8, 1988.^[7]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor James L. Brooks – Broadcast News Lasse Hallström – My Life as a Dog Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction Steven Spielberg – Empire of the Sun

Television

Drama Series
*Marshall Herskovitz – thirtysomething* for "Pilot"** Sharron Miller – Cagney & Lacey for "Turn, Turn, Turn (Part 1)" Mark Tinker – St. Elsewhere for "Weigh In, Weigh Out"
Comedy Series
*Will Mackenzie – Family Ties* for "A, My Name is Alex"** James Burrows – Cheers for "Home Is the Sailor" Terry Hughes – The Golden Girls for "Old Friends"
Miniseries or TV Film
Jud Taylor – Foxfire Paul Bogart – Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder Marvin J. Chomsky – Billionaire Boys Club
Musical Variety
Dwight Hemion – Julie Andrews... The Sound Of Christmas Hal Gurnee – Late Night with David Letterman for "5th Anniversary Special" Don Mischer – Great Performances for "Made in USA with Mikhail Baryshnikov"
Daytime Drama
*Victoria Hochberg – ABC Afterschool Special* for "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"** Nell Cox – ABC Afterschool Special for "Read Between the Lines" Joanna Lee – ABC Afterschool Special for "The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story"
Documentary/Actuality
*Elena Mannes – God and Politics* for "The Kingdom Divided"** John Peaslee and Judd Pillot – How To Raise a Street Smart Child Terry Sanders – Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
Sports
*Robert Fishman – 1987 NCAA Basketball Championship* for "Syracuse vs. Indiana"** Sandy Grossman – Super Bowl XXI Edward Nathanson – AFC Championship

Commercials

Commercials
Richard Levine – Pepsi's "Apartment 10-G", DuPont's "Bill Demby", and Arnott's Biscuits' "Trouble" Leslie Dektor – Drug Free America Foundation's "Girl & Dealer" and "Tricks of the Trade", and United Airlines' "Pep Talk" Robert Lieberman – Hallmark Cards' "40th Birthday" and McDonald's' "New Kid" Jeffrey Lovinger – American Express' "Recital", Little Caesars' "The Wisdom", and Aetna's "World Series" Joe Pytka – Perrier's "Continents", John Hancock Financial's "40th Birthday", and Apple's "I'm Different"

D.W. Griffith Award

Robert Wise

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Alex Hapsas

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Sheldon Leonard

Honorary Life Member

Michael H. Franklin

References

^ Cieply, Michael (March 14, 1988). "Bertolucci Wins Directors' Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ Scott, Vernon (March 14, 1988). "Italy's Bertolucci wins Director's Guild award". UPI. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ Harmetz, Aljean (March 14, 1988). "Directors Guild Honors Bertolucci for 'Emperor'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ Mathews, Jack (February 2, 1988). "List of DGA Nominees Full of Surprises". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ Scott, Vernon (February 1, 1988). "DGA announces candidates for best director". UPI. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ Harmetz, Aljean (February 2, 1988). "Directors' Guild Names Nominees for Top Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 1987 TV Award Nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1988. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

External links

40th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] Cieply, Michael (March 14, 1988). "Bertolucci Wins Directors' Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[2] Scott, Vernon (March 14, 1988). "Italy's Bertolucci wins Director's Guild award". UPI. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[3] Harmetz, Aljean (March 14, 1988). "Directors Guild Honors Bertolucci for 'Emperor'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[4] Mathews, Jack (February 2, 1988). "List of DGA Nominees Full of Surprises". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[5] Scott, Vernon (February 1, 1988). "DGA announces candidates for best director". UPI. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[6] Harmetz, Aljean (February 2, 1988). "Directors' Guild Names Nominees for Top Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[7] "DGA Announces 1987 TV Award Nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1988. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

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