45th Directors Guild of America Awards

45th Directors Guild of America Awards
45th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 6, 1993
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California ; New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner (Los Angeles) ; Jerry Orbach (New York)
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood
Best Director Documentary:	Brother's Keeper – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1992.aspx?value=1992

The 45th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1992, were presented on March 6, 1993 at the Beverly Hilton and in New York.^[1]^[2] The ceremony in Beverly Hills was hosted by Carl Reiner^[3] and the ceremony in New York was hosted by Jerry Orbach.^[4] The feature film nominees were announced on January 25, 1993^[5] and the other nominations were announced starting on February 22, 1993.^[6] Prior to the nominations announcement, finalists were announced for the television categories.^[7]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven Robert Altman – The Player James Ivory – Howards End Neil Jordan – The Crying Game Rob Reiner – A Few Good Men
Documentaries
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky – Brother's Keeper Ric Burns – The Donner Party Mark Stouffer – Braving Alaska

Television

Drama Series
*Rob Thompson – Northern Exposure* for "Cicely"** Roy Campanella II – I'll Fly Away for "The Way Things Are" Michael Fresco – Northern Exposure for "Thanksgiving"
Comedy Series
*Tom Cherones – Seinfeld* for "The Contest"** Jason Alexander – Seinfeld for "The Good Samaritan" James Burrows – Cheers for "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
Miniseries or TV Film
*Ron Lagomarsino – Picket Fences* for "Pilot"** Frank Pierson – Citizen Cohn Joseph Sargent – Miss Rose White
Musical Variety
*Bobby Quinn – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson* for "Robin Williams/Bette Midler"** Hal Gurnee – Late Night with David Letterman for "10th Anniversary Special" Jeff Margolis – The 64th Annual Academy Awards
Daytime Serials
*Susan Strickler – Another World* for "Episode #7022"** Kenneth Herman Jr. – Days of Our Lives for "Episode #6888" Frank Pacelli – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #4825"
Daytime Drama
*Helaine Head – WonderWorks* for "You Must Remember This"** Neema Barnette – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love" Strath Hamilton – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen"

Commercials

Commercials
Leslie Dektor – American Express' "Elevator", US West's "Missed the Bus", Bank of America's "Second Generation", and Southern California Edison's "Truth" William Patterson – Philips' "DCC Clear Sound" Joe Pytka – Nike's "Hare Jordan" and Hallmark Cards' "Old Friend"