Directors Guild of America Awards 1993
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The 46th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on 5 March 1994, honored the best film
and television director
s in 1993.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
s in 1993.
Film
- Best Director - Motion Picture:
- Steven SpielbergSteven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
- Schindler's ListSchindler's ListSchindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...
- Steven Spielberg
- Best Director - Documentary:
- Barbara KoppleBarbara KoppleBarbara Kopple is an American film director, primarily known for her work in documentary film.-Biography:She grew up in Scarsdale, New York, the daughter of a textile executive and studied psychology at Northeastern University, after which she worked with the Maysles Brothers.Kopple has won two...
- Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike TysonFallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike TysonFallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple.Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to...
- Barbara Kopple
Television
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:
- James BurrowsJames BurrowsJames Edward Burrows is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.-Biography:...
- FrasierFrasierFrasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
- James Burrows
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night:
- Gregory HoblitGregory HoblitGregory King Hoblit is an American Hollywood film director and TV producer.Hoblit was born in Abilene, Texas, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, an FBI agent. Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys, and legal cases...
- NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
(for episode "Pilot")
- Gregory Hoblit
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials:
- James Gartner for Federal Express: "Golden Package" and "Applause" and AT&T: "Baseball & Piroshki.
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety:
- Jeff Margolis - 65th Annual Academy Awards