The 36th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1983, were presented on March 10, 1984.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmJames L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander Lawrence Kasdan – The Big Chill Philip Kaufman – The Right Stuff
Television Drama SeriesJeff Bleckner – Hill Street Blues for "Life in the Minors" Corey Allen – Hill Street Blues for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" Christian Nyby – Hill Street Blues for "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance" Comedy SeriesJames Burrows – Cheers for "Showdown (Part 2)" Jim Drake – Buffalo Bill for "Woody Quits" Noam Pitlik – Taxi for "Louie and the Blind Girl" Miniseries or TV FilmEdward Zwick – Special Bulletin Daryl Duke – The Thorn Birds John Erman – Who Will Love My Children? Musical VarietyDon Mischer – Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Emile Ardolino – Live from Lincoln Center for "NYC Ballet Salute to George Balanchine" Daniel Feldman – Kennedy Center Tonight for Eubie Blake: A Century of Music Daytime DramaSharron Miller – ABC Afterschool Special for "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" G. Cullingham – ABC Afterschool Special for "It's No Crush, I'm in Love" Marlena Laird – General Hospital for "Show No. 242" Documentary/ActualityHarry Moses – Our Times with Bill Moyers for "Willy Loman Comes to China" Alfred R. Kelman and Charles Bangert – The Body Human: The Living Code Charles Stone – Viewpoint: The Day After
Commercials CommercialsStuart Hagmann (TIE) Bob Brooks (TIE) Manny Perez – Dr Pepper's "Detective", "Hunchback", and "Last Meal" Joe Pytka – Bud Light's "Boxer", "Pairs", and "Rodeo" Neil Tardio – United States Army's "Father & Son" and Xerox' "Laser Printing"
D.W. Griffith Award Orson Welles
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award Robert Wise
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