The 31st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1978, were presented on March 10, 1979 at the Beverly Hilton. The feature film nominees were announced in February 1979.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmMichael Cimino – The Deer Hunter Hal Ashby – Coming Home Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman Alan Parker – Midnight Express
Television Drama SeriesGene Reynolds – Lou Grant for "Prisoner" Michael Apted – Laurence Olivier Presents for "The Collection" Joseph Hardy – The Paper Chase for "Pilot" Comedy SeriesPaul Bogart – All in the Family for "California, Here We Are" Charles S. Dubin – M*A*S*H for "Point of View" Jay Sandrich – Soap for "Episode 32" Musical VarietyMerrill Brockway – Great Performances for "Choreography by Balanchine: Part 3" George Schaefer – The Second Barry Manilow Special Gary Weis – Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy DocumentaryJohn Korty – Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? Arthur Fisher – Disneyland: 25th Anniversary Special Richard Gerdau – ABC News Close-Up for Arson: Fire for Hire ActualityDon Mischer – Kennedy Center Honors Edward Nathanson – NFL Football Marty Pasetta – AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda Specials/Movies for TV/ActualityMarvin J. Chomsky – Holocaust Glenn Jordan – Les Misérables George Schaefer – First, You Cry
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