The Frank Capra Achievement Award is an American film award established by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) honoring assistant directors and unit production managers for career achievement and service to the DGA. Named after the American director Frank Capra (1897–1991), it was first awarded at the 32nd Directors Guild of America Awards in 1980.
Recipients YearRecipient(s)1979 Emmett Emmerson 1980 Francisco Day 1981 David Golden and Wallace Worsley Jr. 1982 William Beaudine Jr. and William C. Gerrity1983 No award1984 Jane Schimmel and Abby Singer1985 No award1986 Henry E. Brill1987 Alex Hapsas1988 No award1989 Stanley Ackerman1990 Howard W. Koch1991No award1992 Willard H. Sheldon1993 No award1994 Peter A. Runfulo1995 No award1996 No award1997 Bob Jeffords1998 Tom Joyner1999 Cheryl R. Downey2000 No award2001 Burt Bluestein2002 Yudi Bennett2003 Stephen A. Glanzrock2004 Herb Adelman2005 Jerry H. Ziesmer2006 No award2007 Liz Ryan2008 Kim Kurumada2009 Cleve Landsberg2010 No award2011 Katy Garretson2012 Susan Zwerman2013 Lee Blaine2014 Phillip M. Goldfarb2015 Mary Rae Thewlis2016 Marie Cantin2017 Dwight Williams2018 Kathleen McGill2019 Duncan S. Henderson2020 Brian E. Frankish2021 Joseph P. Reidy2022 Mark Hansson2023 Janet Knutsen2024 Thomas J. Whelan2025 Gregory G. McCollum
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DGA Awards History