The 37th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1984, were presented on March 9, 1985 at the Beverly Hilton and the Plaza Hotel. The feature film nominees were announced on February 1, 1985, nominees in seven television categories were announced on February 5, 1985, and the commercial nominees were announced on February 12, 1985.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmMiloš Forman – Amadeus Robert Benton – Places in the Heart Norman Jewison – A Soldier's Story Roland Joffé – The Killing Fields David Lean – A Passage to India
Television Drama SeriesThomas Carter – Hill Street Blues for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" David Anspaugh – St. Elsewhere for "Fade to White" Mark Tinker – St. Elsewhere for "Sweet Dreams" Comedy SeriesJay Sandrich – The Cosby Show for "Pilot" James Burrows – Cheers for "I Call Your Name" Bill Persky – Kate & Allie for "Landlady" Miniseries or TV FilmDaniel Petrie – The Dollmaker Robert Greenwald – The Burning Bed Randa Haines – Something About Amelia Musical VarietyDon Mischer and Twyla Tharp – Great Performances for "Baryshnikov By Tharp" Tony Charmoli – Olympic Gala Terry Jastrow – 1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Daytime DramaJoan Darling – ABC Afterschool Special for "Mom's on Strike" Robert Chenault – ABC Afterschool Special for "The Hero Who Couldn't Read" Joanna Lee – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Hear Me Cry" Documentary/ActualityAlfred R. Kelman – The Body Human: The Journey Within Merrill Brockway – Great Performances for "Balanchine (Parts 1 & 2)" Howard Enders – Ellis Island: The Odyssey of a Dream SportsSandy Grossman – Super Bowl XVIII Larry Kamm, Bob Lanning, and Norman Samet – Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics Doug Wilson – Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Commercials CommercialsStuart Hagmann – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Right Moment", IBM's "Skates", and McDonald's' "Stranger in the House" William Dear – Budweiser's "3D" and "Window Washers, Frontier's "Concourse of Doom", Honda's "Devo", and Bell Atlantic's "Dragnet" Leslie Dektor – Levi's' "Blues", John Player & Sons' "Own the Night", and NutraSweet's "Wait" Richard Levine – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Good Samaritans" and Sonecor's "Radio Telescope" Michael Ulick – Coca-Cola's "First Job", American Greetings' "Peace", and Kodak's "Statue of Liberty"
D.W. Griffith Award Billy Wilder
Frank Capra Achievement Award Jane Schimel Abby Singer
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award Elliot Silverstein
Honorary Life Member Tom Donovan
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