The 33rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1980, were presented on March 14, 1981 at the Beverly Hilton. The television nominees were announced on February 10, 1981.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmRobert Redford – Ordinary People Michael Apted – Coal Miner's Daughter David Lynch – The Elephant Man Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull
Television Drama SeriesRoger Young – Lou Grant for "Lou" Irving Moore – Dallas for "House Divided" Gene Reynolds – Lou Grant for "Nightside" Comedy SeriesNoam Pitlik – Barney Miller for "Fog" Mike Farrell – M*A*S*H for "Death Takes a Holiday" Burt Metcalfe – M*A*S*H for "A War of All Seasons" Musical VarietyDwight Hemion – IBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway Don Mischer – Goldie and Liza Together George Schaefer – Barry Manilow: One Voice DocumentaryAlfred R. Kelman – The Body Human: The Body Beautiful (Tie) Perry Miller Adato – Picasso: A Painter's Diary (Tie) David Heeley – Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance ActualityDon Mischer – Kennedy Center Honors Marty Pasetta – 52nd Academy Awards Brice Weisman – Up Close and Personal Specials/Movies for TV/ActualityJerry London – Shōgun Marvin J. Chomsky – Attica Robert Collins – Gideon's Trumpet
Commercials CommercialsGeorge Gomes – A&W Restaurants' "Dancing", Bell System's "Joey Called", and Sara Lee's "Red Dye" Allan Dennis Bob Giraldi – Broadway's "Evita" and Miller Lite's "Pool" Richard Loew – Breakstone' "Bedtime" and "Mom", and Beauvalle's "Toulouse" Gérard Pirès - Dancy vegetables, Findus foods, Samsonite luggage, Wonder batteries
D.W. Griffith Award George Cukor
Frank Capra Achievement Award Francisco Day
Honorary Life Member Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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