The 39th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1986, were presented on March 7, 1987, at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Los Angeles and the nightclub 4D in New York. The feature film nominees were announced on January 28, 1987.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmOliver Stone – Platoon Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters Randa Haines – Children of a Lesser God James Ivory – A Room with a View Rob Reiner – Stand by Me
Television Drama SeriesWill Mackenzie – Moonlighting for "Atomic Shakespeare" Donald Petrie – L.A. Law for "The Venus Butterfly" Mark Tinker – St. Elsewhere for "Afterlife" Comedy SeriesTerry Hughes – The Golden Girls for "Isn't It Romantic?" James Burrows – Cheers for "Tan 'N' Wash" Paul Lynch – Moonlighting for "Symphony in Knocked Flat" Miniseries or TV FilmLee Grant – Nobody's Child Gregory Hoblit – L.A. Law for "Pilot" George Schaefer – Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry Musical VarietyWalter C. Miller – Liberty Weekend Emile Ardolino – Great Performances for "Choreography by Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet" Dwight Hemion – Neil Diamond... Hello Again Daytime DramaCatlin Adams – ABC Afterschool Special for "Wanted: The Perfect Guy" Leslie Hill – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "God, The Universe and Hot Fudge Sundaes" Donald Petrie – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" Documentary/ActualityPerry Miller Adato – American Masters for "Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts" Kyle Good – 48 Hours on Crack Street David Heeley – The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn SportsHarry J. Coyle – 1986 World Series Andy Kindle and David Michaels – 1986 Tour de France Doug Wilson – 1986 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Commercials CommercialsJoe Pytka – John Hancock Financial's "Brothers", Henry Weinhard's' "Chuck Wagon", and Pepsi's "Floats" Jeremiah S. Chechik – Connecticut Bank's "Clock Tower", Michelob's "Tonight, Tonight", and AT&T's "Wave" Leslie Dektor – Levi's' "Celebration", Blue Cross' "Gallstones", Home Savings of America's "Harold Arlund", and SecureHorizons' "Harry's Neighborhood" Richard Levine – Pacific Bell's "Father & Son", Wells Fargo's "Grass Valley", and Gallo's "Weddings" Sidney Myers – United Way's "American Way", "Family in Crisis" and "Youth in Crisis", and Bell Atlantic's "Beauty Parlor", "Girl Trouble" and "Jazzman"
D.W. Griffith Award Elia Kazan
Frank Capra Achievement Award Henry E. Brill
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