37th Directors Guild of America Awards

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37th Directors Guild of America Awards
DateMarch 9, 1985 (1985-03-09)
Location The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California
Plaza Hotel, New York City
CountryUnited States
Presented by Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film: Amadeus Miloš Forman
Website https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1984.aspx?value=1984   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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. [1] [2] [3] The feature film nominees were announced on February 1, 1985, [4] [5] nominees in seven television categories were announced on February 5, 1985, [6] and the commercial nominees were announced on February 12, 1985. [7]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Miloš Forman Amadeus

Television

Drama Series

Thomas Carter Hill Street Blues for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall"

Comedy Series

Jay Sandrich The Cosby Show for "Pilot"

Miniseries or TV Film

Daniel Petrie The Dollmaker

Musical Variety

Don Mischer and Twyla Tharp Great Performances for "Baryshnikov By Tharp"

Daytime Drama

Joan Darling ABC Afterschool Special for "Mom's on Strike"

Documentary/Actuality

Alfred R. KelmanThe Body Human: The Journey Within

Sports

Sandy Grossman Super Bowl XVIII

Commercials

Commercials

Stuart HagmannThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' "Right Moment", IBM's "Skates", and McDonald's' "Stranger in the House"

D.W. Griffith Award

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Honorary Life Member

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