Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award – Television

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The DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Television Direction is an American television award presented by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) honoring career achievement in television direction. Created as a counterpart to the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction, it was first awarded at the 67th Directors Guild of America Awards in 2015. Together with the motion picture lifetime achievement award, the award is considered one of the Directors Guild's two highest honors, and its recipients are determined by the present and past presidents of the DGA and a "blue-ribbon committee of prominent television directors". [1]

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Recipients

YearRecipient(s)Ref.
2014 James Burrows and Robert Butler [2]
2015 Joe Pytka [3]
2016 No award
2017
2018 Don Mischer [4]
2019 No award
2020
2021
2022 Robert A. Fishman [5]
2023 David Nutter [6]

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References

  1. "TV Legends James Burrows & Robert Butler to Receive Inaugural DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Television". Directors Guild of America. December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  2. Block, Alex Ben (December 4, 2014). "James Burrows, Robert Butler to Receive First DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Television". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  3. "Joe Pytka – DGA Lifetime Achievement in Television Award". Directors Guild of America. December 15, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  4. Kilday, Gregg (November 27, 2018). "Directors Guild to Honor Don Mischer with Lifetime Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  5. Robb, David (December 20, 2022). "Robert A. Fishman to Receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Television Direction". Deadline. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  6. Schneider, Michael (December 14, 2023). "Game of Thrones Director David Nutter to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at the 2024 DGA Awards". Variety. Retrieved December 25, 2023.