The 51st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

s, documentary and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

in 1998, were presented on March 6, 1999 at the

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. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 25, 1999 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 1, 1999.

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Commercials

Lifetime Achievement in News Direction

* Richard B. Armstrong

Frank Capra Achievement Award The Frank Capra Achievement Award is an American film award established by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) honoring assistant directors and unit production managers for career achievement and service to the DGA. Named after the American directo ...

* Tom Joyner

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By t ...

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

* Robert Caminiti

Diversity Award

Steven Bochco Steven Ronald Bochco Masterson (December 16, 1943 – April 1, 2018) was an American television writer and producer. He developed a number of television series, including ''Hill Street Blues'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'', ''Cop Rock'' ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Awards, 51 Directors Guild of America Awards 1998 film awards 1998 television awards 1998 in American cinema 1998 in American television 1998 awards in the United States 1999 in Los Angeles March 1999 events in the United States