The 54th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in

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s, documentary and

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in 2001, were presented on March 9, 2002 at the

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. The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 22, 2002 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 1, 2002.

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Commercials

Frank Capra Achievement Award

* Burton Bluestein

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Edwin Sherin Edwin Sherin (January 15, 1930 – May 4, 2017) was an American director and producer. He is best known as the director and executive producer of the NBC drama series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1991–2005). Early life Sherin was ...

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

* Anita Cooper-Avrick

Honorary Life Member

Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann Jr. (January 30, 1920 – November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film '' Marty'' (1955), adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which h ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Awards, 54 2001 film awards 2001 television awards Directors Guild of America Awards

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2002 in Los Angeles March 2002 events in the United States