The 73rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievement in feature

films 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 ...

, documentary,

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 ...

and

commercials A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...

of 2020, were presented virtually on April 10, 2021. The nominations for the television and documentary categories were announced on March 8, 2021, while the nominations for the feature film categories were announced on March 9, 2021.

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

Commercials

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 ...

* Brian E. Frankish

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

* Joyce Thomas

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Betty Thomas Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 21, 1948) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series ''Hill Street Blues''. As of March 2018, Tho ...

Honorary Life Member

Paris Barclay Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director, producer, and writer. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed nearly 200 episodes of television ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild Of America Awards, 73 Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 film awards 2020 television awards 2020 in American cinema 2020 in American television 2021 awards in the United States