The Frank Capra Achievement Award is an American film award established by the
Directors Guild of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merge ...
(DGA) honoring
assistant directors
The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to ta ...
and
unit production managers
Unit may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''
* Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
Music
* ''Unit'' (al ...
for career achievement and service to the DGA.
Named after the American director
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...
(1897–1991), it was first awarded at the
32nd Directors Guild of America Awards in 1980.
Recipients
References
External links
DGA Awards History
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Awards established in 1980
American film awards
Directors Guild of America Awards