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

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

and

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

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

* Tom Joyner

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian 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 the late ...

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

* Robert Caminiti

Diversity Award

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

References

External links

* {{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 in the United States