DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER - MARCH 7, 1987 - TICKET.

The 39th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1986, were presented on March 7, 1987 at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Los Angeles and the nightclub 4D in New York. The feature film nominees were announced on January 28, 1987.

Film

Feature Film

Oliver Stone – Platoon

Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters

Randa Haines – Children of a Lesser God

James Ivory – A Room with a View

Rob Reiner – Stand by Me

Television

Drama Series

Will Mackenzie – Moonlighting for "Atomic Shakespeare"

Donald Petrie – L.A. Law for "The Venus Butterfly"

Mark Tinker – St. Elsewhere for "Afterlife"

Comedy Series

Terry Hughes – The Golden Girls for "Isn't It Romantic"

James Burrows – Cheers for "Tan 'N' Wash"

Paul Lynch – Moonlighting for "Symphony in Knocked Flat"

Miniseries or TV Film

Lee Grant – Nobody's Child

Gregory Hoblit – L.A. Law for "Pilot"

George Schaefer – Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

Musical Variety

Walter C. Miller – Liberty Weekend

Emile Ardolino – Great Performances for "Choreography by Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet"

Dwight Hemion – Neil Diamond... Hello Again

Daytime Drama

Catlin Adams – ABC Afterschool Special for "Wanted: The Perfect Guy"

Leslie Hill – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "God, The Universe and Hot Fudge Sundaes"

Donald Petrie – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?"

Documentary/Actuality

Perry Miller Adato – American Masters for "Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts"

Kyle Good – 48 Hours on Crack Street

David Heeley – The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Sports

Harry J. Coyle – 1986 World Series

Andy Kindle and David Michaels – 1986 Tour de France

Doug Wilson – 1986 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Commercials

Commercials

Joe Pytka – John Hancock Financial's "Brothers", Henry Weinhard's' "Chuck Wagon", and Pepsi's "Floats"

Jeremiah S. Chechik – Connecticut Bank's "Clock Tower", Michelob's "Tonight, Tonight", and AT&T's "Wave"

Leslie Dektor – Levi's' "Celebration", Blue Cross' "Gallstones", Home Savings of America's "Harold Arlund", and SecureHorizons' "Harry's Neighborhood"

Richard Levine – Pacific Bell's "Father & Son", Wells Fargo's "Grass Valley", and Gallo's "Weddings"

Sidney Myers – United Way's "American Way", "Family in Crisis" and "Youth in Crisis", and Bell Atlantic's "Beauty Parlor", "Girl Trouble" and "Jazzman"

D.W. Griffith Award

Elia Kazan

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Henry E. Brill