25th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 25th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1972, were presented in 1973.

25th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	1973 (1973)
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1972.aspx?value=1972
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Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather John Boorman – Deliverance Bob Fosse – Cabaret George Roy Hill – Slaughterhouse-Five Martin Ritt – Sounder

Television

Drama Series
Robert Butler – The Waltons for "Dust Bowl Cousins" Marc Daniels – Marcus Welby, M.D. for "Love is When They Say They Need You" Charles S. Dubin – Hawaii Five-O for "V for Fashion"
Comedy Series
Gene Reynolds – M*A*S*H for "Pilot" Bill Hobin – Maude for "Maude's Dilemma" John Rich and Bob LaHendro – All in the Family for "The Bunkers and the Swingers"
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Lamont Johnson – That Certain Summer Paul Bogart – The House Without a Christmas Tree Tom Gries – The Glass House
Musical Variety
Bob Fosse – Liza with a Z Bill Davis – The Julie Andrews Hour Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Documentary/News
Aram Boyajian – The American Indian: This Land Was His Land (ABC News special) Arthur Bloom – 60 Minutes Julian Krainin – Oceans: The Silent Crisis (ABC News special)

Outstanding Television Director

• Lamont Johnson

D.W. Griffith Award

• David Lean
• William A. Wellman

Honorary Life Member

• David Lean

References

"Awards / History / 1972". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

External links

• 25th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards