33rd Directors Guild of America Awards

The 33rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1980, were presented on March 14, 1981 at the Beverly Hilton.^[1][2] The television nominees were announced on February 10, 1981.^[1]

33rd Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Ordinary People – Robert Redford
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1980.aspx?value=1980
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Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Robert Redford – Ordinary People Michael Apted – Coal Miner's Daughter David Lynch – The Elephant Man Richard Rush – The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese – Raging Bull

Television

Drama Series
Roger Young – Lou Grant for "Lou" Irving Moore – Dallas for "House Divided" Gene Reynolds – Lou Grant for "Nightside"
Comedy Series
Noam Pitlik – Barney Miller for "Fog" Mike Farrell – M*A*S*H for "Death Takes a Holiday" Burt Metcalfe – M*A*S*H for "A War of All Seasons"
Musical Variety
Dwight Hemion – IBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway Don Mischer – Goldie and Liza Together George Schaefer – Barry Manilow: One Voice
Documentary
Alfred R. Kelman – The Body Human: The Body Beautiful (Tie) Perry Miller Adato – Picasso: A Painter's Diary (Tie) David Heeley – Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance
Actuality
Don Mischer – Kennedy Center Honors Marty Pasetta – 52nd Academy Awards Brice Weisman – Up Close and Personal
Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality
Jerry London – Shōgun Marvin J. Chomsky – Attica Robert Collins – Gideon's Trumpet

Commercials

Commercials
George Gomes – A&W Restaurants' "Dancing", Bell System's "Joey Called", and Sara Lee's "Red Dye" Allan Dennis Bob Giraldi – Broadway's "Evita" and Miller Lite's "Pool" Richard Loew – Breakstone' "Bedtime" and "Mom", and Beauvalle's "Toulouse" Gérard Pirès - Dancy vegetables, Findus foods, Samsonite luggage, Wonder batteries

D.W. Griffith Award

• George Cukor

Frank Capra Achievement Award

• Francisco Day

Honorary Life Member

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz