36th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 36th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1983, were presented on March 10, 1984.^[1][2]

36th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10)
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1983.aspx?value=1983
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Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman – Fanny and Alexander Lawrence Kasdan – The Big Chill Philip Kaufman – The Right Stuff

Television

Drama Series
Jeff Bleckner – Hill Street Blues for "Life in the Minors" Corey Allen – Hill Street Blues for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" Christian Nyby – Hill Street Blues for "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance"
Comedy Series
James Burrows – Cheers for "Showdown (Part 2)" Jim Drake – Buffalo Bill for "Woody Quits" Noam Pitlik – Taxi for "Louie and the Blind Girl"
Miniseries or TV Film
Edward Zwick – Special Bulletin Daryl Duke – The Thorn Birds John Erman – Who Will Love My Children?
Musical Variety
Don Mischer – Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Emile Ardolino – Live from Lincoln Center for "NYC Ballet Salute to George Balanchine" Daniel Feldman – Kennedy Center Tonight for Eubie Blake: A Century of Music
Daytime Drama
Sharron Miller – ABC Afterschool Special for "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" G. Cullingham – ABC Afterschool Special for "It's No Crush, I'm in Love" Marlena Laird – General Hospital for "Show No. 242"
Documentary/Actuality
Harry Moses – Our Times with Bill Moyers for "Willy Loman Comes to China" Alfred R. Kelman and Charles Bangert – The Body Human: The Living Code Charles Stone – Viewpoint: The Day After

Commercials

Commercials
Stuart Hagmann (TIE) Bob Brooks (TIE) Manny Perez – Dr Pepper's "Detective", "Hunchback", and "Last Meal" Joe Pytka – Bud Light's "Boxer", "Pairs", and "Rodeo" Neil Tardio – United States Army's "Father & Son" and Xerox' "Laser Printing"

D.W. Griffith Award

• Orson Welles

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

• Robert Wise