50th Directors Guild of America Awards
The 50th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1997, were presented on March 7, 1998 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza and the Windows on the World. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 26, 1998 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 3, 1998.
Winners and nominees
[Directors Guild of [America Lifetime Achievement Award – Feature Film|D.W. Griffith Award]]
Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction
- Craig Janoff
Lifetime Achievement in News Direction
- Robert E. Vitarelli
[Frank Capra Achievement Award]
- Bob Jeffords
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
- C.J. Rapp Pittman