27th Directors Guild of America Awards

Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II

• Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation
• Bob Fosse – Lenny
• Sidney Lumet – Murder on the Orient Express
• Roman Polanski – Chinatown

David Friedkin – Kojak for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die"

• Corey Allen – The Streets of San Francisco for "Cry Help"
• Harry Falk – The Streets of San Francisco for "Mask of Death"

Hy Averback – M*A*S*H for "Alcoholics Unanimous"

• Robert Moore – Rhoda for "Rhoda's Wedding"
• Jay Sandrich – Mary Tyler Moore for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?"

John Korty – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

• Tom Gries – QB VII
• Lamont Johnson – The Execution of Private Slovik

Roger Englander – New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts for "What Makes a Gershwin Tune a Gershwin Tune?"

• Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• Nick Vanoff – The Perry Como Christmas Show

Bill Foster – AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney

• Arthur Bloom – 60 Minutes
• Charles Braverman – Birth and Babies