23rd Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1970

Date

1971 (1971)

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

Patton – Franklin J. Schaffner

Best Director Television:

My Sweet Charlie – Lamont Johnson

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1970.aspx?value=1970

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The 23rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1970, were presented in 1971.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton Robert Altman – MASH* Arthur Hiller – Love Story David Lean – Ryan's Daughter Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces

Feature Film

Franklin J. Schaffner – Patton

Robert Altman – M*A*S*H
Arthur Hiller – Love Story
David Lean – Ryan's Daughter
Bob Rafelson – Five Easy Pieces

Television

Television
Lamont Johnson – My Sweet Charlie Robert Day – The Bold Ones: The Senator for "A Continual Roar of Musketry" Walter Grauman – The Old Man Who Cried Wolf Stan Harris – Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special Dwight Hemion – Kraft Music Hall for "Mr. Anthony Quinn and Miss Peggy Lee" Buzz Kulik – A Storm in Summer Delbert Mann – David Copperfield Barry Shear – The Name of the Game for "The Enemy Before Us" Paul Wendkos – The Brotherhood of the Bell

Lamont Johnson – My Sweet Charlie