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49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997)
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DGA Awards 1997 Winners & Nominees

The 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997) took place on March 8, 1997. The English Patient won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in both categories is below.

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Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
The English Patient
Headline winners

DGA Awards 1997: The Winners

The English Patient won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film against 3 other nominees.

The English Patient (1996) movie poster Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

The English Patient

1996 · Drama, Romance, War · $232M worldwide

With Anthony Minghella

1 win from 1 nomination at the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997)

During World War II, a badly burned man is found in the Sahara Desert and cared for by a nurse, Hana. He recounts his passionate and complex love affair with Katharine Clifton, a married Englishwoman, revealing a tragic past filled with betrayal, political intrigue, and loss. As Hana tends to his physical and emotional wounds, she uncovers the identity of the mysterious stranger, Laszlo de Almasy, and the devastating events that led him to this isolated place.

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Full results

Both DGA Awards 1997 Categories: Winners & Nominees

2 categories and 5 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

2 categories · 5 nominations

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DGA Awards 1997 Outstanding Directing – Documentaries

Official name: Documentaries

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Movie marathon

The DGA Awards 1997 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Marathon

All 4 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominees at the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997), back to back: 8 hours 24 minutes.

Total running time 8h 24m 8 hours 24 minutes All 4 films
Longest
The English Patient 2h 42m
Shortest
Fargo 1h 38m
By genre

The Genres Behind the DGA Awards 1997 Winners

Drama led with 4 nominations across 4 films and won 1. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  2. Romance 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  3. Sport 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  4. War 1 win · 1 nomination · 100%
  5. Thriller 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  6. Crime 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  7. Comedy 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  8. Biography 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  9. Music 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  10. History 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
1997 season

How the Rest of the 1997 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 1997, with the winner of each top prize. The English Patient also won the top prize at 3 of them.

All 1997 awards
Earlier years

Previous DGA Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The DGA Awards page has every year back to 1948.

Every DGA Awards ceremony

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DGA Awards 1997: Questions & Answers

The top prize and the date of the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997)?

The English Patient (1996) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were Fargo, Jerry Maguire and Shine.

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When was the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997)?

The 49th Directors Guild of America Awards (1997) took place on March 8, 1997. The database has 2 categories and 5 nominations for it.