24th Directors Guild of America Awards

24th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	1972 (1972)
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	The French Connection – William Friedkin
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The 24th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1971, were presented in 1972.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
William Friedkin – The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich – The Last Picture Show Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange Robert Mulligan – Summer of '42 John Schlesinger – Sunday Bloody Sunday

Television

Drama Series
Daniel Petrie – The Man and the City for "Hands of Love" Lewis Freedman – Beginning to End Lamont Johnson – Birdbath
Comedy Series
John Rich – All in the Family for "Meet the Bunkers" Bruce Bilson – The Odd Couple for "Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do" Jay Sandrich – Mary Tyler Moore for "Baby Sit-Com"
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Buzz Kulik – Brian's Song Fielder Cook – The Price Delbert Mann – Jane Eyre
Musical Variety
Timothy Kiley – The Flip Wilson Show Arthur Fisher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Greg Garrison – The Dean Martin Show
Documentary/News
Phillip Beigel – Anatomy of a Decision: The FBI and the Great American Dream Machine Joel Banow – Louis Armstrong Anthony Messuri – Apollo: A Trip to the Moon

Outstanding Television Director

• John Rich