Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series is one of the annual awards given by the Directors Guild of America.

Winners and nominees

1970s

• 1971: John Rich - All in the Family
  • Bruce Bilson - The Odd Couple for "Being Divorced Is Never Having to Say I Do"
  • Jay Sandrich - Mary Tyler Moore for "The Baby Sit-Com"

• 1972: Gene Reynolds - M*A*S*H for "Pilot"
  • Bill Hobin - Maude for "Maude's Dilemma: Part 1 and 2"
  • John Rich - All in the Family for "The Bunkers and the Swingers"

• 1973: Gene Reynolds - M*A*S*H for "Deal Me Out"
  • Hal Cooper - Maude
  • Jay Sandrich - Mary Tyler Moore for "Lou's First Date"

• 1974: Hy Averback - M*A*S*H for "Alcoholics Unanimous"
  • Robert Moore - Rhoda for "Rhoda's Wedding: Part 1 and 2"
  • Jay Sandrich - Mary Tyler Moore for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?"

• 1975: Hy Averback - M*A*S*H for "Bombed"
  • Hal Cooper - Maude
  • Joan Darling - Mary Tyler Moore for "Chuckles Bites the Dust"

• 1976: Alan Alda - M*A*S*H for "Dear Sigmund"
  • Hal Cooper - Maude for "Vivian's First Funeral"
  • Jay Sandrich - Mary Tyler Moore for "Murray Can't Lose"

• 1977: Paul Bogart - All in the Family for "Edith's 50th Birthday"
  • Alan Alda and Burt Metcalfe - M*A*S*H for "Comrades in Arms: Parts 1 and 2"
  • Jay Sandrich - Soap for "007 Air 8"

• 1978: Paul Bogart - All in the Family for "California, Here We Are"
  • Charles S. Dubin - M*A*S*H for "Point of View"
  • Jay Sandrich - Soap for "Episode #32"

• 1979: Paul Bogart - All in the Family for "Too Good Edith"
  • Charles S. Dubin - M*A*S*H for "Period of Adjustment"
  • Noam Pitlik - Barney Miller for "The Judge"

1980s

• 1980: Noam Pitlik - Barney Miller for "Fog"
  • Mike Farrell - M*A*S*H for "Death Takes a Holiday"
  • Burt Metcalfe - M*A*S*H for "A War of All Seasons"

• 1981: Alan Alda - M*A*S*H for "The Life You Save"
  • James Burrows - Taxi for "Jim the Psychic"
  • Harry Morgan - M*A*S*H for "Blood Brothers"

• 1982: Alan Alda - M*A*S*H for "Where There's a Will, There's a War"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Sam at Eleven"
  • Noam Pitlik - Taxi for "Jim Inheritance"

• 1983: James Burrows - Cheers for "Showdown: Part II"
  • Jim Drake - Buffalo Bill for "Woody Quits"
  • Noam Pitlik - Taxi for "Louie and the Blind Girl"

• 1984: Jay Sandrich - The Cosby Show for "Pilot"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "I Call Your Name"
  • Bill Persky - Kate & Allie for "Landlady"

• 1985: Jay Sandrich - The Golden Girls for "Pilot"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Birth, Death, Love and Rice"
  • Peter Werner - Moonlighting for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"

• 1986: Terry Hughes - The Golden Girls for "Isn't It Romantic?"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Tan 'N' Wash"
  • Paul Lynch - Moonlighting for "Symphony in Knocked Flat"

• 1987: Will Mackenzie - Family Ties for "My Name Is Alex"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Homs Is the Sailor"
  • Terry Hughes - The Golden Girls for "Old Friends"

• 1988: Steve Miner - The Wonder Years for "Pilot"
  • Ellen Falcon - Roseanne for "Pilot"
  • Barnet Kellman - Murphy Brown for "Pilot"

• 1989: Barnet Kellman - Murphy Brown for "Brown Like Me"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Sisterly Love"
  • Harry Thomason - Designing Women for "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?"

1990s

• 1990: James Burrows - Cheers for "Woody Interruptus"
  • Peter Baldwin - The Wonder Years for "The Ties That Bind Thanksgiving"
  • Barnet Kellman - Murphy Brown for "Bod & Murphy & Ted & Avery"

• 1991: Peter Bonerz - Murphy Brown for "Uh Oh: Part 2"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "Days of Wine & Neurosis"
  • David Steinberg - Seinfeld for "The Tape"

• 1992: Tom Cherones - Seinfeld for "The Contest"
  • James Burrows - Cheers for "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
  • Jason Alexander - Seinfeld for "The Good Samaritan"

• 1993: James Burrows - Frasier for "The Good Son"
  • Peter Bonerz - Murphy Brown for "Angst For the Memory"
  • Tom Cherones - Seinfeld for "The Mango"
  • Michael Lange - Northern Exposure for "Kaddish for Uncle Manny"
  • Betty Thomas - Dream On for "Silent Night, Holy Cow"

• 1994: David Lee - Frasier for "The Matchmaker"
  • Andy Ackerman - Seinfeld for "The Race"
  • Rick Beren - Frasier for "The Unkindest Cut of All"
  • Tom Cherones - Seinfeld for "The Opposite"
  • Todd Holland - The Larry Sanders Show for "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show"

• 1995: Gordon Hunt - Mad About You for "The Alan Brady Show"
  • Andy Ackerman - Seinfeld for "The Gum"
  • James Burrows - Friends for "The One With the Birth"
  • Todd Holland -The Larry Sanders Show for "Arthur After Hours"
  • David Lee - Frasier for "Daphne's Room"

• 1996: Andy Ackerman - Seinfeld for "The Rye"
  • Robert Berlinger - 3rd Rock from the Sun for "See Dick Continue to Run"
  • Todd Holland - The Larry Sanders Show for "Everybody Loves Larry"
  • Alan Myerson - The Larry Sanders Show for "Ellen, Or Isn't She"
  • David Steinberg - Mad About You for "The Finale: Parts II and III"

• 1997: Andy Ackerman - Seinfeld for "The Betrayal"
  • James Burrows - Dharma & Greg for "Pilot"
  • Pamela Fryman - Frasier for "Halloween: Part I"
  • Gordon Hunt - Mad About You for "The Birth"
  • Gil Junger - Ellen for "The Puppy Episode"

• 1998: Thomas Schlamme - Sports Night for "Pilot"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Pilot"
  • Pamela Fryman - Just Shoot Me! for "Two Girls for Every Boy"
  • Kelsey Grammer - Frasier for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz"
  • Todd Holland - The Larry Sanders Show for "Flip"

• 1999: Thomas Schlamme - Sports Night for "Small Town"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Yours, Mine, Ours"
  • Pamela Fryman - Frasier for "The Flight Before Christmas"
  • Katy Garretson - Frasier for "Dr. Nora"
  • Victoria Hochberg - Sex and the City for "The Man, The Myth, The Viagra"

2000s

• 2000: James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Lows In The Mid-Eighties"
  • Allen Coulter - Sex and the City for "Cockadoodle-do"
  • Bill D'Elia - Ally McBeal for "The Last Virgin"
  • Pamela Fryman - Frasier for "And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon"
  • Todd Holland - Malcolm in the Middle for "Pilot"

• 2001: Todd Holland - Malcolm in the Middle for "Bowling"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Bed, Bath & Beyond"
  • Allen Coulter - Sex and the City for "Defining Moments"
  • Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City for "The Real Me"
  • Michael Engler - Sex and the City for "My Motherboard, Myself"

• 2002: Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Special Section"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Mary Me a Little"
  • Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Nanny From Hell"
  • Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City for "Plus One Is the Loneliest Number"
  • David Steinberg - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Mary, Joseph & Larry"

• 2003: Timothy Van Patten - Sex and the City for "Boy Interrupted"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Last Ex to Brooklyn"
  • Michael Engler - Sex and the City for "Hop, Skip & a Week"
  • Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City for "Great Sexpectations"
  • James Widdoes - 8 Simple Rules for "Goodbye"

• 2004: Timothy Van Patten - Sex and the City for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux"
  • Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The 5 Wood"
  • Charles McDougall - Desperate Housewives for "Pilot"
  • Arlene Sanford - Desperate Housewives for "Pretty Little Picture"
  • Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Carpool Lane"

• 2005: Marc Buckland - My Name Is Earl for "Pilot"
  • James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Alive and Schtiking"
  • Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The End"
  • Julian Farino - Entourage for "Exodus"
  • Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Korean Bookie"

• 2006: Richard Shepard - Ugly Betty for "Pilot"
  • Adam Bernstein - 30 Rock for "Pilot"
  • Julian Farino - Entourage for "One Day in the Valley"
  • Seith Mann - Grey's Anatomy for "Name of the Game"
  • Arlene Sanford - Boston Legal for "Breast in Show"

• 2007: Barry Sonnenfeld - Pushing Daisies for "Pie-lette (Pilot)"
  • Michael Engler - 30 Rock for "Rosemary's Baby"
  • David Grossman - Desperate Housewives for "Something's Coming"
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock for "Somebody to Love"
  • David Nutter - Entourage for "The Resurrection"

• 2008: Paul Feig - The Office for "Dinner Party"
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock for "Somebody to Love"
  • Don Scardino - 30 Rock for "Do Over"
  • Julian Farino - Entourage for "Tree Trippers"
  • Paris Barclay - Weeds for "The Three Coolers"

• 2009: Jason Winer - Modern Family for "Pilot"
  • Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Table Read"
  • Jeff Schaffer - Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Seinfeld"
  • Paris Barclay - Glee for "Wheels"
  • Ryan Murphy - Glee for "Pilot"

Trivia

Wins and nominations by television series:

Name	Wins	Nominations	Total
M*A*S*H	7	6	13
All in the Family	4	1	5
Seinfeld	3	6	9
Cheers	2	8	10
Sex and the City	2	8	10
Frasier	2	7	9
Murphy Brown	2	3	5
The Golden Girls	2	1	3
Sports Night	2	0	2
Curb Your Enthusiasm	1	8	9
Will & Grace	1	6	7
Barney Miller	1	1	2
Malcolm in the Middle	1	1	2
The Wonder Years	1	1	2
Family Ties	1	0	1
My Name Is Earl	1	0	1
The Office	1	0	1
Pushing Daisies	1	0	1
Ugly Betty	1	0	1
30 Rock	0	5	5
The Larry Sanders Show	0	5	5
Maude	0	4	4
Entourage	0	4	4
Desperate Housewives	0	3	3
Taxi	0	3	3

Wins and nominations by director:

Name	Wins	Nominations	Total
James Burrows	4	17	21
Andy Ackerman	2	2	4
Thomas Schlamme	2	0	2
Timothy Van Patten	2	0	2
Todd Holland	1	5	6
Bryan Gordon	1	2	3
Gordon Hunt	1	1	2
David Lee	1	1	2
Michael Engler	0	3	3
Michael Patrick King	0	3	3
David Steinberg	0	3	3
Larry Charles	0	2	2
Julian Farino	0	2	2
Arlene Sanford	0	2	2