50th Directors Guild of America Awards

James Cameron – Titanic

• James L. Brooks – As Good as It Gets
• Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
• Steven Spielberg – Amistad
• Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting

Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell – Riding the Rails

• Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer – Liberty! The American Revolution for "Blows Must Decide"
• John O'Hagan – Wonderland
• Michèle Ohayon – Colors Straight Up
• Peter Rosen – First Person Singular: I.M. Pei

Barbara Kopple – Homicide: Life on the Street for "The Documentary"

• Chris Carter – The X-Files for "The Post-Modern Prometheus"
• Christopher Chulack – ER for "Fathers and Sons"
• James Frawley – Ally McBeal for "Pilot"
• Mark Tinker – Brooklyn South for "Pilot"

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"

John Herzfeld – Don King: Only in America

• John Frankenheimer – George Wallace
• William Friedkin – 12 Angry Men
• Charles Haid – Buffalo Soldiers
• Joseph Sargent – Miss Evers' Boys

Louis J. Horvitz – 1997 Kennedy Center Honors

• Arthur Forrest – The Rosie O'Donnell Show
• Bruce Gowers – Fleetwood Mac Reunion Special
• Don Scardino – Tracey Takes On... for "Vegas"
• Thomas Schlamme – Tracey Takes On... for "1976"

Scott McKinsey – General Hospital for "Episode #8883"

• Susan Flannery – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #2580"
• Christopher Goutman, Charles C. Dyer, and Maria Wagner – As the World Turns for "Episode #10446"
• Deveney Kelly – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #2681"
• Frank Pacelli – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #6032"

Brian Robbins – Nickelodeon's Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal for "First Time"

• Shawn Levy – The Secret World of Alex Mack for "Lies and Secrets"
• Melanie Mayron – The Wonderful World of Disney for "Toothless"
• Ron Oliver – Goosebumps for "The Perfect School"
• Howard Storm – Kenan and Kel for "Haven't Got Time for the Paint"

Bruce Dowad – Isuzu's "Giant", Mercedes-Benz' "Don't Fence Me In", and Coca-Cola's "World Dance"

• Robert Black – Lay's' "Antonio", Rite Aid's "Firefighter", and Southwestern Bell's "Rancher"
• Thom Higgins – Weyerhaeuser's "Love Note", Oreo's "Basketball", and Ford's "Generations"
• Erich Joiner – Smith & Wesson's "Bonus", "Yacht" and "Grandma"
• David Wild – Washington's Lottery's "Born to be Wild", Zima's "Sticky Shoes", and Saturn's "Doc Payne"