48th Directors Guild of America Awards (1996)

Film
Feature Film
Ron Howard - Apollo 13
Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Ang Lee - Sense and Sensibility
Michael Radford - Il Postino: The Postman
Documentaries
Terry Zwigoff - Crumb
Deborah Hoffmann - Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Freida Lee Mock - Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Bill Van Daalen - Indianapolis: Ship of Doom
Helen Whitney - American Masters for "Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light"
Television
Drama Series
Christopher Chulack - ER for "Hell and High Water"
Félix Enríquez Alcalá - ER for "Do One, Teach One, Kill One"
Chris Carter - The X-Files for "The List"
Charles Haid - Murder One for "Pilot"
Mimi Leder - ER for "Love's Labor Lost"
Comedy Series
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"
Miniseries or TV Film
Mick Jackson - Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Robert Markowitz - The Tuskegee Airmen
Daniel Petrie - Kissinger and Nixon
Frank Pierson - Truman
Peter Werner - Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Special Awards
D.W. Griffith Award
Woody Allen
Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction
Tony Verna
Lifetime Achievement in News Direction
Arthur Bloom
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award
Daniel Petrie
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Don Lewis Barnhart
Honorary Life Member
Chuck Jones