50th Directors Guild of America Awards (1998)

Film
Feature Film
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
Documentaries
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
Television
Drama Series
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"
Comedy Series
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"
Miniseries or TV Film
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
Special Awards
D.W. Griffith Award
Francis Ford Coppola
Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction
Craig Janoff
Lifetime Achievement in News Direction
Robert E. Vitarelli
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Bob Jeffords
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award
Martha Coolidge
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
C.J. Rapp Pittman
Presidents Award
George Sidney