Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

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.

1 Winners and nominees
2 Trivia

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
MASH*	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

Directors Guild of America Awards

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