28th Directors Guild of America Awards

28th Producers Guild of America Awards

March 20, 1976

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Best Director - Motion Picture:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

The 28th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on 20 March 1976, honoured the best film and television directors of the year.

Winners

Film

• Best Director - Motion Picture:
  • Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Television

• Best Director - Comedy Series:
  • Hy Averback - M*A*S*H
• Best Director - Drama Series:
  • James Cellan Jones - Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
• Best Director - Musical/Variety:
  • James Sandrich - The Lily Tomlin Show

Nominees

Film

• Best Director - Motion Picture:
  • Robert Altman - Nashville
  • Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
  • Sidney Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon
  • Steven Spielberg - Jaws