47th Directors Guild of America Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 47th Directors Guild of America Awards

| date = {{start date|1995|03|11}}

| location = The Beverly Hilton,
Los Angeles, California

| country = United States

| presenter = Directors Guild of America

| host = Carl Reiner

| award1_type = Best Director Feature Film:

| award1_winner = Forrest Gump – Robert Zemeckis

| award2_type = Best Director Documentary:

| award2_winner = Hoop Dreams – Steve James

| previous = 46th

| main = DGA Awards

| next = 48th

}}

The 47th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1994, were presented on March 11, 1995 at the Beverly Hilton.{{cite news|last1=Welkos|first1=Robert|title=Nice Box of Chocolates for Zemeckis|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-13-ca-42258-story.html|access-date=March 7, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 13, 1995}}{{cite web|title=DGA Awards Announcement|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/1995/0307-DGA-Awards-Announcement.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=March 7, 2018|date=March 7, 1995}} The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominations were announced on January 23, 1995.{{cite news|last1=Dutka|first1=Elaine|title=DGA Nods: What's It Mean for the Oscars?|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-24-ca-23550-story.html|access-date=March 7, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 23, 1995}}{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Dan|title=New Faces, Practiced Hands|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/new-faces-practiced-hands-99125028/|access-date=March 7, 2018|work=Variety|date=January 29, 1995}}{{cite web|title=DGA Television Award Nominees|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/1995/0123-DGA-Television-Award-Nominees.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=March 7, 2018|date=January 23, 1995}}

Winners and nominees

=Film=

colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Feature Film
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colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump Frank Darabont – The Shawshank Redemption Mike Newell – Four Weddings and a Funeral Robert Redford – Quiz Show Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Documentaries
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Steve James – Hoop Dreams Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine – Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm Jyll Johnstone – Martha & Ethel Susan Todd and Andrew Young – Lives in Hazard Bethany Yarrow – Mama Awethu!

=Television=

colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Drama Series
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colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Charles Haid – ER for "Into That Good Night" Félix Enríquez Alcalá – ER for "The Gift" Gregory Hoblit – NYPD Blue for "Simon Says" Mimi Leder – ER for "Blizzard" Michael Pressman – Chicago Hope for "Pilot"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Comedy Series
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *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"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Miniseries or TV Film
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Rod Holcomb – ER for "Pilot" John Dahl – The Last Seduction John Frankenheimer – Against the Wall Joseph Sargent – World War II: When Lions Roared Betty Thomas – My Breast
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Musical Variety
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Dwight Hemion – Barbra Streisand: The Concert Patricia Birch – Great Performances for "Natalie Cole's Untraditional Traditional Christmas" William Cosel – The Three Tenors in Concert Hal Gurnee – Late Show with David Letterman for "#160" Jeff Margolis – The 66th Annual Academy Awards
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Daytime Serials
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful* for "Episode #1884"** Shelley Curtis – General Hospital for "Episode #7922" Jerry Evans – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #5370" Heather Hill – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #5476" John C. Zak – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #1756"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Daytime Drama
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *Jesús Salvador Treviño – Lifestories: Families in Crisis* for "POWER: The Eddie Matos Story"** Iris Dugow – Lifestories: Families in Crisis for "Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict" David Eagle – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "The Writing on the Wall" David Morris – Lifestories: Families in Crisis for "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" Bradley Wigor – CBS Schoolbreak Special for "Love in the Dark Ages"

=Commercials=

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colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| Commercials

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Michael Bay – California Milk's "Aaron Burr", "Baby and Cat" and "Vending Machine", Miller Lite's "Big Lawyer Round-up", and Nike's "Deion Sanders"

Leslie Dektor – IBM's "French Guys" and "Nuns", American Airlines' "Important", and Buena Vista's "Snow White"
Tony Kaye – Volvo's "Photographer" and "Stuntman", and Dunlop's "Unexpected"
Ray Lawrence – MCI's "Death on the 19th Hole", "E-Mail" and "Martin"
Joe Pytka – Nike's "Season's Song" and "The Wall", and Pepsi's "Summer of Love"