February 17, 1999
Award Honors Bochco's Consistent Commitment to and Leadership in the Hiring of Women and Ethnic Minorities in DGA Categories
Steven Bochco, the creator and/or executive producer of groundbreaking television series such as Hill Street Blues, LA Law, Murder One and NYPD Blue, will be presented with the Directors Guild of America's Diversity Award at the 51st Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, March 6, 1999, DGA President Jack Shea announced today. The award, being given for only the second time, honors Bochco's consistent commitment to and leadership in the hiring of women and ethnic minorities in DGA categories. The DGA Diversity Award was inaugurated in 1997, when it was presented to Bruce Paltrow and the team of John Wells and Christopher Chulack.
"Steven Bochco has long been a leader in the crucial area of hiring DGA women and ethnic minorities," said DGA President Shea. "His commitment to diversity has been outstanding, from his hiring of directors to the selection of the directing team. If every showrunner, network head and studio chief followed Bochco's lead, the DGA's annual women and minority report would paint a much brighter picture than it does."
Among the Bochco-created or executive produced programs that have utilized the talents of DGA women and ethnic minorites are: Hill Street Blues; Bay City Blues; LA Law; Hooperman; Doogie Howser, MD; Cop Rock; Civil Wars; Murder One; Total Security; Brooklyn South; and NYPD Blue.
DGA ethnic minority and women members Bochco has hired include:
Directors: Felix Alcala, Paris Barclay, Neema Barnette, Kathy Bates, Gabrielle Beaumont, Georg Stanford Brown, Roy Campanella II, Thomas Carter, Nell Cox, Joan Darling, Donna Deitch, Johanna Demetrakas, Bill Duke, Jan Eliasberg, Barbara Farkas, Rachel Feldman, Joe Ann Fogle, Kim Friedman, Karen Gaviola, Lesli Glatter, Janet Greek, Randa Haines, Helaine Head, Leslie Hill, Victoria Hochberg, Kevin Hooks, Elodie Keene, Eric Laneauville, Stanley Lathan, Mimi Leder, Shelley Levinson, Farrel Levy, Melanie Mayron, Sharron Miller, Jorge Montesi, Bethany Rooney, Arlene Sanford, Nancy Savoca, Michael Schultz, Osborne Scott, Jr., Marisa Silver, Joan Tewkesbury, Betty Thomas, Jesus Trevino, and Alice West;
Unit Production Managers: Penny Adams, Bernadette Caulfield, Ann Kindberg, Alice West;
First Assistant Directors: Charlotte Dreiman, Sara Fischer, Karen Gaviola, Carol Green, Nancy Jacobs, Janet Knutsen, Sharon Mann, Maggie Parker, Concetta Rinaldo-Willia, Liz Ryan, and Alice West;
Second Assistant Directors: Kristi Antunovich, Angela Barnes, Julie Bloom, Catherine Bond, Carol Bonnefil, Barbara Bruno, Pamela Cederquist, Martha Cusano, Ron Dempsey, Carey Dietrich, Debra DuVal, Carol Emrich, Susan Fiore, Stacy Fish, Paula Foster, Jill Frank, Forrest Futrell, Philip Gallegos, Sharon Gerhard, Cherie Hankal, Julie Herrin, Wendy Ikeguchi, Noga Isackson, Brenda Kalosh, Carole Kelligan, Kristen Killey, Nancy King, Jessica Kreps, Ingrid Lacis, Hilary Leach, Dinah Lehoven, Jessica Leung, Alisa Matlovsky, Vincent Matsudaira, Ricardo Matta, Maura McKeown, Susan Moen, Susan Norton, Eric Oliver, Thompson O'Sullivan, Lucille Ouyang, Jane Paul, Suzie Pellisier, Tony Perez, Laura Petticord, Jacqueline Phillips, Meta Puttkammer, Barbara Ravis, Marsha Scarbrough, Tibi Scheflow, Claudia Sills, Michelle Solotar, Margaret Sperling, Dorothy Steinicke, Tiruvettar Subramaniam, Anette Sutera, Sharon Swab, Mary Rae Thewlis, Christine Tope, Rosemarie Unite, Janet Van Etten, Joel Wang and Diana Williams.
Nominations for the DGA Diversity Award were submitted by DGA members, studio, network and company executives and agents. Those nominated were asked to provide a summary of their achievements in the hiring of DGA women and ethnic minorities to the DGA's Diversity Awards Selection Committee appointed by DGA President Shea, which then selected the honoree.
The 51st Annual DGA Awards will be held on Saturday, March 6, 1999, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.