 Auerbach received the Directors Guild of America's Robert B. Aldrich Award in 1991, and was named a Honorary Life Member of the Directors Guild in 2004, joining a small, elite group that includes Charles Chaplin, David Lean, Frank Capra, Walt Disney, Darryl F. Zanuck, Louis B. Mayer, Jack L. Warner, Lew Wasserman, Elia Kazan, Chuck Jones, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Jack Valenti.He also received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in 1984 for his work on ABC's "One Life to Live".His recollections and advice on directing soaps are featured in the books "The Box