Directors Guild of America Awards 2005

58th DGA Awards

January 28, 2006

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Best Director - Motion Picture:
Brokeback Mountain

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Best Director - Documentary:
Grizzly Man

The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on January 28, 2006, honored the best film and television directors in 2005.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Director - Motion Picture

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Paul Haggis - Crash
• Bennett Miller - Capote
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Director - Documentary Feature

Werner Herzog - Grizzly Man

• Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani - The Devil's Miner
• Sean McAllister - The Liberace of Baghdad
• Rupert Murray - Unknown White Male
• Brent and Craig Renaud - Off to War

Television

Best Director - Children's Programs

Chris Eyre - Edge of America

• Ellen Goosenberg Kent - I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
• David Jackson - Buffalo Dreams
• D.J. MacHale - Flight 29 Down ("The Pits")
• Jessica Sharzer - Speak

Best Director - Comedy Series

Marc Buckland - My Name Is Earl ("Pilot")

• James Burrows - Will & Grace ("Alive and Schtiking")
• Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The End")
• Julian Farino - Entourage ("Exodus")
• Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("Korean Bookie")

Best Director - Commercials

Craig Gillespie - Ameriquest: "Surprise Dinner" and "Mini-Mart", Altoids: "People of Pain" and "Fable of the Fruit Bat"

Best Director - Daytime Serials

Owen Renfroe - General Hospital ("#10,914")

• Albert Alarr and Herb Stein - Days of our Lives ("#10,090")
• Larry Carpenter - One Life to Live ("#9,385")
• Michael Stich - The Bold and the Beautiful ("#4,623")
• Ellen Wheeler - Guiding Light ("#14,696")

Best Director - Dramatic Series (Night)

Michael Apted - Rome ("The Stolen Eagle")

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting")
• Paris Barclay - House ("Three Stories")
• Peter Horton - Grey's Anatomy ("A Hard Day's Night")
• Jeffrey Melman - Grey's Anatomy ("In To You Like A Train")

Best Director - Musical or Variety

Emile Ardolino - Great Performances: Dance in America - "Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater"

• Jerry Foley - Late Show with David Letterman - "#2,452"
• Louis J. Horvitz - The 77th Annual Academy Awards
• Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show
• Alan Skog - Live from Lincoln Center - "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit"
• Glenn Weiss - The 59th Annual Tony Awards

Best Director - Reality Programs

J. Rupert Thompson - Fear Factor ("Pilot")

• Ross Breitenbach - Brat Camp ("#104")
• Star Price - Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ("Circumcision")
• Bertram van Munster - The Amazing Race ("#805")

Best Director - TV Film

Joseph Sargent - Warm Springs
George C. Wolfe - Lackawanna Blues

• Darnell Martin - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• James Steven Sadwith - Elvis
• Fred Schepisi - Empire Falls