58th Directors Guild of America Awards

58th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	January 28, 2006
Location	Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	Brokeback Mountain – Ang Lee
Best Director Documentary:	Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog

The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2005, were presented on January 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.^[1]^[2]^[3] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner.^[4] The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 5, 2006^[5]^[6] and the other nominations were announced starting on January 9, 2006.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

The award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs was first introduced at this ceremony.^[11]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck. Paul Haggis – Crash Bennett Miller – Capote Steven Spielberg – Munich
Documentaries
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 Renaud and Craig Renaud – Off to War: Welcome to Baghdad

Television

Drama Series
*Michael Apted – Rome* for "The Stolen Eagle"** Alan Ball – Six Feet Under for "Everyone's Waiting" Paris Barclay – House for "Three Stories" Peter Horton – Grey's Anatomy for "A Hard Day's Night" Jeff Melman – Grey's Anatomy for "Into You Like a Train"
Comedy Series
*Marc Buckland – My Name Is Earl* for "Pilot"** James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Alive and Schticking" Larry Charles – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The End" Julian Farino – Entourage for "Exodus" Bryan Gordon – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Korean Bookie"
Miniseries or TV Film
Joseph Sargent – Warm Springs (TIE) George C. Wolfe – Lackawanna Blues (TIE) Darnell Martin – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God James Steven Sadwith – Elvis Fred Schepisi – Empire Falls
Musical Variety
*Matthew Diamond – Great Performances: Dance in America* for "Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater"** Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Show #2452" Louis J. Horvitz – The 77th Annual Academy Awards Chuck O'Neil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Alan Skog – Live from Lincoln Center for "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit" Glenn Weiss – The 59th Annual Tony Awards
Daytime Serials
*Owen Renfroe – General Hospital* for "Episode #10914"** Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Episode #9385" Herbert Stein and Albert Alarr – Days of Our Lives for "Episode #10090" Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #4623" Ellen Wheeler – Guiding Light for "Episode #14696"
Reality Programs
Tony Croll – Three Wishes for "Pilot" (TIE) J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor for "Heist Fear Factor" (TIE) Ross Breitenbach – Brat Camp for "Episode #104" Starling Price – Penn & Teller: Bullshit! for "Circumcision" Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "Episode #805"
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 for "The Pits" Jessica Sharzer – Speak

Commercials

Commercials
Craig Gillespie – Ameriquest's "Surprise Dinner" and "Mini-Mart", and Altoids's "People of Pain" and "Fable of the Fruit Bat" Spike Jonze – Adidas' "Hello Tomorrow", Miller Beer's "Penguin", and Gap's "Pardon Our Dust" Rocky Morton – BellSouth's "Kung Fu Clowns" and "Dance Fight Plumbers", Cheese Nips' "Office", and CSI's "Take Me Home" Noam Murro – Hummer's "Monsters", Orange's "Black Out", and Nike's "Run Barefoot" Rupert Sanders – Adidas' "Made to Perfection" and Xbox's "Joy"

Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film

Clint Eastwood

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

Joseph R. Aceti

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Jerry H. Ziesmer

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Donald E. Jacob

References

^ "DGA Announces Winners of 2005 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2006 Career Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. January 29, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ King, Susan (January 29, 2006). "Ang Lee Wins Directors' Award for 'Brokeback'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 28, 2006). "Directors join the 'Brokeback' roundup". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 24, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "Clooney, Spielberg and Lee up for DGA award". The Guardian. January 6, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 5, 2006). "History lessons intrigue DGA". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 9, 2006). "DGA sets telepic nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "Nominees for: Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Variety. January 11, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 12, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary". Directors Guild of America. January 18, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces New Reality Television Award". Directors Guild of America. October 13, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

External links

58th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] "DGA Announces Winners of 2005 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2006 Career Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. January 29, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[2] King, Susan (January 29, 2006). "Ang Lee Wins Directors' Award for 'Brokeback'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[3] McNary, Dave (January 28, 2006). "Directors join the 'Brokeback' roundup". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[4] "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 24, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[5] "Clooney, Spielberg and Lee up for DGA award". The Guardian. January 6, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[6] McNary, Dave (January 5, 2006). "History lessons intrigue DGA". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[7] McNary, Dave (January 9, 2006). "DGA sets telepic nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[8] "Nominees for: Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Variety. January 11, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[9] "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 12, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[10] "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary". Directors Guild of America. January 18, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[11] "DGA Announces New Reality Television Award". Directors Guild of America. October 13, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

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