63rd Directors Guild of America Awards

The 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards, which was given out on January 29, 2011, honors the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, and television. ^[1][2]

Nominees

Film

Feature Film

Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• David Fincher – The Social Network
• Christopher Nolan – Inception
• David O. Russell – The Fighter

Documentary Feature

Charles Ferguson – Inside Job

• Lixin Fan – Last Train Home
• Alex Gibney – Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
• Davis Guggenheim – Waiting for “Superman”
• Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger – Restrepo

Television

Drama Series

Martin Scorsese – Boardwalk Empire for "Boardwalk Empire"

• Jack Bender – Lost for "The End"
• Allen Coulter – Boardwalk Empire for "Paris Green"
• Frank Darabont – The Walking Dead for "Days Gone Bye"
• Jennifer Getzinger – Mad Men for "The Suitcase"

Comedy Series

Michael Spiller – Modern Family for "Halloween"

• Steven Levitan – Modern Family for "Hawaii"
• Beth McCarthy-Miller – 30 Rock for "Live Show"
• Ryan Murphy – Glee for "The Power of Madonna"
• David Nutter – Entourage for "Lose Yourself"

Miniseries or TV Film

Mick Jackson – Temple Grandin

• Barry Levinson – You Don't Know Jack
• David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa – The Pacific for "Basilone"
• Jeremy Podeswa – The Pacific for "Home"
• Tim Van Patten – The Pacific for "Okinawa"

Musical Variety

Glenn Weiss – The 64th Annual Tony Awards

• Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for "Host: Betty White"
• Linda Mendoza – Paul McCartney The Library of Congress Gershwin Award for Popular Song in Performance at the White House
• John C. Moffit – Bill Maher: "But I'm Not Wrong"
• Chuck O'Neil – Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Reality Programs

Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef for "#301"

• Hisham Abed – The Hills for "Episode #601"
• Bryan O'Donnell – Private Chefs of Beverly Hills for "Challah Back"
• Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode #103"
• Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "I Think We're Fighting the Germans. Right?"

Daytime Serials

Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Episode #10,687"

• Sally McDonald – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #9553"
• Jill Mittwell – One Life to Live for "Starr X’d Lovers (Episode #10,688)"
• Owen Renfroe – General Hospital for "Francophrenia"
• Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "A Reason to Live: Part I"

Children’s Programs

Eric Bross – The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

• Douglas Barr – Secrets of the Mountain
• Stuart Gillard – Avalon High
• Michael Grossman – StarStruck
• Paul Hoen – Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
• Mikael Salomon – Unnatural History for "Pilot"

Commercials

Stacy Wall

• Frank Budgen
• Craig Gillespie
• Tim Godsall
• Tom Kuntz

References