52nd Directors Guild of America Awards

Sam Mendes – American Beauty

• Frank Darabont – The Green Mile
• Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich
• Michael Mann – The Insider
• M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense

Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen – On the Ropes

• Barry W. Blaustein – Beyond the Mat
• Marc Levin – Thug Life in D.C.
• Errol Morris – Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
• Gary Weimberg – The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez-Gomez

David Chase – The Sopranos for "Pilot"

• Daniel Attias – The Sopranos for "46 Long"
• Henry J. Bronchtein – The Sopranos for "Nobody Knows Anything"
• Allen Coulter – The Sopranos for "College"
• Thomas Schlamme – The West Wing for "Pilot"

Thomas Schlamme – Sports Night for "Small Town"

• James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Yours, Mine or Ours"
• Pamela Fryman – Frasier for "The Fight Before Christmas"
• Katy Garretson – Frasier for "Dr. Nora"
• Victoria Hochberg – Sex and the City for "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra"

Mick Jackson – Tuesdays with Morrie

• Martyn Burke – Pirates of Silicon Valley
• Martha Coolidge – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
• Daniel Petrie – Inherit the Wind
• Joseph Sargent – A Lesson Before Dying

Dennie Gordon – Tracey Takes On... for "The End of the World"

• Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1294"
• Louis J. Horvitz – The 71st Annual Academy Awards
• Rob Marshall – Annie
• Beth McCarthy-Miller – Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary

Herbert Stein – Days of Our Lives for "Episode #8557"

• Albert Alarr – Port Charles for "Episode #619"
• Kathryn Foster – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #6787"
• Noel Maxam – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #6632"
• Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live for "Episode #8012"

Amy Schatz – Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Time Tales

• Mitchell Kriegman – Bear in the Big Blue House for "A Berry Merry Christmas"
• Bruce Leddy – CinderElmo
• Randall Miller – The Wonderful World of Disney for "H-E Double Hockey Sticks"
• Jonathan Winfrey – Cousin Skeeter for "Dirty Laundry"

Bryan Buckley – Monster.com's "When I Grow Up", E-Trade's "TriMount Studios" and "Broker", and OnHealth.com's "Friends"

• Adam Cameron and Simon Cole – Frito-Lay's "Sizes", Church's Chicken's "Fire 2", Adidas' "El Duque Dance", Amazon's "Two Minutes", Dreyer's' "Truck Driver", and Snapple's "Sponsor"
• Leslie Dektor – Coca-Cola's "Downhill Racer", e.Score.com's "The Debate", and Allstate's "Anthem"
• Rocky Morton – Lexus' "Fly", Homestead's "Comb" and "Stick", and The Minus Man's "Promo"
• Dewey Nicks – Ameritrade's "Let’s Light this Candle", "I Just Want to be Held" and "Square Dance", and Union Bay's "Rocket Man"