52nd Directors Guild of America Awards

The 52nd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 1999, were presented on March 11, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 24, 2000 and the other nominations were announced starting on February 1, 2000.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Sam Mendes – American Beauty Frank Darabont – The Green Mile Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich Michael Mann – The Insider M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense
Documentaries
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

Feature Film

Sam Mendes – American Beauty

Documentaries

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

Television

Drama Series
*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"
Comedy Series
*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"
Miniseries or TV Film
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
Musical Variety
*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
Daytime Serials
*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"
Children's Programs
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"

Commercials

Commercials
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"

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"

Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film

Steven Spielberg

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

Chet Forte

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Cheryl R. Downey

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Scott L. Rindenow

Diversity Award

References

Welkos, Robert (March 13, 2000). "DGA Award Nudges Mendes Closer to Oscar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"DGA Announces Winners of 1999 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and Recipients of 2000 Lifetime Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. March 11, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
Errico, Marcus (March 12, 2000). "DGA Awards a "Beauty" Contest". E! News. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"Emcee and Presenters Set for 52nd Annual DGA Awards: Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award Nominees Top List". Directors Guild of America. March 6, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
Welkos, Robert (January 25, 2000). "Directors Guild Nominations Have an Eclectic Flavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"DGA Announces Five Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 1999". Directors Guild of America. January 24, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 1999". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
McNary, Dave (February 7, 2000). "All in the family". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"DGA Announces 1999 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. February 8, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
"DGA Announces 1999 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America. February 16, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
McNary, Dave (February 27, 2000). "DGA noms honor new docu crop". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

External links

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