57th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 57th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2004, were presented on January 29, 2005, at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 6, 2005 and the other nominations starting on January 10, 2005.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby Marc Forster – Finding Neverland Taylor Hackford – Ray Alexander Payne – Sideways Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Documentaries
Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni – The Story of the Weeping Camel Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman – Born into Brothels Ross McElwee – Bright Leaves Michael Moore – Fahrenheit 9/11 Jehane Noujaim – Control Room

Feature Film

Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Documentaries

Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni – The Story of the Weeping Camel

Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman – Born into Brothels
Ross McElwee – Bright Leaves
Michael Moore – Fahrenheit 9/11
Jehane Noujaim – Control Room

Television

Drama Series
*Walter Hill – Deadwood* for "Deadwood"** J. J. Abrams – Lost for "Pilot (Part 1)" Christopher Chulack – ER for "Time of Death" John Patterson – The Sopranos for "All Due Respect" Tim Van Patten – The Sopranos for "Long Term Parking"
Comedy Series
*Tim Van Patten – Sex and the City* for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux"** Bryan Gordon – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The 5 Wood" Charles McDougall – Desperate Housewives for "Pilot" Arlene Sanford – Desperate Housewives for "Pretty Little Picture" Robert B. Weide – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Car Pool Lane"
Miniseries or TV Film
Joseph Sargent – Something the Lord Made Robert Altman – Tanner on Tanner Stephen Hopkins – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Lloyd Kramer – The Five People You Meet in Heaven Christopher Reeve – The Brooke Ellison Story
Musical Variety
Bruce Gowers – Genius: A Night for Ray Charles Ron de Moraes – Great Performances for "Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival" Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #2187" Louis J. Horvitz – The 76th Annual Academy Awards Chuck O'Neil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Daytime Serials
*Bruce S. Barry – Guiding Light* for "Episode #14321"** Joseph Behar – General Hospital for "Episode #10461" Christopher Goutman – As the World Turns for "Episode #12166" Matt Lagle and Brian Mertes – Guiding Light for "Episode #14322" Conal O'Brien – All My Children for "Episode #8768"
Children's Programs
Stuart Gillard – Going to the Mat Duwayne Dunham – Tiger Cruise Paul Hoen – Searching for David's Heart Jeremy Kagan – Crown Heights Lee Rose – Jack

Commercials

Commercials
Noam Murro – Adidas' "Carry", Starbucks' "Glen", and eBay's "Toy Boat" Dante Ariola – Stella Artois' "Circus", Levi's' "Urban Legend", and Barclays' "Money Tree" Fredrik Bond – Three's "Cherry" and "Jelly Fish", and Nike's "The Other Game" Andrew Douglas – Renault's "Feel It", PricewaterhouseCoopers' "The Air", Barclays' "New Day", and Microsoft's "Hat" Jim Jenkins – Discovery Channel's "Antlers" and "Milk Truck", Nextel's "Dance Party", and TBS' "Strange Fruit"

Noam Murro – Adidas' "Carry", Starbucks' "Glen", and eBay's "Toy Boat"

Dante Ariola – Stella Artois' "Circus", Levi's' "Urban Legend", and Barclays' "Money Tree"
Fredrik Bond – Three's "Cherry" and "Jelly Fish", and Nike's "The Other Game"
Andrew Douglas – Renault's "Feel It", PricewaterhouseCoopers' "The Air", Barclays' "New Day", and Microsoft's "Hat"
Jim Jenkins – Discovery Channel's "Antlers" and "Milk Truck", Nextel's "Dance Party", and TBS' "Strange Fruit"

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Herb Adelman

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Stanley Faer

Diversity Award

Steve McPherson

Presidents Award

Gilbert Cates

References

King, Susan (January 30, 2005). "DGA Honors Eastwood for 'Million Dollar Baby'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
Ryan, Joal (January 30, 2005). "Clint KOs Scorsese at DGAs". E! News. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
McNary, Dave (January 30, 2005). "DGA makes Clint's day with top nod". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"DGA Announces Winners of 2004 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2005 Career Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. January 30, 2005. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
"DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 57th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 26, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the Year 2004". Directors Guild of America. January 6, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
King, Susan (January 7, 2005). "Dga Nominees Include Surprise: 'Ray's' Hackford". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for the Year 2004". Directors Guild of America. January 10, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Categories of Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Daytime Serials, and Children's Programs for 2004". Directors Guild of America. January 11, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2004". Directors Guild of America. January 13, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
McNary, Dave (January 13, 2005). "Commercial cachet". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
"Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2004". Directors Guild of America. January 19, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

External links

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