58th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on January 28, 2006, honored the best film and television directors in 2005.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Director - Motion Picture

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Paul Haggis - Crash
• Bennett Miller - Capote
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Director - Documentary Feature

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 and Craig Renaud - Off to War

Television

Best Director - 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 ("The Pits")
• Jessica Sharzer - Speak

Best Director - Comedy Series

Marc Buckland - My Name Is Earl ("Pilot")

• James Burrows - Will & Grace ("Alive and Schtiking")
• Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The End")
• Julian Farino - Entourage ("Exodus")
• Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("Korean Bookie")

Best Director - Commercials

Craig Gillespie - Ameriquest: "Surprise Dinner" and "Mini-Mart", Altoids: "People of Pain" and "Fable of the Fruit Bat"

Best Director - Daytime Serials

Owen Renfroe - General Hospital ("#10,914")

• Albert Alarr and Herb Stein - Days of Our Lives ("#10,090")
• Larry Carpenter - One Life to Live ("#9,385")
• Michael Stich - The Bold and the Beautiful ("#4,623")
• Ellen Wheeler - Guiding Light ("#14,696")

Best Director - Dramatic Series (Night)

Michael Apted - Rome ("The Stolen Eagle")

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting")
• Paris Barclay - House ("Three Stories")
• Peter Horton - Grey's Anatomy ("A Hard Day's Night")
• Jeffrey Melman - Grey's Anatomy ("Into You Like a Train")

Best Director - Musical or Variety

Emile Ardolino - Great Performances: Dance in America - "Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater"

• Jerry Foley - Late Show with David Letterman - "#2,452"
• Louis J. Horvitz - The 77th Annual Academy Awards
• Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show
• Alan Skog - Live from Lincoln Center - "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit"
• Glenn Weiss - The 59th Annual Tony Awards

Best Director - Reality Programs

J. Rupert Thompson - Fear Factor ("Pilot")

• Ross Breitenbach - Brat Camp ("#104")
• Star Price - Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ("Circumcision")
• Bertram van Munster - The Amazing Race ("#805")

Best Director - TV Film

Joseph Sargent - Warm Springs
George C. Wolfe - Lackawanna Blues

• Darnell Martin - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• James Steven Sadwith - Elvis
• Fred Schepisi - Empire Falls