66th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 66th Directors Guild of America Awards, which were given out on January 25, 2014, honored the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary and television.^[1]

Nominees

Film

Feature Film

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

• Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
• David O. Russell – American Hustle
• Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Documentary Feature

Jehane Noujaim - The Square

• Zachary Heinzerling - Cutie and the Boxer
• Joshua Oppenheimer - The Act of Killing
• Sarah Polley - Stories We Tell
• Lucy Walker - The Crash Reel

Television

Drama Series

Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad for "Felina"

• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad for "Blood Money"
• David Fincher - House of Cards for "Chapter 1"
• Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland for "The Star"
• David Nutter - Game of Thrones for "The Rains of Castamere"

Comedy Series

Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock for "Hogcock!/Last Lunch"

• Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory for "The Hofstadter Insufficiency"
• Bryan Cranston - Modern Family for "The Old Man & the Tree"
• Gail Mancuso - Modern Family for "My Hero"
• Anthony Rich - The Big Bang Theory for "The Love Spell Potential"

Miniseries or TV Film

Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra

• Stephen Frears – Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
• David Mamet - Phil Spector
• Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford - The Sound of Music Live!
• Nelson McCormick - Killing Kennedy

Children's Programs

Amy Schatz - An Apology to Elephants

• Stephen Herek - Jinxed
• Jeffrey Hornaday - Teen Beach Movie
• Jonathan Judge - Swindle
• Adam Weissman - A.N.T. Farm for "influANTces"

Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled

Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live for "Host: Justin Timberlake"

• Dave Diomedi - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for "#799"
• Andy Fisher - Jimmy Kimmel Live for "#13-1810"
• Jim Hoskinson - The Colbert Report for "#10004"
• Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show for "#19018"

Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials

Glenn Weiss - 67th Tony Awards

• Louis C.K. - Louis C.K.: Oh My God
• Joel Gallen - 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
• Louis J. Horvitz - 55th Grammy Awards
• Don Mischer - 85th Academy Awards

Reality Programs

Neil P. DeGroot - 72 Hours for "The Lost Coast"

• Matthew Bartley - The Biggest Loser for "1501"
• Paul Starkman - Top Chef for "Glacial Gourmand"
• J. Rupert Thompson - The Hero for "Teamwork"
• Bertram van Munster - The Amazing Race for "Beards in the Wind"

Commercials

Martin de Thurah

• Fredrik Bond
• John X. Carey
• Noam Murro
• Matthijs van Heijningen

References