58th Directors Guild of America Awards
DateJanuary 28, 2006 (2006-01-28)
LocationHyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Presented byDirectors Guild of America
Hosted byCarl Reiner
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:Brokeback Mountain – Ang Lee
Best Director Documentary:Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog
Websitehttps://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2000s/2005.aspx?value=2005 Edit this on Wikidata
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The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2005, were presented on January 28, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.[1][2][3] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner.[4] The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 5, 2006[5][6] and the other nominations were announced starting on January 9, 2006.[7][8][9][10]

The award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs was first introduced at this ceremony.[11]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

Documentaries

Werner Herzog – Grizzly Man

Television

Drama Series

Michael Apted – Rome for "The Stolen Eagle"

Comedy Series

Marc Buckland – My Name Is Earl for "Pilot"

Miniseries or TV Film

Joseph Sargent – Warm Springs (TIE)
George C. Wolfe – Lackawanna Blues (TIE)

Musical Variety

Matthew Diamond – Great Performances: Dance in America for "Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre"

Daytime Serials

Owen Renfroe – General Hospital for "Episode #10914"

Reality Programs

Tony Croll – Three Wishes for "Pilot" (TIE)
J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor for "Heist Fear Factor" (TIE)

Children's Programs

Chris Eyre – Edge of America

Commercials

Commercials

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

Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film

Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

References

  1. ^ "DGA Announces Winners of 2005 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2006 Career Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. January 29, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  2. ^ King, Susan (January 29, 2006). "Ang Lee Wins Directors' Award for 'Brokeback'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (January 28, 2006). "Directors join the 'Brokeback' roundup". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 24, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Clooney, Spielberg and Lee up for DGA award". The Guardian. January 6, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (January 5, 2006). "History lessons intrigue DGA". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (January 9, 2006). "DGA sets telepic nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "Nominees for: Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Variety. January 11, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 12, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary". Directors Guild of America. January 18, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "DGA Announces New Reality Television Award". Directors Guild of America. October 13, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

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