Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
* Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford – Ray
Alexander Payne – Sideways
Best Director – Documentary
* Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni – The Story of the Weeping Camel
Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski – Born into Brothels
Ross McElwee – Bright Leaves
Michael Moore – Fahrenheit 9/11
Jehane Noujaim – Control Room
Best Director – Television Movie
Robert Altman – Tanner on Tanner, Parts 1-4
Stephen Hopkins – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Lloyd Kramer – The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Christopher Reeve – The Brooke Ellison Story
* Joe Sargent – Something the Lord Made
Best Director – Television Drama Series
J. J. Abrams – "Pilot, Part 1" – Lost
* Walter Hill – "Pilot" – Deadwood
Christopher Chulack – "Time of Death" – ER
John Patterson – "All Due Respect" - The Sopranos
Tim Van Patten – "Long Term Parking" – The Sopranos
Best Director – Television Comedy Series
Charles McDougall – "Pilot" – Desperate Housewives
Arlene Sanford – "Pretty Little Picture" – Desperate Housewives
Bryan Gordon – "The 5 Wood" – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Robert Weide – "The Carpool Lane" – Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Tim Van Patten – "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux" – Sex and the City
Best Director – Television Musical/Variety
Ron de Moraes – Great Performers: Eric Clapton
Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman – "Episode 2187"
* Bruce Gowers – Genius: A Night for Ray Charles
Louis Horvitz – 76th Annual Academy Awards
Chuck O’Neil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Best Director – Daytime Serials
* Bruce Barry – Guiding Light
Brian Mertes, Matt Lagel – Guiding Light
Joseph Behar – General Hospital
Christopher Goutman – As the World Turns
Conal O’Brien – All My Children
Best Director – Children’s Program
Duwayne Dunham – Tiger Cruise
* Stuart Gillard – Going to the Mat
Paul Hoen – Searching for David’s Heart
Jeremy Kagan – Crown Heights
Lee Rose – Jack
President’s Award: Gilbert Cates
Frank Capra Achievement Award: Herb Adelman
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award: Stanley Faer
DGA Diversity Award: Stephen McPherson