Directors Guild Awards 2006
2006 Directors Guild Awards
2006 DGA award winners: January 28, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Clint Eastwood, Ang Lee © Directors Guild of America
Theatrical Features:
George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck.
Clooney’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Barbara A. Hall
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Second Assistant Director: Melissa V. Barnes
Second Second Assistant Director: Richard Gonzales
Paul Haggis, Crash
Haggis’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Betsy Danbury
First Assistant Director: Scott Cameron
Second Assistant Director: Simone Farber
* Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Lee’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Scott Ferguson, Tom Benz
First Assistant Directors: Michael Hausman, Pierre Tremblay
Second Assistant Director: Donald Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Moerke
Bennett Miller, Capote
Miller’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Ellen Rutter, Caroline Baron
First Assistant Directors: Ronaldo Nacionales, Richard O’Brien Moran
Second Assistant Director: Charles Crossin
Steven Spielberg, Munich
Spielberg’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Ian Hickinbotham
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Second Assistant Director: Pierre Ellul
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:
Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani, The Devil’s Miner
* Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Sean McAllister, The Liberace of Baghdad
Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud, Off to War: Welcome to Baghdad
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television (tie):
Darnell Martin, Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God
James Sadwith, Elvis
* Joseph Sargent, Warm Springs
Fred Schepisi, Empire Falls
* George C. Wolfe, Lackawanna Blues
Dramatic Series Night Nominees:
* 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"
Jeff Melman, Grey’s Anatomy — "Into You Like A Train"
Comedy Series:
* Marc Buckland, My Name is Earl – "Pilot"
James Burrows, Will and Grace – "Alive and Schtiking"
Larry Charles, Curb Your Enthusiasm – "The End"
Julian Farino, Entourage – "Exodus"
Bryan Gordon, Curb Your Enthusiasm – "Korean Bookie"
Musical Variety:
* Matthew Diamond, Great Performances: Dance in America
Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater
Jerry Foley, Late Show with David Letterman – Show #2452
Louis J. Horvitz, The 77th Annual Academy Awards
Alan Skog, Live from Lincoln Center Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit
Glenn Weiss, The 59th Annual Tony Awards
Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Reality Programs (tie):
Ross Breitenbach, Brat Camp — "Episode #104"
* Tony Croll, Three Wishes — "Episode #1, Pilot"
Star Price, Penn & Teller: Bullshit! — "Circumcision"
* J. Rupert Thompson, Fear Factor — "Heist Fear Factor, Season 6 Premiere"
Bertram van Munster, The Amazing Race — "Episode #805"
Daytime Serials:
Larry Carpenter, One Life to Live — Episode #9385
* Owen Renfroe, General Hospital – Episode #10914
Herbert Stein and Albert Alarr, Days of Our Lives — Episode #10090
Michael Stich, The Bold and the Beautiful — Episode #4623
Ellen Wheeler, Guiding Light — Episode #14696
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
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials:
* Craig Gillespie
Surprise Dinner, Ameriquest
Mini-Mart, Ameriquest
People of Pain, Altoids
Fable of the Fruit Bat, Altoids
Spike Jonze
Hello Tomorrow, Adidas
Penguin, Miller Beer
Pardon Our Dust, Gap
Rocky Morton
Kung Fu Clowns, Bell South
Dance Fight Plumbers, Bell South
Office, Cheese Nips
Take Me Home, CSI
Noam Murro
Monsters, Hummer H3
Black Out, Orange
Run Barefoot, Nike
Rupert Sanders
Made to Perfection, Adidas
Joy, Xbox
Lifetime Achievement Award: Clint Eastwood
Frank Capra Achievement Award (Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager): Jerry H. Ziesmer
Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Direction: Joseph R. Aceti
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award (for an Associate Director or Stage Manager): Donald Jacob
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