.Gary Dretzka
.Leonard Klady
.David Poland
.Douglas Pratt
.Ray Pride
.Kristopher Tapley

Director's Guild
Awards
Nominations: January 5, 2006
Awards: January 28, 2006

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film ANG LEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Focus Features Ang 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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary WERNER HERZOG GRIZZLY MAN Lions Gate Films/ Discovery Documentaries

Nominations

GEORGE CLOONEY GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Warner Independent Pictures George 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 This is Clooney's first nomination

PAUL HAGGIS CRASH Lions Gate Films Paul Haggis' Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Betsy Danbury First Assistant Director: Scott Cameron Second Assistant Director: Simone Farber This is Haggis' first nomination

ANG LEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Focus Features Ang 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 This is Lee's third nomination. He received a previous nomination for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

BENNETT MILLER CAPOTE United Artists / Sony Pictures Classics Bennett 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 This is Mr. Miller's first nomination.

STEVEN SPIELBERG MUNICH Universal Pictures Steven Spielberg's Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Ian Hickinbotham First Assistant Director: Adam Somner Second Second Assistant Director: Pierre Ellul This is Spielberg's tenth nomination. He was previously nominated for Amistad (1997), Empire of the Sun (1987), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and Jaws (1975). He has won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times: in 1998 for Saving Private Ryan, in 1993 for Schindler's List, and in 1985 for The Color Purple. Mr. Spielberg won the DGA's highest artistic honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2000.

The DGA Lifetime Achievement Award Clint Eastwood Jerry H. Ziesmer will receive the 2006 Frank Capra Achievement Award which is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America Joseph R. Aceti will receive the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Direction Donald Jacob will receive the 2006 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award for an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.