Full list of Director's Guild of America awards

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Martin Scorsese wins DGA Feature Film Award, other winners of 2006 DGA Awards announced

LOS ANGELES - The winners of the 2006 Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and the recipients of the Guild's 2007 Career Achievement Awards were announced last night during the 59th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Martin Scorsese [shown] won the DGA's Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Departed.

Following the welcome from DGA President Michael Apted to an audience of more than 1,600 guests, actor/ director/ comedian Carl Reiner hosted the awards ceremony for the twentieth time.

Presenters included: Alan Arkin and Steve Carrell (Little Miss Sunshine), Maria Bello (World Trade Center), Director Guillermo del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed), Aaron Eckhart (The Black Dahlia), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), ABC News Anchor Charles Gibson, Director Walter Hill (Broken Trail), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Steve Martin (The Pink Panther), Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica), Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), DGA Second Vice President Ed Sherin, Leelee Sobieski (The Wicker Man), Director Steven Spielberg (Munich), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy).

The DGA's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally served as a near-perfect barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Only six times since the DGA Award's inception in 1949 has the winner not gone on to receive the Academy Award for Best Director. (see list at the end of this release)

The winners of the 2006 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the recipients of the Guild's 2007 Career Achievement Awards, are:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM

MARTIN SCORSESE

The Departed

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Mr. Scorsese's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Carol Cuddy
First Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy
Second Assistant Director: Amy Lauritsen
Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri

This is Mr. Scorsese's seventh DGA Feature Film Award nomination and first win. He was previously nominated for The Aviator (2004), Gangs of New York (2002), The Age of Innocence (1993), Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980) and Taxi Driver (1976). In 1999 Scorsese was presented with the Filmmaker Award at the inaugural DGA Honors Gala and he won the DGA's highest artistic honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award (for distinguished achievement in film direction) in 2003.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION

WALTER HILL

Broken Trail

(AMC)

This is Mr. Hill's second nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - Dramatic Series Night - in 2004 for the pilot for Deadwood.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES NIGHT

JON CASSAR

24 - "7:00am - 8:00am"

(FOX)

Mr. Cassar's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Michael Klick
First Assistant Director: Nicole Burke
Second Assistant Director: Mark Rabinowitz
Second Second Assistant Directors: Rebecca Gaither, Scott Remick

This is Mr. Cassar's first win and second nomination. He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Night in 2003 for 24 ("7:00 am-8:00 am").

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES

RICHARD SHEPARD

Ugly Betty - "Pilot"

(ABC)

Mr. Shepard's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Margot Lulick
First Assistant Director: Christopher Surgent
Second Assistant Director: Takahide Kawakami
Second Second Assistant Director: Patrick McDonald
DGA Trainee: Jennifer Wilkins

This is Mr. Shepard's first DGA Award.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL VARIETY

ROB MARSHALL

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

(NBC)

Mr. Marshall's Directorial Team:

Associate Director: Yudi Bennett
Stage Managers: Barbara J. Roche, Lee Grant and Murray Siegel

This is Mr. Marshall's second win and third DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2002 for Chicago. He was also nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety in 1999 for Annie.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS

TONY SACCO

Treasure Hunters "Episode #101"

(NBC)

Mr. Sacco's Directorial Team:

Segment Director: Craig Spirko
Associate Director: Javier Winnik

This is Mr. Sacco's first DGA Award.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME SERIALS

JILL MITWELL

One Life To Live - Episode #9779

(ABC)

Ms. Mitwell's Directorial Team:

Associate Directors: Teresa Anne Cicala, Paul Glass
Stage Managers: Richard A. Manfredi, Alan P. Needleman
Production Associate: Nathalie Rodriguez

This is Ms. Mitwell's third win and seventh DGA Award nomination in this category. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials for One Life to Live "Episode #8295" in 2000 and "Episode #6356" in 1993. She was nominated for One Life to Live "Episode #8691" in 2002, "Episode #8012" in 1999, "Episode #7761" in 1998, and "Episode #7285" in 1996.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

KENNY ORTEGA

High School Musical

(Disney Channel)

Mr. Ortega's Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Donald R. Schain
First Assistant Directors: Matias Alvarez
Second Assistant Director: Tobijah Tyler

This is Mr. Ortega's first DGA Award.

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