54th Directors Guild of America Awards

Ron Howard – A Beautiful Mind

• Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Baz Luhrmann – Moulin Rouge!
• Christopher Nolan – Memento
• Ridley Scott – Black Hawk Down

Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim – Startup.com

• Charles Braverman – Rocky and Rolanda
• Stephen Ives – Amato: A Love Affair with Opera
• Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann – Long Night's Journey Into Day
• Martin J. Spinelli – Life on Jupiter: The Story of Jens Nygaard, Musician

Alan Ball – Six Feet Under for "Pilot"

• Paris Barclay – The West Wing for "The Indians in the Lobby"
• Steve Buscemi – The Sopranos for "Pine Barrens"
• Stephen Hopkins – 24 for "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m."
• Thomas Schlamme – The West Wing for "Two Cathedrals"

Todd Holland – Malcolm in the Middle for "Bowling"

• James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Bed, Bath, and Beyond"
• Allen Coulter – Sex and the City for "Defining Moments"
• Michael Engler – Sex and the City for "My Motherboard, Myself"
• Michael Patrick King – Sex and the City for "The Real Me"

Frank Pierson – Conspiracy

• Robert Allan Ackerman – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
• Jon Avnet – Uprising
• Billy Crystal – 61*
• Mark Rydell – James Dean

Joel Gallen and Beth McCarthy-Miller – America: A Tribute to Heroes

• Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1634"
• Louis J. Horvitz – 2001 Kennedy Center Honors
• Barbra Streisand and Don Mischer – Barbra Streisand: Timeless
• Glenn Weiss – The 55th Annual Tony Awards

William Ludel – General Hospital for "Episode #9801"

• Randy Robbins – Days of Our Lives for "Episode #8991"
• Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #3532"
• Angela Tessinari – All My Children for "Episode #8186"
• Gary Tomlin – One Life to Live for "Episode #8437"

Amy Schatz – 'Twas the Night: A Holiday Celebration

• Adam Arkin – My Louisiana Sky
• Sean McNamara – Even Stevens for "Very Scary Story"
• Robert Munic – They Call Me Sirr
• Dan Petrie – Walter and Henry

Bob Kerstetter – Musco Family Olive's "Worker", "Orphanage", and "Birds"

• Adam Cameron and Simon Cole – Dr Pepper/Seven Up's "Calendar", "Captive Audience" and "Singers", Cingular Wireless's "Touchdown Dance School", Visa's "Baby Talk", and Toyota's "Subtitles"
• Craig Gillespie – Holiday Inn Express' "Kiss Reunion", Citibank's "Delivery Room" and "College Tuition", Ameritech's "Plumber", and SBC's "Welcome Wagon"
• Joe Pytka – NYC Miracle's "The Deli" and "Skating", Disney's "Pillow Talk", and Ad Council's "Ketchup Soup"
• Baker Smith – Lucky Magazine's "Cheryl 'N Me", Fox Sports' "Nail Gun", Toshiba's "Asylum", and Heineken's "Birth of Scratching"