55th Directors Guild of America Awards

Rob Marshall – Chicago

• Stephen Daldry – The Hours
• Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Roman Polanski – The Pianist
• Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York

Tasha Oldham – The Smith Family

• Charles Braverman – Bottom of the Ninth
• Rebecca Cammisa and Rob Fruchtman – Sister Helen
• Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender – Prisoner of Paradise
• Leah Mahan – Sweet Old Song

John Patterson – The Sopranos for "Whitecaps"

• Daniel Attias – Six Feet Under for "Back to the Garden"
• Paris Barclay – The West Wing for "Debate Camp"
• Alex Graves – The West Wing for "Posse Comitatus"
• Tim Van Patten – The Sopranos for "Whoever Did This"

Bryan Gordon – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Special Section"

• James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Marry Me a Little"
• Larry Charles – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Nanny from Hell"
• Michael Patrick King – Sex and the City for "Plus One is the Loneliest Number"
• David Steinberg – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Mary, Joseph, and Larry"

Mick Jackson – Live from Baghdad

• Julie Dash – The Rosa Parks Story
• Howard Deutch – Gleason
• John Frankenheimer – Path to War
• Richard Loncraine – The Gathering Storm

Matthew Diamond – From Broadway: Fosse

• Marty Callner – Robin Williams: Live On Broadway
• Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1876"
• Louis J. Horvitz – The 74th Annual Academy Awards
• Glenn Weiss – The 56th Annual Tony Awards

Scott McKinsey – Port Charles for "Episode #1433"

• Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Episode #8655"
• Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live for "Episode #8691"
• Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #3948"
• Frank Valentini – One Life to Live for "Episode #8656"

Guy Ferland – Bang Bang You're Dead

• Greg Beeman – A Ring of Endless Light
• Thom Eberhardt – I Was a Teenage Faust
• Gregory Hobson – Even Stevens for "Band on the Roof"
• Amy Schatz – Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001

Baker Smith – Canal+'s "Black Bands" and "Visigoths", Fox Sports' "Lightning" and "Wind", and BMW's "Clown"

• Dante Ariola – PlayStation 2's "Signs", Lee's "Cheese", and Bank of America's "Butcher"
• Leslie Dektor – American Express' "Crazy Love", America's Second Harvest's "Rent or Food", and Verizon's "Lady Liberty"
• Craig Gillespie – Citibank's "Treadmill", Holiday Inn Express' "Snake Bite", Chevrolet's "Cops", SBC's "Coffee Machine", and EDS's "Suki"
• Noam Murro – Saturn's "Sheet Metal", eBay's "Do It eBay", and E-Trade's "Pick" and "Pitch"