56th Directors Guild of America Awards

Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
• Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
• Gary Ross – Seabiscuit
• Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Nathaniel Kahn – My Architect

• Sam Green and Bill Siegel – The Weather Underground
• Andrew Jarecki – Capturing the Friedmans
• Errol Morris – The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
• José Padilha – Ônibus 174

Christopher Misiano – The West Wing for "Twenty Five"

• Alan Ball – Six Feet Under for "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost"
• Kathy Bates – Six Feet Under for "Twilight"
• Jon Cassar – 24 for "Day 2: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."
• Alan Poul – Six Feet Under for "Nobody Sleeps"

Tim Van Patten – Sex and the City for "Boy, Interrupted"

• James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Last Ex to Brooklyn"
• Michael Engler – Sex and the City for "Hop, Skip, and a Week"
• Michael Patrick King – Sex and the City for "Great Sexpectations"
• James Widdoes – 8 Simple Rules for "Goodbye"

Mike Nichols – Angels in America

• Jane Anderson – Normal
• Jeff Bleckner – The Music Man
• Rod Holcomb – The Pentagon Papers
• Richard Loncraine – My House in Umbria

David Mallet – Cher: The Farewell Tour

• Marty Callner – Rolling Stones: Licks World Tour Live at Madison Square Garden
• Louis J. Horvitz – The 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Beth McCarthy-Miller – Saturday Night Live for "Host: Christopher Walken"
• Chuck O'Neil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Episode #8849"

• Andrew Lee and Jeff Rabin – Port Charles for "Episode #1561"
• Sally McDonald – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #7784"
• Susan Strickler – Guiding Light for "Episode #14279"
• Angela Tessinari – All My Children for "Episode #8722"

Kevin Lima – The Wonderful World of Disney for "Eloise at Christmastime"

• Peter Gilbert – A Time for Dancing
• Kevin Hooks – The Wonderful World of Disney for "Sounder"
• Sean McNamara – The Even Stevens Movie
• Oz Scott – The Cheetah Girls

David Fincher – Nike's "Gamebreakers" and "Speed Chain", and Xelibri's "Beauty for Sale"

• Lance Acord – Adidas' "Wake Up Call", Nike's "Cross Country Spirit", and Mitsubishi's "Part Car, Part Religion"
• Errol Morris – Miller's "Pager" and "Alternative Fuel", Nike's "Bernard" and "Kathryn", and Cisco's "Meanwhile"
• Noam Murro – Got Milk?'s "Birthday", Saturn's "Beautiful", and Bud Light's "Mr. Way Too Much Cologne Wearer"
• Joe Pytka – Gatorade's "23 vs. 39", IBM's "Prodigy", and Nextel's "Shakespeare"