DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2005


LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for the year 2005. The winner will be announced at the 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

"The work of these five directors underscores the power and impact of an art form that, for over four decades, has been a cultural touchstone connecting viewing audiences across the nation," said DGA President Michael Apted. "These five directors from very diverse backgrounds bring to life a wide range of characters while evoking the spirit and history of specific places and points in time. Each one of these films is a valuable addition to the rich history of directorial excellence found in movies for television."

The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2005 are (in alphabetical order):



 DARNELL MARTIN
 "OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD"
 ABC

 Unit Production Manager:  Matthew Carlisle
 First Assistant Director:  Van Hayden
 Second Assistant Director:  Stuart Hagen
 Second Second Assistant Director:  Wayne Witherspoon
 Add'l 2nd 2nd Assistant Director:  Rosemary C. Cremona

 This is Ms. Martin's first nomination.

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 JAMES SADWITH
 "ELVIS"
 CBS

 Unit Production Manager:  Boris Malden
 First Assistant Director:  Alan Breton
 Second Assistant Director:  James Roque, Jr.
 Second Second Assistant Director:  Sherman Shelton, Jr.

 This is Mr. Sadwith's first nomination.

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 JOSEPH SARGENT
 "WARM SPRINGS"
 HBO

 Unit Production Manager:  Carl Clifford
 First Assistant Director:  Cas Donovan
 Second Assistant Director:  Michael Helfand
 Second Second Assistant Directors:  Rhonda Guthrie, Mark Trapenberg

 This is Mr. Sargent's eighth DGA nomination. He won the DGA Award for
 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television in 2004
 for "Something the Lord Made" and in 1973 for "The Marcus Nelson
 Murders." In 1973 he also won the DGA Television Award for Most
 Outstanding TV Director. Sargent's previous nominations include: "For
 Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" in 2000; "A Lesson Before
 Dying" in 1999; "Miss Evers' Boys" in 1997; "World War II: When Lions
 Roared" in 1994; and "Miss Rose White" in 1992.

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 FRED SCHEPISI
 "EMPIRE FALLS"
 HBO

 Unit Production Manager: Sharon Mann
 First Assistant Director:  Frank Capra III
 Second Assistant Director:  Danielle Rigby
 Second Second Assistant Director:  Jonathan Capra
 Add'l Second Assistant Director:  Bobbie Blyle

 This is Mr. Schepisi's first nomination.

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 GEORGE C. WOLFE
 "LACKAWANNA BLUES"
 HBO

 Unit Production Managers: Nellie Nugiel, Mary Kane
 First Assistant Director:  Drew Ann Rosenberg
 Second Assistant Directors:  Barbara Ravis, Maria Mantia
 Second Second Assistant Directors:  Anthony Kountz, Robin Jorden

 This is Mr. Wolfe's first nomination.

Of note: The date for next year's (2007) DGA Awards has been set for Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.



            

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