LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2005. The winners 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 best documentary filmmaking provides a look inside a particular place or time and leaves us feeling like we've been transported to it, as a real eyewitness," said DGA President Michael Apted. "These talented filmmakers have made provocative and challenging movies that demonstrate why audiences are increasingly attending and why distributors are releasing more documentary films theatrically. I offer my congratulations to each of them."
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2005 are (in alphabetical order):
KIEF DAVIDSON & RICHARD LADKANI THE DEVIL'S MINER Urban Landscape Productions WERNER HERZOG GRIZZLY MAN Lions Gate Films/Discovery Documentaries SEAN McALLISTER THE LIBERACE OF BAGHDAD Tenfoot Films RUPERT MURRAY UNKNOWN WHITE MALE Wellspring Media Inc./Spectre Production BRENT RENAUD & CRAIG RENAUD OFF TO WAR: WELCOME TO BAGHDAD Downtown Community Television Center
All seven directors are first-time nominees.
For a complete list of nominations in other categories, please visit the Awards Section of the DGA Website at www.dga.org.