56th Directors Guild of America Awards

56th DGA Awards

February 7, 2004

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Best Director - Motion Picture:
The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King

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Best Director - Documentary:
My Architect

The 56th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on February 7, 2004, honored the best film and television directors in 2003.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Director - Motion Picture

Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King^[1]

• Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation^[2][3]
• Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
• Gary Ross - Seabiscuit
• Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Director - Documentary Feature

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

Television

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Best Director - TV Film

Mike Nichols - Angels in America

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

References

1. Susman, Gary. "King'-Sized". Retrieved 9 January 2014.
2. "Directors nominate Coppola / 'Lost' maker is 4th woman to get guild nod". Retrieved 9 January 2014.
3. King, Susan. "DGA nominees include a Coppola -- the next generation". LA Times. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
4. "Directors Guild announces TV honorees". Retrieved 9 January 2014.