57th Directors Guild of America Awards

57th DGA Awards

January 29, 2005

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Best Director - Motion Picture:
Million Dollar Baby

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Best Director - Documentary:
The Story of the Weeping Camel

The 57th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on January 29, 2005, honored the best film and television directors in 2004.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Director - Motion Picture

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

• Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
• Taylor Hackford - Ray
• Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Best Director - Documentary

Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni - Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (The Story of the Weeping Camel)

• Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman - Born into Brothels
• Ross McElwee - Bright Leaves
• Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11
• Jehane Noujaim - Control Room

Television

Best Director - Comedy Series

Timothy Van Patten - Sex and the City ("An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux")

• Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The 5 Wood")
• Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The Carpool Lane")
• Charles McDougall - Desperate Housewives ("Pilot")
• Arlene Sanford - Desperate Housewives ("Pretty Little Picture")

Best Director - Dramatic Series (Night)

Walter Hill - Deadwood ("Deawood")^[1]

• J. J. Abrams - Lost ("Pilot - Part 1")^[1]
• Christopher Chulack - ER ("Time of Death")^[1]
• John Patterson - The Sopranos ("All Due Respect")^[1]
• Timothy Van Patten - The Sopranos ("Long Term Parking")^[1]

Best Director - Children's Programs

Stuart Gillard - Going to the Mat

Best Director - Commercials

Noam Murro

• for Adidas - "Carry"
• for Starbucks - "Glen"
• for eBay - "Toy Boat"

References

1. "57th Annual DGA Awards". Directors Guild of America. Archived from the original on 6 March 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4220057.stm Eastwood wins