63rd Directors Guild of America Awards

63rd Directors Guild of America Awards
63rd Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	January 29, 2011
Location	Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	The King's Speech – Tom Hooper
Best Director Documentary:	Inside Job – Charles Ferguson
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2010s/2010.aspx?value=2010

The 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2010, were presented on January 29, 2011, at the Hollywood and Highland Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner.^[4] The nominees for the feature film category were announced on January 10, 2011,^[5] the nominations for the television and commercial categories were announced on January 11, 2011,^[6] and the nominees for documentary directing were announced on January 12, 2011.^[7]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan David Fincher – The Social Network Christopher Nolan – Inception David O. Russell – The Fighter
Documentaries
Charles Ferguson – Inside Job Lixin Fan – Last Train Home Alex Gibney – Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Davis Guggenheim – Waiting for "Superman" Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger – Restrepo

Television

Drama Series
*Martin Scorsese – Boardwalk Empire* for "Boardwalk Empire"** Jack Bender – Lost for "The End" Allen Coulter – Boardwalk Empire for "Paris Green" Frank Darabont – The Walking Dead for "Days Gone Bye" Jennifer Getzinger – Mad Men for "The Suitcase"
Comedy Series
*Michael Spiller – Modern Family* for "Halloween"** Steven Levitan – Modern Family for "Hawaii" Beth McCarthy-Miller – 30 Rock for "Live Show" Ryan Murphy – Glee for "The Power of Madonna" David Nutter – Entourage for "Lose Yourself"
Miniseries or TV Film
Mick Jackson – Temple Grandin Barry Levinson – You Don't Know Jack David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa – The Pacific for "Basilone" Jeremy Podeswa – The Pacific for "Home" Tim Van Patten – The Pacific for "Okinawa"
Musical Variety
Glenn Weiss – The 64th Annual Tony Awards Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for "Host: Betty White" Linda Mendoza – In Performance at The White House for "Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" John C. Moffit – Bill Maher ...But I'm Not Wrong Chuck O'Neil – Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Daytime Serials
*Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live* for "Starr X'd Lovers, The Musical, Part Two"** Sally McDonald – The Young and the Restless for "Ebenezer Newman" Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live for "Starr X'd Lovers, The Musical, Part Three" Owen Renfroe – General Hospital for "Francophrenia" Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "A Reason to Live – Part 1"
Reality Programs
*Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef* for "Episode #301"** Hisham Abed – The Hills for "Episode #601" Bryan O'Donnell – Private Chefs of Beverly Hills for "Challah Back" Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode #103" Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "I Think We're Fighting the Germans. Right?"
Children's Programs
Eric Bross – The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Douglas Barr – Secrets of the Mountain Stuart Gillard – Avalon High Michael Grossman – StarStruck Paul Hoen – Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Mikael Salomon – Unnatural History for "Pilot"

Commercials

Commercials
Stacy Wall – Nike's "Rise" and "Handshake", Microsoft's "Really?", and Adidas' "Slim Chin & D Rose" Frank Budgen – Sony Bravia's "World Cup" and "Thunderstruck" and Honda's "RGB" Craig Gillespie – Cars.com's "Timothy Richman", Snickers' "Game" and "Road Trip", and CareerBuilder's "Another Language" and "Casual Friday" Tim Godsall – DirecTV's "Opulence", Hyundai's "Bull", and HBO's "Eastbound & Mom" Tom Kuntz – Old Spice's "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like", "Questions", "Did You Know", and "Boat"

References

^ Kilday, Gregg (January 29, 2011). "'King's Speech' Director Tom Hooper Tops 2011 DGA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ Finke, Nikki (January 29, 2011). "Directors Guild Awards: Tom Hooper Wins For 'The King's Speech' On His First Try". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ "Tom Hooper wins DGA Feature Film Award for "The King's Speech"". Directors Guild of America. January 30, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
^ "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 25, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 10, 2011). "DGA announces film nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ "DGA Awards Nominees for TV and Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 12, 2011). "DGA names documentary award nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

External links

63rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] Kilday, Gregg (January 29, 2011). "'King's Speech' Director Tom Hooper Tops 2011 DGA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[2] Finke, Nikki (January 29, 2011). "Directors Guild Awards: Tom Hooper Wins For 'The King's Speech' On His First Try". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[3] "Tom Hooper wins DGA Feature Film Award for "The King's Speech"". Directors Guild of America. January 30, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

[4] "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 25, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[5] McNary, Dave (January 10, 2011). "DGA announces film nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[6] "DGA Awards Nominees for TV and Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

[7] McNary, Dave (January 12, 2011). "DGA names documentary award nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

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