60th Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 2007

Date

January 26, 2008 (2008-01-26)

Location

Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Hosted by

Carl Reiner

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

No Country for Old Men – Ethan and Joel Coen

Best Director Documentary:

Ghosts of Cité Soleil – Asger Leth

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2000s/2007.aspx?value=2007

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The 60th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2007, were presented on January 26, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.^[1]^[2]^[3] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner.^[4] The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 8, 2008,^[5]^[6] and the nominations for directorial achievement in television, documentaries and commercials were announced on January 10, 2008.^[7]^[8]

The awards were noted in the media for an incident in which actress Sean Young was ejected from the ceremony by security guards for heckling the stage and other behavior.^[9]^[10]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Ethan and Joel Coen – No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton Sean Penn – Into the Wild Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Documentaries
Asger Leth – Ghosts of Cité Soleil Ken Burns and Lynn Novick – The War Alex Gibney – Taxi to the Dark Side Richard E. Robbins – Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Barbet Schroeder – Terror's Advocate

Feature Film

Ethan and Joel Coen – No Country for Old Men

Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)

Documentaries

Asger Leth – Ghosts of Cité Soleil

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick – The War
Alex Gibney – Taxi to the Dark Side
Richard E. Robbins – Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Barbet Schroeder – Terror's Advocate

Television

Drama Series
*Alan Taylor – Mad Men* for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"** Jack Bender – Lost for "Through the Looking Glass" David Chase – The Sopranos for "Made in America" Eric Laneuville – Lost for "The Brig" Tim Van Patten – The Sopranos for "Soprano Home Movies"
Comedy Series
*Barry Sonnenfeld – Pushing Daisies* for "Pie-lette"** Michael Engler – 30 Rock for "Rosemary's Baby" David Grossman – Desperate Housewives for "Something's Coming" Beth McCarthy-Miller – 30 Rock for "Somebody to Love" David Nutter – Entourage for "The Resurrection"
Miniseries or TV Film
Yves Simoneau – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Jon Avnet – The Starter Wife Jeremiah Chechik – The Bronx Is Burning Lloyd Kramer – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day Mikael Salomon – The Company
Musical Variety
Glenn Weiss – The 61st Annual Tony Awards Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Show #2773" Louis J. Horvitz – The 79th Annual Academy Awards Jim Hoskinson – The Colbert Report for "Episode #3052" Chuck O'Neil – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Daytime Serials
*Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live* for "Episode #9947"** Casey Childs – All My Children for "Episode #9669" Christopher Goutman – As the World Turns for "Episode #12971" Scott McKinsey – General Hospital for "Episode #11228" Ellen Wheeler – Guiding Light for "Episode #15221"
Reality Programs
*Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race* for "Episode #1110"** Craig Borders – Who Wants to Be a Superhero? for "Episode #208" Tony Croll – Shooting Sizemore for "Episode #101" Scott Messick – Pros vs. Joes for "Episode #201" Tony Sacco – Project Runway for "Fashion Giant #403"
Children's Programs
Paul Hoen – Jump In! Kenny Ortega – High School Musical 2 Fred Savage – Wizards of Waverly Place for "The Crazy 10-Minute Sale" Judith Vogelsang – GoingGreen: Every Home an Eco-Home Andy Wolk – Lincoln Heights for "That Feeling We Have"

Commercials

Commercials
Nicolai Fuglsig – Guinness' "Tipping Point", J. C. Penney's "It's Magic", and Motorola's "Journey" Dante Ariola – PlayStation 3' "Grenade", Wrigley's "Flare", and Nike's "Addicted" Fredrik Bond – Got Milk?'s "Straw" and J. C. Penney's "Aviator" Frank Budgen – Bravia's "Playdoh" and Save Our Selves/Live Earth's "S.O.S." Noam Murro – Volkswagens's "Night Drive", Orbit's "Affair", and NBA's "Remember"

Nicolai Fuglsig – Guinness' "Tipping Point", J. C. Penney's "It's Magic", and Motorola's "Journey"

Dante Ariola – PlayStation 3' "Grenade", Wrigley's "Flare", and Nike's "Addicted"
Fredrik Bond – Got Milk?'s "Straw" and J. C. Penney's "Aviator"
Frank Budgen – Bravia's "Playdoh" and Save Our Selves/Live Earth's "S.O.S."
Noam Murro – Volkswagens's "Night Drive", Orbit's "Affair", and NBA's "Remember"

Frank Capra Achievement Award

Liz Ryan

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Barbara J. Roche

Honorary Life Member

Jay Roth

References

^ "Joel & Ethan Coen Win DGA Feature Film Award, Other Winners of 2007 DGA Awards Announced". Directors Guild of America. January 26, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ King, Susan (January 27, 2008). "Coens share DGA honors for director". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "Coens Top DGA Awards with 'No Country'". Backstage. January 27, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 60th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. January 22, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the Year 2007". Directors Guild of America. January 8, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ Tourtellotte, Bob (January 8, 2008). "Directors Guild names favorite directors of '07". Reuters. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "Nominees for Movies for Television, Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials, Children's Programs, Documentary and Commercials". Directors Guild of America. January 10, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ King, Susan (January 11, 2008). "DGA names TV nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ "'Blade Runner' star in rehab after awards outburst". CNN. January 29, 2008. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
^ Garrett, Diane (January 28, 2008). "A spirited moment at the DGA Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 22, 2018.