ABC and its cable-network siblings dominated the list of television nominees for the 60th Annual DGA Awards, announced Thursday by Directors Guild of America president Michael Apted.
In addition to Lost, which picked up two nods for directorial achievement in a dramatic series, ABC’s Desperate Housewives and rookie Pushing Daisies were nominated in the comedy-series category and its three soaps -- All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital -- dominated the daytime serials category.
Disney-ABC’s cable stable picked up several, with ESPN’s original movie, The Bronx Is Burning, cited in the made-for-TV/miniseries slot and Disney Channel and ABC Family claiming four of the five nods for children’s programs.
HBO’s The Sopranos and NBC’s 30 Rock also snagged two nominations. Veteran documentarian Ken Burns and his partner, Lynn Novick, received their first DGA nominations for their PBS documentary, The War.
The DGA Awards will be named Jan. 26 at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The complete list of nominees for outstanding achievement in television:
Movies for Television/Miniseries
• Jon Avnet, The StarterWife, USA Network
First Assistant Director Linda Montanti
• Jeremiah Chechik, TheBronxIs Burning, ESPN
Unit Production Manager: Michael Bederman
First Assistant Directors: Philip Patterson, Harvey Waldman
Second Assistant Directors: Richard E. White, Amy Lynn
• Lloyd Kramer, Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom’s For One More Day, ABC
Unit Production Manager: M. Blair Breard
First Assistant Director: Christo Morse
Second Assistant Director: Annie Tan
Second Second Assistant Director: Nick Vanderpool
• Mikael Salomon, The Company, TNT
Unit Production Manager: John M. Eckert
First Assistant Director: Michael Zimbrich
• Yves Simoneau, Bury My Heart atWounded Knee, HBO
Unit Production Manager, U.S.: Chrisann Verges
First Assistant Director, U.S.: Cas Donovan
Second Assistant Director, U.S.: Adam Martin
Dramatic Series Night
• Jack Bender, Lost ("Through the Looking Glass"), ABC
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Wainani Young Tomich
• David Chase, The Sopranos ("Made in America"), HBO
Unit Production Manager: Ilene S. Landress
First Assistant Director: Jeff Bernstein
Second Assistant Director: Nancy Herrmann
Second Second Assistant Director: Charlie Foster
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Selena Beal
DGA Trainee: Marcos Gonzalez Palma
• Eric Laneuville, Lost ("The Brig"), ABC
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Michael J. Musteric
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Steven E. Simon
• Alan Taylor, Mad Men ("When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") (pilot), AMC
Unit Production Manager: Scott Hornbacher
First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
Second Assistant Director: Maggie Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri
• Tim Van Patten, The Sopranos ("Sopranos Home Movies"), HBO
Unit Production Manager: Henry J. Bronchtein, Ilene S. Landress
First Assistant Director: John E. Gallagher
Second Assistant Director: Peter Soldo
Second Second Assistant Director: Charlie Foster
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Henri Sann
DGA Trainee: Kathleen Mulligan
Comedy Series
• Michael Engler, 30 Rock ("Rosemary’s Baby"), NBC
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Chris Swartout
Second Assistant Director: Jane Ferguson
• David Grossman, Desperate Housewives ("Something's Coming"), ABC
Unit Production Manager: Charles Skouras III
First Assistant Director: Tom Irvine
Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie
Second Second Assistant Director: Efrain Cortes
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Richard E. White
• Beth Mccarthy-Miller, 30 Rock ("Somebody to Love"), NBC
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Stephen Lee Davis
Second Assistant Director: Bellamy Forrest
Second Second Assistant Director: Brendan Walsh
• David Nutter, Entourage ("The Resurrection"), HBO
Unit Production Manager: Wayne Carmona
First Assistant Director: Gary Goldman
Second Assistant Director: Vernon Davidson
Second Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie
• Barry Sonnenfeld, Pushing Daisies ("Pie-lette"), ABC
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez
First Assistant Director: Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet
Musical Variety
• Jerry Foley, The Late Show with David Letterman, show No. 2773, CBS
Associate Directors: Randi Grossack, Jessica Santini, Louise A. Galante, Charles Dyer
Stage Managers: James Henderson, Frank Comito, Mark Dicso, Edward Valk
• Louis J. Horvitz, The 79thAnnualAcademyAwards, ABC
Associate Directors: Jim Tanker, Rita Blye, Tim Kettle, Mike Polito, Richard Pruess, Deborah Read, Robb Wagner, Ronni Fisher, Anne M. Rickey
Stage Managers: Garry W. Hood, Denny Barry, Rita Cossette, John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Arthur Lewis, Dency Nelson, Ron Paul, Vince Poxon, Jason Seligman, Rob Sellers Jr., Doug Smith, David Wader, David H. Kelmachter, Erik R. Kunzelman
• Jim Hoskinson, The Colbert Report, No. 3052, Comedy Central
Associate Director: Yvonne DeMare
Stage Manager: Mark McKenna
• Chuck O'Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Associate Director: Paul A.J. Pennolino
Stage Manager: Craig L. Spinney
• Glenn Weiss, The 61st Annual Tony Awards, CBS
Associate Directors: Gregg M. Gelfand, Robin Mishkin Abrams, Ken Diego, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry W. Hood, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Tony Mirante, Jeff Pearl, Rose Riggins, Lauren Class Schneider
Reality Program
• Craig Borders, Who Wants to Be a Superhero, episode 208, Sci Fi Channel
Stage Manager: Thomas Goodrich
• Tony Croll, Shooting Sizemore, episode 101, VH1
• Scott Messick, Pros vs. Joes, episode 201, Spike TV
Associate Director: Andrew E. Nelson
• Tony Sacco, Project Runway ("Fashion Giant,” No. 403), Bravo
Associate Director: Paul Hogan
• Bertram Van Munster, The Amazing Race, episode No. 1,110, CBS
Segment Director: Evan Weinstein
Daytime Serials
Larry Carpenter, One Life to Live, episode No. 9,947, ABC
Associate Director: Teresa Anne Cicala
Stage Managers: Alan P. Needleman, Keith Greer
Production Associate: Anthony Wilkinson
• Casey Childs, All My Children, episode No. 9,669, ABC
Associate Directors: Shirley Simmons, Barbara M. Simmons, Anthony Pascarelli
Stage Managers: Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, Martin Fritz Brekeller, Brendan Higgins
Production Associates: Jennifer Minda, Marika Brancato
• Christopher Goutman, As the World Turns, episode No. 12,971, CBS
Associate Directors: Michael Kerner, Carol Sedwick, Janet Andrews
Stage Managers: Nancy Barron, Jennifer Blood
Production Associates: Brett Hellman, Alexandra Verner Roalsvig
• Scott Mckinsey, General Hospital, episode No. 11228, ABC
Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Christine Magarian, Ron Cates, Pete Fillmore, RC Cates, David MacLeod
Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft, Michele Azenzer
Production Associates: Lisa Kaseff, Denise Van Cleave, Christine Cooper
• Ellen Wheeler, Guiding Light, episode No. 15,221, CBS
Associate Directors/Stage Managers: Chris Cullen, David Brandon
Production Associates: David Brandon, Kelly Jobmann
Documentary
• Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The War (Florentine Films)
• Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side (Jigsaw Productions)
• Asger Leth, Ghosts of Cite Soleil (Sony BMG Feature Films)
• Richard E. Robbins, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (The Documentary Group)
• Barbet Schroeder, Terror’s Advocate (Magnolia Pictures)
Commercials
• Dante Ariola
Production Company: MJZ
"Grenade," Playstation 3 -- TBWA/Chiat Day
Unit Production Manager: Brady Vant Hull
First Assistant Director: Dave Dean
• "Flare," Wrigley’s -- Energy BBDO
Unit Production Manager: Natalie Gillian Hill
First Assistant Director: Dave Dean
Second Assistant Director: Carl Jackson
• "Addicted," Nike -- Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam
Unit Production Manager: Natalie Gillian Hill
First Assistant Directors: Dave Dean, John Mattern
Second Assistant Director: Zaida Fakih
Second Second Assistant Director: Darren Maynard
• Fredrik Bond
Production Company: MJZ
"Straw," Milk -- Goodby
First Assistant Director: Craig H. Owens
Second Assistant Director: Eric Topp
• "Aviator," JC Penney -- Saachi & Saachi NY
Frank Budgen
Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises
• "Playdoh," Sony Bravia -- Fallon
First Assistant Director: Michael C. Bigwood
Second Assistant Director: Mark Kaufmann
Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises /Anonymous Content
• "S.O.S., Save Our Selves/Live Earth" -- Young & Republicam
First Assistant Director: Jack W. Fitch
Second Assistant Director: Marc Vance
Second Second Assistant Director: Mike Carlson
• Nicolai Fuglsig
Production Company MJZ UK
Tipping Point, Guinness -- BBDO
• "It’s Magic," JC Penney -- Saachi & Saachi NY
First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
Second Assistant Director: Kate Greenberg
• "Journey," Motorola -- AMV BBDO
Noam Murro
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
• "Night Drive," VW Golf -- DDB London
Unit Production Manager: Jay Veal
First Assistant Director: Michael Dignum
Second Assistant Director: Michael Saffie
Second Second Assistant Director: Eric Schneider
• "Affair," Orbit Gum -- BBDO Chicago
Unit Production Manager: Jay Veal
First Assistant Director: Gary Feil
Second Assistant Director: Wendy Oakes
• "Remember," NBA – Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Unit Production Manager: Jay Veal
First Assistant Director: Michael Salven
Second Assistant Director: Robert E. Kay
Children’s Programming
• Paul Hoen, Jump In, Disney Channel
• Kenny Ortega, High School Musical 2, Disney Channel
Unit Production Manager: Donald R. Schain
First Assistant Directors: Martin Jedlicka
Second Assistant Director: Robert Reeves
Second Second Assistant Director: Brent Geisler
• Fred Savage, Wizards of Waverly Place ("The Crazy 10 Minute Sale"), Disney Channel
Unit Production Manager: Greg Hampson
First Assistant Director: Guy Distad
Second Assistant Director: Ron Moseley
• Judith Vogelsang, Going Green ("Every Home an Eco-Home"), PBS
Unit Production Manager: Dessa Kaye
• Andy Wolk, LincolnHeights ("That Feeling That We Have"), ABC Family
Unit Production Manager: John Scherer
First Assistant Director: Mark Lyon
Second Assistant Director: Carla Bowen
