55th Directors Guild of America Awards

55th Directors Guild of America Awards
55th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 1, 2003
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:	Chicago – Rob Marshall
Best Director Documentary:	The Smith Family – Tasha Oldham
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2000s/2002.aspx?value=2002

The 55th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2002, were presented on March 1, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner.^[5] The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 21, 2003^[6]^[7] and the other nominations were announced starting on January 30, 2003.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Winners and nominees[edit]

Film[edit]

Feature Film
Rob Marshall – Chicago Stephen Daldry – The Hours Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Roman Polanski – The Pianist Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York
Documentaries
Tasha Oldham – The Smith Family Charles Braverman – Bottom of the Ninth Rebecca Cammisa and Rob Fruchtman – Sister Helen Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender – Prisoner of Paradise Leah Mahan – Sweet Old Song

Television[edit]

Drama Series
*John Patterson – The Sopranos* for "Whitecaps"** Daniel Attias – Six Feet Under for "Back to the Garden" Paris Barclay – The West Wing for "Debate Camp" Alex Graves – The West Wing for "Posse Comitatus" Tim Van Patten – The Sopranos for "Whoever Did This"
Comedy Series
*Bryan Gordon – Curb Your Enthusiasm* for "The Special Section"** James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Marry Me a Little" Larry Charles – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Nanny from Hell" Michael Patrick King – Sex and the City for "Plus One is the Loneliest Number" David Steinberg – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Mary, Joseph, and Larry"
Miniseries or TV Film
Mick Jackson – Live from Baghdad Julie Dash – The Rosa Parks Story Howard Deutch – Gleason John Frankenheimer – Path to War Richard Loncraine – The Gathering Storm
Musical Variety
Matthew Diamond – From Broadway: Fosse Marty Callner – Robin Williams: Live On Broadway Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1876" Louis J. Horvitz – The 74th Annual Academy Awards Glenn Weiss – The 56th Annual Tony Awards
Daytime Serials
*Scott McKinsey – Port Charles* for "Episode #1433"** Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Episode #8655" Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live for "Episode #8691" Michael Stich – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #3948" Frank Valentini – One Life to Live for "Episode #8656"
Children's Programs
Guy Ferland – Bang Bang You're Dead Greg Beeman – A Ring of Endless Light Thom Eberhardt – I Was a Teenage Faust Gregory Hobson – Even Stevens for "Band on the Roof" Amy Schatz – Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001

Commercials[edit]

Commercials
Baker Smith – Canal+'s "Black Bands" and "Visigoths", Fox Sports' "Lightning" and "Wind", and BMW's "Clown" Dante Ariola – PlayStation 2's "Signs", Lee's "Cheese", and Bank of America's "Butcher" Leslie Dektor – American Express' "Crazy Love", America's Second Harvest's "Rent or Food", and Verizon's "Lady Liberty" Craig Gillespie – Citibank's "Treadmill", Holiday Inn Express' "Snake Bite", Chevrolet's "Cops", SBC's "Coffee Machine", and EDS's "Suki" Noam Murro – Saturn's "Sheet Metal", eBay's "Do It eBay", and E-Trade's "Pick" and "Pitch"

Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film[edit]

Martin Scorsese

Frank Capra Achievement Award[edit]

Yudi Bennett

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award[edit]

Jud Taylor

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award[edit]

Esperanza Martinez

Honorary Life Member[edit]

John Rich

References[edit]

^ "DGA Announces Winners of 2002 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2003 Special Recognition Awards". Directors Guild of America. March 2, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (March 2, 2003). "Directors dance over 'Chicago'". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (March 3, 2003). "DGA Honors Rob Marshall as Best Director of the Year". IndieWire. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ Ryan, Joal (March 2, 2003). ""Chicago" Boss a Hit with DGA". E! News. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ "DGA Sets Host Presenters for 55th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. February 24, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 21, 2003). "High five for helmers". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ King, Susan (January 22, 2003). "Scorsese's double whammy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (January 30, 2003). "Dektor heads DGA's ad noms". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (February 3, 2003). "Directors get 'A' in history for TV noms". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2002 Nominees for Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series and Musical Variety". Directors Guild of America. February 6, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2002 Nominees for Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America. February 10, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (February 13, 2003). "DGA reveals documentary nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

External links[edit]

55th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] "DGA Announces Winners of 2002 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2003 Special Recognition Awards". Directors Guild of America. March 2, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[2] McNary, Dave (March 2, 2003). "Directors dance over 'Chicago'". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[3] Hernandez, Eugene (March 3, 2003). "DGA Honors Rob Marshall as Best Director of the Year". IndieWire. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[4] Ryan, Joal (March 2, 2003). ""Chicago" Boss a Hit with DGA". E! News. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[5] "DGA Sets Host Presenters for 55th Annual DGA Awards Dinner". Directors Guild of America. February 24, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[6] McNary, Dave (January 21, 2003). "High five for helmers". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[7] King, Susan (January 22, 2003). "Scorsese's double whammy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[8] McNary, Dave (January 30, 2003). "Dektor heads DGA's ad noms". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[9] McNary, Dave (February 3, 2003). "Directors get 'A' in history for TV noms". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[10] "DGA Announces 2002 Nominees for Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series and Musical Variety". Directors Guild of America. February 6, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[11] "DGA Announces 2002 Nominees for Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America. February 10, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

[12] McNary, Dave (February 13, 2003). "DGA reveals documentary nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

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