52nd Directors Guild of America Awards

52nd DGA Awards

March 11, 2000

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Best Director - Motion Picture:
American Beauty

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Best Director - Documentary:
On the Ropes

The 52nd Directors Guild of America Awards, given on 11 March 2000, honored the best film and television directors in 1999.

Winners

Film

• Best Director - Motion Picture:
  • Sam Mendes - American Beauty
• Best Director - Documentary:
  • Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen - On the Ropes

Television

• Best Director - TV Movie:
  • Mick Jackson - Tuesdays with Morrie

Nominees

Film

• Best Director - Motion Picture:
  • Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
  • Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
  • Michael Mann - The Insider
  • M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
• Best Director - Documentary:
  • Barry W. Blaustein - Beyond the Mat
  • Marc Levin - Thug Life in D.C.
  • Errol Morris - Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
  • Gary Weimberg - The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez-Gomez

Television

• Best Director - TV Movie:
  • Martyn Burke - Pirates of Silicon Valley
  • Martha Coolidge - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • Daniel Petrie - Inherit the Wind
  • Joseph Sargent - A Lesson Before Dying

External links

• DGA 2000 Awards - IMDB