63rd Directors Guild of America Awards

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]

63rd Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	January 29, 2011 (2011-01-29)
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
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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"