52nd Directors Guild of America Awards (2000)

Film
Feature Film
Sam Mendes - American Beauty
Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann - The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Documentaries
Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen - On the Ropes
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
Drama Series
David Chase - The Sopranos for "Pilot"
Daniel Attias - The Sopranos for "46 Long"
Henry J. Bronchtein - The Sopranos for "Nobody Knows Anything"
Allen Coulter - The Sopranos for "College"
Thomas Schlamme - The West Wing for "Pilot"
Comedy Series
Thomas Schlamme - Sports Night for "Small Town"
James Burrows - Will & Grace for "Yours, Mine or Ours"
Pamela Fryman - Frasier for "The Fight Before Christmas"
Katy Garretson - Frasier for "Dr. Nora"
Victoria Hochberg - Sex and the City for "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra"
Miniseries or TV Film
Mick Jackson - Tuesdays with Morrie
Martyn Burke - Pirates of Silicon Valley
Martha Coolidge - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Daniel Petrie - Inherit the Wind
Joseph Sargent - A Lesson Before Dying
Special Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film
Steven Spielberg
Lifetime Achievement in Sports Direction
Chet Forte
Frank Capra Achievement Award
Cheryl R. Downey
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Scott L. Rindenow
Diversity Award
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