53rd Directors Guild of America Awards

53rd Directors Guild of America Awards
53rd Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	March 10, 2001
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:	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee
Best Director Documentary:	High School Boot Camp – Charles Braverman
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2000s/2000.aspx?value=2000

The 53rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2000, were presented on March 10, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 22, 2001^[5]^[6] and the other nominations were announced starting on February 1, 2001.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous Ridley Scott – Gladiator Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh – Traffic
Documentaries
Charles Braverman – High School Boot Camp Laurie Collyer – Nuyorican Dream Mark Lewis – The Natural History of the Chicken Michael Mierendorf – Broken Child David de Vries – The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

Television

Drama Series
*Thomas Schlamme – The West Wing* for "Noël"** Paris Barclay – The West Wing for "The Portland Trip" Henry J. Bronchtein – The Sopranos for "From Where to Eternity" Allen Coulter – The Sopranos for "The Knight in White Satin Armor" John Patterson – The Sopranos for "Funhouse"
Comedy Series
*James Burrows – Will & Grace* for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"** Allen Coulter – Sex and the City for "Cock-a-Doodle-Do" Bill D'Elia – Ally McBeal for "The Last Virgin" Pamela Fryman – Frasier for "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" Todd Holland – Malcolm in the Middle for "Pilot"
Miniseries or TV Film
Jeff Bleckner – The Beach Boys: An American Family Kirk Browning – Death of a Salesman Martha Coolidge – If These Walls Could Talk 2 for "1972" Stephen Frears and Martin Pasetta – Fail Safe Joseph Sargent – For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Musical Variety
*Beth McCarthy-Miller – Saturday Night Live* for "Host: Val Kilmer"** Ellen Brown – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for "Episode #1938" Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1527" Roger Goodman – ABC 2000 Today Louis J. Horvitz – The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
Daytime Serials
*Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live* for "Episode #8205"** Bruce S. Barry – Guiding Light for "Episode #13562" Casey Childs – All My Children for "Episode #7919" Conal O'Brien – All My Children for "Episode #7969" JoAnne Sedwick – Guiding Light for "Episode #13511"
Children's Programs
Greg Beeman – Miracle in Lane 2 William Dear – The Wonderful World of Disney for "Santa Who?" Paul Hoen – Even Stevens for "Take My Sister...Please" Kevin Hooks – The Color of Friendship Sean McNamara – Even Stevens for "Easy Way"

Commercials

Commercials
Leslie Dektor – Idea Exchange's "New Eyes" and "The Run Home", and Pocketcards's "The Check" Dante Ariola – Nike's "Elephant" and Hewlett-Packard's "Tickets" and "Taxi" Bryan Buckley – FedEx' "Action Figures" and E-Trade's "Monkey", "Wazoo" and "Basketball" David Cornell – Visa's "Synchronized Commercialism", "Tattoo" and "I Enjoy Being a Girl", and Charles Schwab's "Ringo" and "Retirement" Lenard Dorfman – IBM's "Harlem Fencer" and "Senegal Women's Basketball", and Excite's "Camped"

Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Robert Butler
Tom Donovan

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award

Robert N. Van Ry

Presidents Award

Robert Wise

Honorary Life Member

Jack Valenti

References

^ "DGA Announces Winners of 2000 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and Recipients of 2001 Lifetime Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ Munoz, Lorenza (March 11, 2001). "Ang Lee Wins Top DGA Award for 'Crouching Tiger'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ Armstrong, Mark (March 11, 2001). "Eye of the (Crouching) Tiger: DGA Picks Lee". E! News. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "One Step Closer to the Oscars". Hollywood.com. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2000". Directors Guild of America. January 22, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ Natale, Richard (January 23, 2001). "In DGA Nominations, It's Soderbergh vs. Soderbergh". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ Linan, Steven (February 3, 2001). "Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in TV Categories of Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series and Musical Variety". Directors Guild of America. February 6, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

External links

53rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

[1] "DGA Announces Winners of 2000 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and Recipients of 2001 Lifetime Achievement Awards". Directors Guild of America. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[2] Munoz, Lorenza (March 11, 2001). "Ang Lee Wins Top DGA Award for 'Crouching Tiger'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[3] Armstrong, Mark (March 11, 2001). "Eye of the (Crouching) Tiger: DGA Picks Lee". E! News. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[4] "One Step Closer to the Oscars". Hollywood.com. March 11, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[5] "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2000". Directors Guild of America. January 22, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[6] Natale, Richard (January 23, 2001). "In DGA Nominations, It's Soderbergh vs. Soderbergh". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[7] "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[8] "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials and Children's Programs". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[9] "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries". Directors Guild of America. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[10] Linan, Steven (February 3, 2001). "Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

[11] "DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in TV Categories of Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series and Musical Variety". Directors Guild of America. February 6, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

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