51st Directors Guild of America Awards

Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan

• Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
• John Madden – Shakespeare in Love
• Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line
• Peter Weir – The Truman Show

Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert and Gordon Quinn – Vietnam, Long Time Coming

• Matthew Diamond – Dancemaker
• Susan Lacy – American Masters for "Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note"
• Nigel Noble – Great Performances for "Porgy and Bess: An American Voice"
• Kyra Thompson – Dying to Tell the Story

Paris Barclay – NYPD Blue for "Hearts and Souls"

• Steve Buscemi – Homicide: Life on the Street for "Finnegan's Wake"
• Chris Carter – The X-Files for "Triangle"
• Adam Davidson – Law & Order for "Under the Influence"
• Mark Tinker – NYPD Blue for "Danny Boy"

Thomas Schlamme – Sports Night for "Pilot"

• James Burrows – Will & Grace for "Pilot"
• Pamela Fryman – Just Shoot Me! for "Two Girls for Every Boy"
• Kelsey Grammer – Frasier for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz"
• Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show for "Flip"

Michael Cristofer – Gia

• Allan Arkush – The Temptations
• Steve Barron – Merlin
• Rob Cohen – The Rat Pack
• Jon Turteltaub – From the Earth to the Moon for "That's All There Is"

Paul Miller – The 52nd Annual Tony Awards

• Marty Callner – I'm Telling You for the Last Time
• Matthew Diamond – In Performance at the White House for "Savion Glover – Stomp, Slide & Swing"
• Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #958"
• Louis J. Horvitz – The 70th Annual Academy Awards

James Sayegh – One Life to Live for "Episode #7572"

• Joseph Behar – General Hospital for "Episode #2580"
• Nancy Eckels – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Episode #2942"
• Sally McDonald – The Young and the Restless for "Episode #6437"
• Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live for "Episode #7761"

Mitchell Kriegman – Bear in the Big Blue House for "Love is All You Need"

• Allison Grodner – The Teen Files for "Smoking: Truth or Dare"
• Victoria Hochberg – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids for "From Honey with Love"
• Stuart Margolin – The Sweetest Gift
• Ron Oliver – Goosebumps for "Cry of the Cat"

Kinka Usher – Sony's "Egg", Mountain Dew's "Michael Johnson's World", Miller Brewing's "Cupid", Nike's "Undercover Ushers", and Hallmark's "Neighbor Lady"

• Amy Hill and Chris Riess – Saturn's "Driving Range", Bronson Medical Centers' "Pediatrics", AmSouth's "Life", and Long John Silver's' "London Loves Us"
• Peter Darley Miller – 360 Communications' "Chase", Slice's "Dissection", Midway Games' "Target Practice", PlayStation's "Scout", and Nike's "The Great Magician"
• Rocky Morton – Taco Bell's "Bobbing Head" and "Romeo and Juliet", Fox Sports' "Feet", and PlayStation's "Laundromat"
• Tarsem Singh – John Hancock Financial's "Sarajevo", Miller Brewing's『Séance』and "Dances with Dog", and Beck's' "Romance"