Winners at 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards

Winners of the 63rd Directors Guild of America Awards were announced Jan. 29 at the Grand Ballroom in Hollywood. The ceremony was hosted by Rob Reiner; the director's 23rd time hosting.

The Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film went to Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech."
Nominees for the award included Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan," David Fincher for "The Social Network," Christopher Nolan for "Inception" and David O. Russell for "The Fighter."

The Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series went to Mick Jackson for "Temple Grandin" on HBO.

The Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary went to Charles Ferguson for "Inside Job." The documentary is an encompassing look at the 2008 global financial crises narrated by Matt Damon.

The Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Television Drama Series went to Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. Scorsese received the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and won in 2006 for "The Departed" in addition to eight previous DGA nominations.

The Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Television Comedy Series went to Michael Spiller for his ABC documentary-styled show "Modern Family."

Additional DGA Awards for 2010
Musical Variety: Glenn Weiss for directing the "64th Tony Awards" on CBS
Daytime Serials: Larry Carpenter for Episode No. 10,687 of "One Life to Live"
Reality Programs: Eytan Keller for Episode No. 301 of "The Next Iron Chef"
Commercials: Stacy Wall (Imperial Woodpecker, LLC.) for Nike, Adidas and Microsoft Commercials.
Children's Programs: Eric Bross for "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf"

DGA 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2010 DGA Lifetime Achievement Award went to Norman Jewison, the influential Canadian director of films such as "In the Heat of the Night", "Fiddler on the Rood", "Moonstruck" and "The Hurricane"

DGA History
The DGA is a strong indicator of Oscar winners, having only awarded differently six times in 63 years.

In 1968 Anthony Harvey ("The Lion in Winter") won the DGA award, but Carol Reed ("Oliver") won the Oscar. In 1972 Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather") won, but Bob Fosse ("Cabaret") took the Oscar.

In 1985 Steven Spielberg ("The Color Purple") won his first of three, but Sydney Pollack ("Out of Africa") beat him to the Oscar. 10 years later Ron Howard ("Apollo 13") won, but Mel Gibson ("Braveheart") won the Oscar.

In 2000 Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") won, but he lost the Oscar to Steven Soderbergh ("Traffic"). Two years later Rob Marshall ("Chicago") won, but Roman Polanski ("The Pianist") won an Oscar he couldn't receive in person, as he would've been arrested.

Since 1948 The Directors Guild of America has awarded filmmakers such as John Ford, Elia Kazan, David Lean, Billy Wilder, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola, Milos Forman, Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Jonathan Demme, Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, James Cameron, Ang Lee, Peter Jackson, Martin Scorsese, Joel and Ethan Coen, Danny Boyle and the only woman to ever win Kathryn Bigelow.