DGA Nominations announced....usually a forecast for Academy Award for Best Director

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DGA Announces
Official Release

GEORGE CLOONEY

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Warner Independent Pictures

Mr. Clooney’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Barbara A. Hall
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Second Assistant Director: Melissa V. Barnes
Second Second Assistant Director: Richard Gonzales

This is Mr. Clooney’s first nomination.

PAUL HAGGIS

CRASH
Lions Gate Films

Mr. Haggis’ Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Betsy Danbury
First Assistant Director: Scott Cameron
Second Assistant Director: Simone Farber

This is Mr. Haggis’ first nomination.

ANG LEE

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features

Mr. Lee’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Managers: Scott Ferguson, Tom Benz
First Assistant Directors: Michael Hausman, Pierre Tremblay
Second Assistant Director: Donald Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Moerke

This is Mr. Lee’s third nomination. He received a previous nomination for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) and won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000).

BENNETT MILLER

CAPOTE
United Artists / Sony Pictures Classics

Mr. Miller’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Managers: Ellen Rutter, Caroline Baron
First Assistant Directors: Ronaldo Nacionales, Richard O’Brien Moran
Second Assistant Director: Charles Crossin

This is Mr. Miller’s first nomination.

STEVEN SPIELBERG

MUNICH
Universal Pictures

Mr. Spielberg’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Ian Hickinbotham
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Second Assistant Director: Pierre Ellul

This is Mr. Spielberg’s tenth nomination. He was previously nominated for AMISTAD (1997), EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987), E.T.: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982), RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), and JAWS (1975). He has won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times: in 1998 for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, in 1993 for SCHINDLER’S LIST, and in 1985 for THE COLOR PURPLE. Mr. Spielberg won the DGA’s highest artistic honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2000.