The 60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards gala was held January 26, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. A summary of the DGA ceremony’s may be read at The Hollywood Reporter, while a list of the recipients for the prestigious award may be viewed here.

*Winners highlighted in bold

FEATURE
Into the Wild - Sean Penn
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - Julian Schnabel
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
The Bronx Is Burning - Jeremiah S. Chechik
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Yves Simoneau
The Company - Mikael Salomon
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day - Lloyd Kramer
The Starter Wife - Jon Avnet

DRAMATIC SERIES - NIGHT
Lost (”Through the Looking Glass”) - Jack Bender
Lost (”The Brig”) - Eric Laneuville
Mad Men (”Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”) - Alan Taylor
The Sopranos (”Made in America”) - David Chase
The Sopranos (”Sopranos Home Movies”) - Timothy Van Patten

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (”Rosemary’s Baby”) - Michael Engler
30 Rock (”Somebody to Love”) - Beth McCarthy-Miller
Desperate Housewives (”Something’s Coming”) - David Grossman
Entourage (”The Resurrection”) - David Nutter
Pushing Daisies (”Pie-lette”) - Barry Sonnenfeld

MUSICAL VARIETY
The Colbert Report - Jim Hoskinson
The Daily Show - Chuck O’Neil
Late Show with David Letterman - Jerry Foley
The 79th Annual Academy Awards - Louis J. Horvitz
The 61st Annual Tony Awards - Glenn Weiss

REALITY PROGRAMS
Who Wants To Be A Superhero (”Episode 208″) - Craig Borders
Shooting Sizemore (”Episode 101″) - Tony Croll
Pros vs. Joes (”Episode 201″) - Scott Messick
Project Runway (”Fashion Giant, #403″) - Tony Sacco
The Amazing Race (”Episode 1110″) - Bertram Van Munster

DAYTIME SERIALS
One Life To Live (”Episode 9947″) - Larry Carpenter
All My Children (”Episode 9669″) - Casey Childs
As The World Turns (”Episode 12971″) - Christopher Goutman
General Hospital (”Episode 11228″) - Scott McKinsey
Guiding Light (”Episode 15221″) - Ellen Wheeler

DOCUMENTARY
The War - Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Taxi to the Dark Side - Alex Gibney
Ghosts of Cite Soleil - Asger Leth
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience - Richard E. Robbins
Terror’s Advocate - Barbet Schroeder

COMMERCIALS
Dante Ariola, production company MJZ
Fredrik Bond, production company MJZ
Frank Budgen, production company Gorgeous Enterprises
Nicolai Fuglsig, production company MJZ UK
Noam Murro, production company Biscuit Filmworks

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Jump In - Paul Hoen
High School Musical 2 - Kenny Ortega
Wizards of Waverly Place (”The Crazy 10 Minute Sale”) - Fred Savage
GoingGreen: Every Home An Eco-Home - Judith Vogelsang
Lincoln Heights (”That Feeling That We Have”) - Andy Wolk

SERVICE AND CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jay D. Roth
DGA Honorary Life Member Award in recognition of outstanding creative achievement, contribution to the DGA or the profession of directing.

Liz Ryan
2008 Frank Capra Achievement Award, which is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.

Barbara J. Roche
2008 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award for an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America