Directors Guild Awards: The Nominees

Lost, The Sopranos and Mad Men will battle it out for a Drama award in nominations announced by the Directors Guild of America.

Jack Bender has been nominated for the season finale of Lost while creator David Chase is up for the series finale of The Sopranos. Both shows have two nominations.

30 Rock has two nods in the Comedy category against Desperate Housewives, Entourage and Pushing Daisies.

Australian-shot miniseries The Starter Wife is also in competition.

The Nominees of the 2007 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television are:

DRAMATIC SERIES NIGHT

Jack Bender – “Lost” (“Through the Looking Glass”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Wainani Young Tomich

David Chase – “The Sopranos” (“Made in America”) (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Ilene S. Landress
First Assistant Director: Jeff Bernstein
Second Assistant Director: Nancy Herrmann
Second Second Assistant Director: Charlie Foster
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Selena Beal
DGA Trainee: Marcos Gonzalez Palma

Eric Laneuville – “Lost” (“The Brig”)(ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Michael J. Musteric
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Steven E. Simon

Alan Taylor – “Mad Men” (“When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”) (Pilot) (AMC)
Unit Production Manager: Scott Hornbacher
First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
Second Assistant Director: Maggie Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri

Tim Van Patten – “The Sopranos” (“Sopranos Home Movies”) (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Henry J. Bronchtein, Ilene S. Landress
First Assistant Director: John E. Gallagher
Second Assistant Director: Peter Soldo
Second Second Assistant Director: Charlie Foster
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Henri Sann
DGA Trainee: Kathleen Mulligan

COMEDY SERIES

Michael Engler – “30 Rock” (“Rosemary’s Baby”)(NBC)
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Chris Swartout
Second Assistant Director: Jane Ferguson

David Grossman – “Desperate Housewives” (“Something’s Coming”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Charles Skouras III
First Assistant Director: Tom Irvine
Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie
Second Second Assistant Director: Efrain Cortes
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Richard E. White

Beth Mccarthy-Miller – “30 Rock” (“Somebody to Love”) (NBC)
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Stephen Lee Davis
Second Assistant Director: Bellamy Forrest
Second Second Assistant Director: Brendan Walsh

David Nutter – “Entourage” (“The Resurrection”) (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Wayne Carmona
First Assistant Director: Gary Goldman
Second Assistant Director: Vernon Davidson
Second Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie

Barry Sonnenfeld – “Pushing Daisies” (“Pie-lette”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez
First Assistant Director: Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES

Jon Avnet – “The Starter Wife” (USA)
First Assistant Director: Linda Montanti

Jeremiah Chechik – “The Bronx Is Burning” (ESPN)
Unit Production Manager: Michael Bederman
First Assistant Directors: Philip Patterson, Harvey Waldman
Second Assistant Directors: Richard E. White, Amy Lynn

Lloyd Kramer – “Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom’s For One More Day” (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: M. Blair Breard
First Assistant Director: Christo Morse
Second Assistant Director: Annie Tan
Second Second Assistant Director: Nick Vanderpool

Mikael Salomon – “The Company” (TNT)
Unit Production Manager: John M. Eckert
First Assistant Director: Michael Zimbrich

Yves Simoneau – “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee” (HBO)
Unit Production Manager – US: Chrisann Verges
First Assistant Director – US: Cas Donovan
Second Assistant Director – US: Adam Martin

MUSICAL VARIETY

Jerry Foley – “Late Show with David Letterman” – Show #2773 (CBS)
Associate Directors: Randi Grossack, Jessica Santini, Louise A. Galante, Charles Dyer
Stage Managers: James Henderson, Frank Comito, Mark Dicso, Edward Valk

Louis J. Horvitz – “The 79th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
Associate Directors: Jim Tanker, Rita Blye, Tim Kettle, Mike Polito, Richard Pruess, Deborah Read, Robb Wagner, Ronni Fisher, Anne M. Rickey
Stage Managers: Garry W. Hood, Denny Barry, Rita Cossette, John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Arthur Lewis, Dency Nelson, Ron Paul, Vince Poxon, Jason Seligman, Rob Sellers Jr., Doug Smith, David Wader, David H. Kelmachter, Erik R. Kunzelman

Jim Hoskinson – “The Colbert Report” #3052 (Comedy Central)
Associate Director: Yvonne DeMare
Stage Managers: Mark McKenna

Chuck O’Neil – “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)
Associate Director: Paul A.J. Pennolino
Stage Manager: Craig L. Spinney

Glenn Weiss – “The 61st Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)
Associate Directors: Gregg M. Gelfand, Robin Mishkin Abrams, Ken Diego, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry W. Hood, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Tony Mirante, Jeff Pearl, Rose Riggins, Lauren Class Schneider

REALITY PROGRAM

Craig Borders – “Who Wants To Be A Superhero” (“Episode 208”) (Sci-Fi)
Stage Manager: Thomas Goodrich

Tony Croll – “Shooting Sizemore” (“Episode 101”) (VH-1)

Scott Messick – “Pros vs. Joes” (“Episode 201”) (Spike)
Associate Director: Andrew E. Nelson

Tony Sacco – “Project Runway” (“Fashion Giant, #403”) (Bravo)
Associate Director: Paul Hogan

Bertram Van Munster – “The Amazing Race” (“Episode #1110”) (CBS)
Segment Director: Evan Weinstein

DAYTIME SERIALS

Larry Carpenter – “One Life To Live” (“Episode #9947”) (ABC)
Associate Director: Teresa Anne Cicala
Stage Managers: Alan P. Needleman, Keith Greer
Production Associate: Anthony Wilkinson

Casey Childs – “All My Children” (“Episode #9669”) (ABC)
Associate Directors: Shirley Simmons, Barbara M. Simmons, Anthony Pascarelli
Stage Managers: Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, Martin Fritz Brekeller, Brendan Higgins
Production Associates: Jennifer Minda, Marika Brancato

Christopher Goutman – “As The World Turns” (“Episode #12971”) (CBS)
Associate Directors: Michael Kerner, Carol Sedwick, Janet Andrews
Stage Managers: Nancy Barron, Jennifer Blood
Production Associates: Brett Hellman, Alexandra Verner Roalsvig

Scott Mckinsey – “General Hospital” (“Episode #11228”) (ABC)
Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Christine Magarian, Ron Cates, Pete Fillmore, RC Cates, David MacLeod
Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft, Michele Azenzer
Production Associates: Lisa Kaseff, Denise Van Cleave, Christine Cooper

Ellen Wheeler – “Guiding Light” (“Episode #15221”) (CBS)
Associate Directors/Stage Managers: Chris Cullen, David Brandon
Production Associates: David Brandon, Kelly Jobmann

DOCUMENTARY

Ken Burns & Lynn Novick – “The War” (Florentine Films)

Alex Gibney – “Taxi to the Dark Side” (Jigsaw Productions)

Asger Leth – “Ghosts of Cite Soleil”(Sony BMG Feature Films)

Richard E. Robbins – “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)

Barbet Schroeder – “Terror’s Advocate” (Magnolia Pictures)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING

Paul Hoen – “Jump In” (Disney Channel)

Kenny Ortega – “High School Musical 2” (Disney Channel)
Unit Production Manager: Donald R. Schain
First Assistant Directors: Martin Jedlicka
Second Assistant Director: Robert Reeves
Second Second Assistant Director: Brent Geisler

Fred Savage – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (“The Crazy 10 Minute Sale”) (Disney Channel)
Unit Production Manager: Greg Hampson
First Assistant Director: Guy Distad
Second Assistant Director: Ron Moseley

Judith Vogelsang – “Going Green” (“Every Home An Eco-Home”) (PBS)
Unit Production Manager: Dessa Kaye

Andy Wolk – “Lincoln Heights” (“That Feeling That We Have”) (ABC Family)
Unit Production Manager: John Scherer
First Assistant Director: Mark Lyon
Second Assistant Director: Carla Bowen

Winners will be announced January 26.
Source: Variety