Invitations to Join the Academy

We're closer to the Oscars! This entire post is taken from oldfilmsflicker.tumblr.com. (Please check Marya Gates out - her website is cinema-fanatic.com. She is one of the smartest writers and I love her posts.)

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 176 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2012 to the Academy’s roster of members. ”These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.” Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003. The 2012 invitees are:

ACTORS
Simon Baker - "Margin Call," "L.A. Confidential"
Sean Bean - "Flightplan," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

Bérénice Bejo - "The Artist,"  "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies"
Tom Berenger - "Inception," "Platoon"


Demián Bichir - "A Better Life," "Che"
Jessica Chastain - "The Help," "The Tree of Life"
Clifton Collins, Jr. - "Star Trek," "Traffic"
Bryan Cranston - "Contagion," "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jean Dujardin - "Les infidels," "The Artist"
Richard E. Grant - "The Iron Lady," "Withnail & I"
Jonah Hill - "Moneyball," "Superbad"
Ken Howard - "J. Edgar," "In Her Shoes"
Diego Luna - "Milk," "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
Margo Martindale - "Secretariat," "Million Dollar Baby"
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids," "The Back-Up Plan"
Matthew McConaughey - "The Lincoln Lawyer," "A Time to Kill"
Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs," "Tumbleweeds"
S. Epatha Merkerson - "Mother and Child," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
Sam Rockwell - "Cowboys & Aliens," "Noon"
Andy Serkis - "The Prestige," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help," "The Soloist"
Lili Taylor - "Being Flynn," "High Fidelity"
Nia Vardalos - "For a Good Time, Call...", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Kerry Washington - "Django Unchained," "Ray"
Michelle Yeoh - "The Lady," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

DESIGNERS
Laurence Bennett - "The Artist," "Crash"
David Brisbin - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," "Dead Presidents"
Scott Chambliss - "Cowboys & Aliens," "Mission: Impossible III"
Wendy Chuck - "The Descendants," "Sideways"
Maria Djurkovic - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Hours"
Sanja Milkovic Hays - "Battle:  Los Angeles," "Mission to Mars"
Mayes Rubeo - "Avatar," "Apocalypto"
Anne Seibel - "Midnight in Paris," "The Devil Wears Prada"
Sharon Seymour - "The Ides of March," "Friday Night Lights"
Sammy Sheldon - "X-Men: First Class," "V for Vendetta"

CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Florian Ballhaus - "Mr. Popper's Penguins," "The Devil Wears Prada"
Oliver Bokelberg - "Win Win," "The Station Agent"
Anna J. Foerster - "Anonymous"
Larry Fong - "Super 8," "300"
Alwin Kuchler - "Hanna", "Proof"
Toyomichi Kurita - "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family," "Waiting to Exhale"
George Mooradian - "Crazy as Hell," "Nemesis"
Guillaume Schiffman - "The Artist," "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies"
Terry Stacey - "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "Friends with Money"

 DIRECTORS
Joseph Cedar - "Footnote (Hearat Shulayim)," "Beaufort"
Jean-Pierre Dardenne - "The Kid With a Bike (Le gamin au velo)," "The Child (L'enfant)"
Luc Dardenne - "Lorna's Silence (Le silence de Lorna)," "The Son (Le fils)"
Philippe Falardeau - "Monsieur Lazhar," "It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)"
Asghar Farhadi - "A Separation (Jodaieye Nadar az Simin)," "About Elly (Darbareye Elly)" -- ALSO INVITED TO THE WRITERS' BRANCH
Rodrigo Garcia - "Albert Nobbs," "Mother and Child"
Michel Hazanavicius - "Les infideles (The Players)", "The Artist" -- ALSO INVITED TO THE WRITERS BRANCH
Kasi Lemmons - "Talk to Me," "Eve's Bayou"
Terrence Malick - "The Tree of Life," "The Thin Red Line"
Michael R. Roskam - "Bullhead (Rundskop)"
Wong Kar Wai - "My Blueberry Nights," "In the Mood for Love"

DOCUMENTARY
John Battsek - "The Tillman Story," "One Day in September"
Amy Berg - "Bhutto," "Deliver Us from Evil"
Simon Chinn - "Project Nim," "Man on Wire"
Marshall Curry - "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front," "Street Fight"
Johanna Demetrakas - "Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche," "Bus Riders Union"
Daniel Junge - "Saving Face," "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
Mary Lampson - "Kimjongilia," "Harlan County, USA"
Sam Pollard - "Gerrymandering," "4 Little Girls"
Glenn Silber - "El Salvador: Another Vietnam," "The War at Home"
Lucy Walker - "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom," "Waste Land"

EXECUTIVES
James Amos
Michael Bostick
Richard Brener
Howard Mark Cohen
David C. Glasser
Jeffrey B. Goldstein
Frederick Huntsberry
Jon Jashni
Michael Marshall
Tony Safford
Gregory Silverman
Nigel Sinclair

FILM EDITORS
Kirk Baxter - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Social Network"
Nicolas De Toth - "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "The Sum of All Fears"
Scott Hill - "Zookeeper," "Bruce Almighty"
Dan Lebental - "Iron Man 2," "Elf"
Glen Scantlebury - "Transformers," "Bram Stoker's Dracula"

MAKEUP ARTISTS AND HAIRSTYLISTS
Mark Coulier - "The Iron Lady," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
Linda Flowers - "The Hunger Games," "The Social Network"
Toni G - "Salt," "Monster"
Amanda Knight - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2", "Mission: Impossible"
Tami Lane - "Superman Returns," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Wendy Aylsworth
Kyle Cooper
Patrick Crowley
Bud Davis
Chris deFaria
Sarah Katzman
John Kilkenny
Heidi Levitt
Kerry Lynn McKissick
Elizabeth Sayre
Michael Tadross
Mary Vernieu

MUSIC
Ludovic Bource - "The Artist," "OSS 117: Lost in Rio"
Alberto Iglesias - " Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Constant Gardener"
Conrad Pope - "My Week with Marilyn," "The Rising Place"
Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Love Is the Devil," "The Last Emperor"
Theodore Shapiro - "The Big Year," "I Love You, Man"

PRODUCERS
Letty Aronson - "Midnight in Paris," "Match Point"
Michael Barnathan - "The Help," "Rent"
Jean Brehat - "London River," "Days of Glory (Indigenes)"
Susan Cartsonis - "Beastly," "What Women Want"
Tracey Edmonds - "Jumping the Broom," "Soul Food"
Dede Gardner - "The Tree of Life," "Running with Scissors"
Grant Heslov - "The Ides of March," "Good Night, and Good Luck." -- ALSO INVITED TO THE WRITERS' BRANCH
Thomas Langmann - "The Artist," "Mesrine: Public Enemy #1"
William Packer - "Think Like a Man," "This Christmas"
Aaron Ryder - "The Raven," "The Prestige"
Peter Saraf - "Our Idiot Brother," "Little Miss Sunshine"
Mary Jane Skalski - "Win Win," "The Station Agent"

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Larry Baldauf
Cindi Berger
Matthew P. Brubaker
Brian Daly
Rebecca Kearey
Adam Keen
Katie Martin Kelley
Eric Kops
Derek McLay
Michelle Sewell
Mark Woollen

SHORT FILMS AND FEATURE ANIMATION
Paul Cichocki - "Brave," "WALL-E"
Eric Daniels - "Tangled," "Meet the Robinsons"
Amanda Forbis - "Wild Life," "When the Day Breaks"
Emily Hubley - "The Toe Tactic," "Pigeon Within"
Willliam Joyce - "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore," "Meet the Robinsons"
Marv Newland - "CMYK," "Tete a Tete a Tete"
Floyd Norman - "Waking Sleeping Beauty," "Mulan"
Jonas Rivera - "Up," "Cars"
Michelle Steffes - "The Interview," "Day Labor"
David Verrall - "Dimanche/Sunday," "Madame Tutli-Putli"
Jennifer Yuh Nelson - "Kung Fu Panda 2," "Madagascar"

SOUND
Erik Aadahl - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Monsters vs. Aliens"
Deb Adair - "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," "Moneyball"
Stephen M. Bartkowicz - "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds," "Red State"
John T. Cucci - "Snow White & the Huntsman," "Prometheus"
Chuck Garsha - "Misery," "Die Hard"
Mildred Iatrou - "The Green Hornet," "The Tree of Life"
Tim LeBlanc - "For Greater Glory," "Something Borrowed"
Bo Persson - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "Fanny & Alexander"
Gary L.G. Simpson - "Captain America: The First Avenger," "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Philip Stockton - "Hugo," "Brokeback Mountain"

VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott Benza - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Iron Man"
Greg Butler - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Sheena Duggal - "The Hunger Games," "Spider-Man 3"
Christopher Evans - "Hugo," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ben Grossmann - "Hugo," "The Italian Job"
Dan Lemmon - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "King Kong"
John Rosengrant - "Real Steel," "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"
Eric Saindon - "Avatar," "X-Men: The Last Stand"
R. Christopher White - "The Lovely Bones," "Jurassic Park III"
Guy Williams - "Marvel's The Avengers," "Avatar"
Joss Williams - "Hugo," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

WRITERS
J.C. Chandor - "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi - "A Separation (Jodaieye Nadar az Simin)," "Beautiful City (Shahr-e ziba)" (ALSO INVITED TO DIRECTORS BRANCH)
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist," "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" (ALSO INVITED TO DIRECTORS BRANCH)
Grant Heslov - "The Ides of March," "Good Night, and Good Luck." (ALSO INVITED TO PRODUCERS BRANCH)
Stephen King - "Pet Sematary," "Creepshow"
Oren Moverman - "The Messenger," "I'm Not There."
Annie Mumolo - "Bridesmaids"
Nicholas Stoller - "The Muppets," "Get Him to the Greek"
Peter Straughan - "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
Kristen Wiig - "Bridesmaids"

Additionally, the Academy invited Fritz Gabriel Bauer, Lee S. Berger, Ronald Bernstein, Ariel Emanuel, Jean-Marie Lavalou, Bryan Lourd, Dale Oliver, Jeremy Plager, John B. Quinn and Steve Weinstein to Associate membership. Associate members are not represented on the Board and do not have Academy Awards voting privileges.

Three individuals (noted above by an asterisk) have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership.

New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception in September.                                                                      

Directors' Guild Awards 2013

So The Directors' Guild of America Awards are being held tomorrow night. Apparently, they have been very accurate in predicting, in a way, the Oscar winners; since its inception in 1949, the DGA winner has won the corresponding Academy Award 58 out of 64 times. (The Wrap) I want to see how it goes this year, as a few of the directors nominated (Tom Hooper, Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, to name a few) were not nominated for the Academy Awards.

In the spirit of more awards season all the time, I thought I'd post the nominees and then update the post when they're announced! (I don't believe these are being televised, so once I get the list, I'll add this. The dinner, hosted by Kelsey Grammer, is being held February 2, 2013!) Winners will be highlighted in another colour.

UPDATING: So I'll be highlighting who won! It's interesting Ben Affleck took home the award; he's been winning across the board and the Academy may be kicking themselves a little bit right now.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Ben Affleck - Argo (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Unit Production Manager: Amy Herman
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Second Assistant Director: Ian Calip
Second Second Assistant Directors: Clark Credle, Gavin Kleintop
First Assistant Director (Turkey Unit): Belkis Turan

Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures)
Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson
First Assistant Director: David A. Ticotin
Second Assistant Directors: Ben Lanning, Sarah Hood
First Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Scott Robertson
Second Assistant Directors (Jordan Unit): Jonas Spaccarotelli, Yanal Kassay
Second Second Assistant Director (Jordan Unit): Tarek Afifi
Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Rajeev Mehra


Tom Hooper - Les Miserables (Universal Pictures)
Unit Production Manager: Patrick Schweitzer
First Assistant Director: Ben Howarth
Second Assistant Director: Harriet Worth
Second Second Assistant Director: Dan Channing Williams

Ang Lee - Life of Pi (Twentieth Century Fox)
Unit Production Manager: Michael J. Malone
Unit Production Manager (Taiwan): Leo Chen
First Assistant Directors: William M. Connor, Cliff Lanning
Second Assistant Directors: Robert Burgess, Ben Lanning
Unit Production Manager (India Unit): Sanjay Kumar
First Assistant Director (India Unit): Nitya Mehra
Second Assistant Director (India Unit): Ananya Rae
Second Second Assistant Directors (India Unit): Namra Parikh, Freya Parekh
Second Assistant Directors (Montreal Unit): Derek Wimble, Renato De Cotiis

Steven Spielberg - Lincoln (Dreamworks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox)
Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
Second Assistant Director: Ian Stone
Second Second Assistant Directors: Eric Lasko, Trevor Tavares

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES
Greg Berlanti - Political Animals, "Pilot" (USA Network)
Unit Production Manager: Suzanne Geiger
First Assistant Director: Richard Coad
Second Assistant Director: Katie Carroll
Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson

Philip Kaufman - Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Trish Hofmann
Assistant Unit Production Manager: Frank Simeone
First Assistant Director: Mike Topoozian
Second Assistant Director: Michael A. McCue
Second Second Assistant Director: Cindy A. Taylor

Kevin Reynolds - Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel)
First Assistant Director: Christopher Landry

Jay Roach - Game Change (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Mary Kane
First Assistant Director: Josh King
Second Assistant Director: Emily McGovern
Second Second Assistant Director: Brian F. Relyea

Michael Rymer - American Horror Story: Asylum, "Dark Cousin" (FX)
Unit Production Manager: Chip Vucelich
First Assistant Director: Ron Rapiel
Second Assistant Director: Francesco Tignini
Additional Second Assistant Director: Jason Z. Kemp
Second Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Reisig

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
Michael Cuesta - Homeland, "The Choice" (Showtime)
Unit Production Manager: J. David Brightbill
First Assistant Director: Ken Collins
Second Assistant Director: Kim Kennedy
Second Second Assistant Director: Robert Tierney

Jennifer Getzinger - Mad Men, "A Little Kiss" (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Michele Greco
First Assistant Director: Adam Ben Frank
Second Assistant Director: Jessica Lowrey
Second Second Assistant Director: Erik J. Carpenter

Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland, "Q&A" (Showtime)
Unit Production Manager: J. David Brightbill
First Assistant Director: Louis J. Guerra
Second Assistant Director: Kim Kennedy
Second Second Assistant Director: Robert Tierney

Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad, "Fifty-One" (AMC)
Unit Production Manager: Stewart A. Lyons
Assistant Unit Production Manager: James Paul Hapsas
First Assistant Director: Ben Scissors
Second Assistant Director: Louis Lanni
Second Second Assistant Director: Anna Ramey
Additional Second Assistant Director: Joann Connolly

Greg Mottola - The Newsroom, "We Just Decided To" (Pilot) (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Leanne Moore
First Assistant Director: Kenneth B. Roth
Second Assistant Director: Zach Hunt
Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Dudycha

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Louis C.K. - Louie, "New Year's Eve" (FX)
Unit Production Managers: M. Blair Breard, Tony Hernandez
First Assistant Director: Adam Escott
Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Vanderpool

Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory, "The Date Night Variable" (CBS)
Unit Production Manager: Kelly-Anne Lee
First Assistant Director: Anthony Rich
Second Assistant Director: Chris Klausen
Second Second Assistant Director: Nikki Lorre
Additional Second Assistant Director: T. Ryan Brennan
Associate Director: Gay Linvill

Bryan Cranston - Modern Family, "Election Day" (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Sally Young
First Assistant Director: Jim Hensz
Second Assistant Director: Helena Lamb
Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew W. Heffernan
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Patrick Richmond

Lena Dunham - Girls, "Pilot" (HBO)
Unit Production Managers: Regina Heyman, Ilene S. Landress
First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
Second Assistant Director: Jason Ivey
Second Second Assistant Director: Marcos Gonzalez Palma

Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock, "Live from Studio 6H" (NBC)
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
Assistant Unit Production Manager: Bill Sell
First Assistant Director: James E. Sheridan
Second Assistant Director: Jennifer Truelove
Associate Directors: Stefani Cohen, Bob Caminiti, Michael Poole
Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Lynn Finkel

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL VARIETY
Michael Dempsey - 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (Multiple Networks/Cable Outlets)
Associate Directors: Alex Vietmeier, Stefani Cohen
Stage Managers: Lynn Finkel, Karen Tasch Weiss, Andrew Feigin, Lauren Class Schneider, Jeffrey Pearl, Jeffrey M. Markowitz, Joey Desperanzo, Elise Reaves

Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live with Host Mick Jagger (NBC)
Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Bob Caminiti
Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly

Don Mischer - 84th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Associate Directors: Jim Tanker, Tim Kettle, Lori Margules, Jennifer Mischer, Michael Polito
Stage Managers: Gary Natoli, Rita Cossette, Dave Cove, Valdez Flagg, Chris Hines, Alissa Levisohn, Arthur Lewis, Roxanne Lozano, Dency Nelson, Ron Paul, Vince Poxon, Tammy Raab, Jason Seligman, Doug Smith, David Wader

Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, "Episode #17153" (Comedy Central)
Associate Director: Paul A.J. Pennolino
Stage Manager: Craig Spinney

Glenn Weiss - 66th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Stefani Cohen, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Phyllis Digilio-Kent, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Jeffrey M. Markowitz, Joey Meade, Tony Mirante, Cyndi Owgang, Jeff Pearl, Elise Reaves, Lauren Class Schneider

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS
Tony Croll - America's Next Top Model, "The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model" (CW)
Associate Directors: David Charles, Dan Curran
Segment Directors: Bryan O'Donnell, Rebecca Taylor

Peter Ney - Face Off, "Scene of the Crime" (Syfy)
Associate Director: Paul Hogan
Stage Manager: Belinda Bernardo

Brian Smith - Master Chef, "Episode #305" (FOX)
Associate Director: Anna Moulaison-Moore
Stage Manager: Drew Lewandowski

J. Rupert Thompson - Stars Earn Stripes, "Amphibious Assault" (NBC)
Stage Managers: Joe Osborne, Tommy Kuk, Bryan Boardley

Tim Warren - Ink Master, "Pasties and a Cameltoe" (SpikeTV)
Associate Director: Charity Thomson

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME SERIALS
Albert Alarr - Days of Our Lives, "Trapped" (NBC)
Associate Directors: Michael Flamingo, Joe Lumer, Lugh Powers, Tina Kellner, Jenee Muyeau
Stage Managers: Fran De Simone, Stuart Howard
Production Associates: Krista Cremidan, Holly Metts, Sara Peterson, Lucy Yalenian

Larry Carpenter - General Hospital, "Bad Water" (ABC)
Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave
Stage Managers: Brendan Higgins, Robert Markham, Craig McManus
Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

William Ludel - General Hospital, "Magic Milo" (ABC)
Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave, Christine Magarian-Ucar
Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft
Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

Scott McKinsey - General Hospital, "Shot Through the Heart" (ABC)
Associate Directors: Penny Pengra, Denise Van Cleave, Chrsitine Magarian-Ucar
Stage Managers: Craig McManus, Crystal Craft
Production Associates: Christine Cooper, Allison Reames

Jill Mitwell - One Life to Live, "Between Heaven and Hell" (ABC)
Associate Directors: Tracy Casper Lang, Teresa Cicala, Michael Sweeney, Paul S. Glass
Stage Managers: Alan Needleman, Keith Greer, Tracy Casper Lang, Leah M. Weber
Production Associates: Nathalie Rodriguez, Kevin Brush

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Stuart Gillard - Girl vs. Monster (Disney Channel)

Paul Coen - Let It Shine (Disney Channel)
Unit Production Manager: Katie Willard Troebs
First Assistant Director: Daniel Coffle
Second Assistant Director: Todd Turner
Second Second Assistant Director: D. Scott Kirkley

Savage Steve Holland - Big Time Movie (Nickelodeon)

Jonathan Judge - Camp Fred (Nickelodeon)
Unit Production Manager: Tara L. Craig
First Assistant Director: Lance W. Lanfear
Second Assistant Director: Billy Greenfield
Second Second Assistant Director: Mark Ballou
Additional Second Assistant Director: Andrew Kent

Amy Schatz - Don't Divorce Me!: Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIALS
Lance Accord (Park Pictures)
Jogger, Nike – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

• First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
• Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares

The Dog Strikes Back, Volkswagen 2012 – Deutsch LA

• First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell
• Second Assistant Director: Ben Randolph
• Second Second Assistant Director: Kelly Flynn

Thread, Levi’s – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

• First Assistant Director: John Lowe
• Second Assistant Directors: Stan Wiencko, Jackie Kelman Bisbee
• Second Second Assistant Director: John Scott Wilson

Greatness, Nike – Wieden + Kennedy, Portland

• First Assistant Director: Adam Somner
• Second Assistant Director: Trevor Tavares
• Second Second Assistant Director: Matthew Milan 

Steve Ayson (MJZ/The Sweet Shop)
Beer Chase, Carlton Draught – Clemenger BBDO/Melbourne

• First Assistant Director: Todd Thompson
• Second Assistant Director: Jason Swanson

Let Me Go, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Fallon Minneapolis

Fredrik Bond (MJZ)
Surfer, Puma – Droga5

• Unit Production Manager: Line Postmyr
• First Assistant Director: Howell Caldwell
• Second Assistant Director: Ben Randolph
• Second Second Assistant Director: Dana Rummerfield

Eternal Optimism, Budweiser – Anomaly

• First Assistant Director: Richard Marvin
• Second Assistant Director: Andrew Ward
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Deven Parmar, Kenneth Hanson 

Alejandro G. Inarritu (Anonymous Content)
Best Job, Proctor and Gamble – Wieden + Kennedy

• First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn
• Second Assistant Director: Michelle Schrauwers
• Second Second Assistant Directors: Heather Anderson, Blake Perkinson 

Tom Kuntz (MJZ)
Terry Crews Muscle Music, Old Spice – Wieden + Kennedy, NY

• First Assistant Director: Craig Eisenberg
• Second Assistant Director: Robert Topp

Stray Animals, DirecTV – Grey

• First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
• Second Assistant Director: Robert Kay

Roadside Ditch, DirecTV – Grey

• First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
• Second Assistant Director: Robert Kay

Platoon, DirecTV – Grey, NY

• First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith
• Second Assistant Director: Jeb Barrows
• Second Second Assistant Director: David Riebel 

 OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
Malik Bendjelloul - Searching for Sugar Man
Sony Pictures Classics; Passion Pictures Production; Canfield Pictures & The Documentary Company; Red Box Films

Kirby Dick - The Invisible War
Rise Films; ITVS; Fork Films; Cuomo Cole Productions; Canal Plus; Chain Camera Pictures

David France - How to Survive a Plague
Public Square Films; Ford Foundation/Justfilms Impact Partners; How to Survive a Plague, LLC

Lauren Greenfield - The Queen of Versailles
Magnolia Pictures; Evergreen Pictures; BBC Storyville; Impact Partners; Candescent Films; Plus Pictures; DR; VPRO; Queen of Versailles, LLC 

Alison Klayman - Ai Weiwei: Never SorryUnited Expression Media; Muse Film and Television; Never Sorry, LLC

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE AWARDS
Milos Forman - DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Apted - Robert B. Aldrich Service Award

Eric Shapiro - Lifetime Achievement in News Direction Award

Susan Zwerman - Frank Capra Achievement Award

Dency Nelson - Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award