The 58th Directors Guild of America Awards, given on January 28, 2006, honored the best film and television directors in 2005.
Best Director - Motion Picture
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis - Crash
Bennett Miller - Capote
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Best Director - Documentary Feature
Werner Herzog - Grizzly Man
Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani - The Devil's Miner
Sean McAllister - The Liberace of Baghdad
Rupert Murray - Unknown White Male
Brent and Craig Renaud - Off to War
Best Director - Children's Programs
Chris Eyre - Edge of America
Ellen Goosenberg Kent - I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
David Jackson - Buffalo Dreams
D.J. MacHale - Flight 29 Down ("The Pits")
Jessica Sharzer - Speak
Best Director - Comedy Series
Marc Buckland - My Name Is Earl ("Pilot")
James Burrows - Will & Grace ("Alive and Schtiking")
Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The End")
Julian Farino - Entourage ("Exodus")
Bryan Gordon - Curb Your Enthusiasm ("Korean Bookie")
Best Director - Commercials
Craig Gillespie - Ameriquest: "Surprise Dinner" and "Mini-Mart", Altoids: "People of Pain" and "Fable of the Fruit Bat"
Best Director - Daytime Serials
Owen Renfroe - General Hospital ("#10,914")
Albert Alarr and Herb Stein - Days of Our Lives ("#10,090")
Larry Carpenter - One Life to Live ("#9,385")
Michael Stich - The Bold and the Beautiful ("#4,623")
Ellen Wheeler - Guiding Light ("#14,696")
Best Director - Dramatic Series (Night)
Michael Apted - Rome ("The Stolen Eagle")
Alan Ball - Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting")
Paris Barclay - House ("Three Stories")
Peter Horton - Grey's Anatomy ("A Hard Day's Night")
Jeffrey Melman - Grey's Anatomy ("Into You Like a Train")
Best Director - Musical or Variety
Emile Ardolino - Great Performances: Dance in America - "Swan Lake with American Ballet Theater"
Jerry Foley - Late Show with David Letterman - "#2,452"
Louis J. Horvitz - The 77th Annual Academy Awards
Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show
Alan Skog - Live from Lincoln Center - "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit"
Glenn Weiss - The 59th Annual Tony Awards
Best Director - Reality Programs
J. Rupert Thompson - Fear Factor ("Pilot")
Ross Breitenbach - Brat Camp ("#104")
Star Price - Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ("Circumcision")
Bertram van Munster - The Amazing Race ("#805")
Best Director - TV Film
Joseph Sargent - Warm Springs
George C. Wolfe - Lackawanna Blues
Darnell Martin - Their Eyes Were Watching God
James Steven Sadwith - Elvis
Fred Schepisi - Empire Falls
