The Directors Guild of America doled out their awards this evening at a banquet in Los Angeles to honor the best of the year in television, commercials and film. Lesli Linka Glatter was a surprise winner for Homeland (The AwardsDaily TV crew all predicted Cary Joji Fukunaga for True Detective), but she was part of a larger trend of women dominating the evening. Jill Soloway won Comedy Series for Transparent, Lisa Cholodenko won Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Olive Kitteridge, Laura Poitras won Feature Documentary for Citizenfour and Julie E. Gelfand received the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award.
The complete winners:
Dramatic Series
- Lesli Linka Glatter: Homeland, “From A to B and Back Again” (Showtime)
Comedy Series
- Jill Soloway: Transparent, “Best New Girl” (Amazon Prime)
Movies for Television and Mini-Series
- Lisa Cholodenko: Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
- Dave Diomedi: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, “Episode #1″ (NBC)
Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
- Glenn Weiss: The 68th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Reality Programs
- Anthony B. Sacco: The Chair, “The Test”
Children’s Programs
- Jonathan Judge: 100 Things To Do Before High School, “Pilot” (Nickelodeon)
Commercials
- Nicolai Fuglsig (MJZ): Sapeurs, Guinness ‑ AMV BBD; Waiting, FEMA ‑ Deutsch NY
Feature Film
- Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Documentary
- Laura Poitras, Citizenfour
Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Television Direction
- James Burrows
- Robert Butler
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
- Julie E. Gelfand
Frank Capra Achievement Award
- Phillip M. Goldfarb
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