LOS ANGELES, CA: Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials for 2005. The winner will be announced at the 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. “It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under sixty seconds,” said DGA President Michael Apted. “These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today. My congratulations to them all.”
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
	CRAIG GILLESPIE Production Company: MJZ Surprise Dinner, Ameriquest Mini-Mart, Ameriquest - DDB Direct LA Unit Production Manager: Deborah Tietjen First Assistant Director: Ken Gilbert Second Assistant Director: Christian Van Fleet People of Pain, Altoids Fable of the Fruit Bat, Altoids - Leo Burnett, Chicago Unit Production Manager: Deborah Tietjen First Assistant Director: Ken Gilbert Second Assistant Director: Christian Van Fleet This is Mr. Gillespie's third DGA nomination in this category. He was previously nominated in 2001 and 2002. top of page
	SPIKE JONZE Production Company: MJZ Hello Tomorrow, Adidas - TBWA Chiat Day Penguin, Miller Beer - Young & Rubicam Unit Production Manager: Vincent Landay First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith Second Assistant Director: Greg Smith                        Pardon Our Dust, Gap - Crispin Porter & Bogusky Unit Production Manager: Vincent Landay First Assistant Director: Thomas Smith Second Assistant Director: Greg Smith, Second Second Assistant Director: Erv Gentry This is Mr. Jonze's first DGA nomination in the Commercial category. He was previously nominated for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award for Being John Malkovich in 1999.. top of page
	ROCKY MORTON Production Company: MJZ Kung Fu Clowns, Bell South Dance Fight Plumbers, Bell South - West Wayne First Assistant Director: Chris Blanch Second Assistant Director: Ryan Lippert Second Second Assistant Director: Robert Torres  Office, Cheese Nips - JWT First Assistant Director: Chris Blanch Second Assistant Director: Ryan Lippert  Take Me Home, CSI - The Martin Agency First Assistant Director: Chris Blanch Second Assistant Director: Robert Torres  This is Mr. Morton's third DGA nomination in this category. He was previously nominated in 1998 and 1999. top of page
	NOAM MURRO Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks Monsters, Hummer H3 - Modernista First Assistant Director: Mike Dignum Second Assistant Director: Michael Saffie  Black Out, Orange - Mother, London First Assistant Director: Robert Jackson Second Assistant Director: C. Duncan Sutherland Second Second Assistant Directors: Doug Webster, Watari Nishida, Gary Rake  Run Barefoot, Nike - Wieden & Kennedy First Assistant Director: James Giovannetti, Jr. Second Assistant Director: Trey Batchelor  This is Mr. Murro's fourth DGA nomination in this category. He was nominated in 2002 and 2003 and won the award last year in 2004. top of page
	RUPERT SANDERS Production Company: Omaha Pictures Made to Perfection, Adidas -TBWA Chiat Day First Assistant Director: Gary Marcus Second Assistant Director: Peter Hollocker Production Company: MJZ Joy, Xbox -McCann Erickson SF First Assistant Director: Haze Bergeron III  This is Mr. Sanders' first nomination. top of page
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