On September 14, the DGA hosted its annual reception for the directing category nominees of this year's Primetime Emmy^® Awards at Guild Headquarters in Los Angeles. DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) Chairman and CEO John Shaffner presided over the presentation of the official 63rd Annual Emmy^® Award Nomination Certificates to the attending director nominees.

Pictured in photo above:

left to right: ATAS Board of Governors members Lee Miller and John Moffitt; Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series nominee Gregg Gelfand (American Idol, “Episode 1024/1025A”); Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series nominees Michael Alan Spiller (Modern Family, “Halloween”), Steve Levitan (Modern Family, “See You Next Fall”), Pamela Fryman (How I Met Your Mother, “Subway Wars”), and Gail Mancuso (Modern Family, “Slow Down Your Neighbors”); DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay; Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series nominee Patty Jenkins (The Killing, “Pilot”); Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special nominee Laurieann Gibson (Lady GaGa Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden); and  ATAS Chairman & CEO John Shaffner.