DGA President Michael Apted welcomed the audience of more than 1,500 guests, before turning things over to Actor/Director/Comedian Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) who hosted the ceremony. Presenters included: Amy Adams* and Viola Davis* (Doubt), Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin* and Sean Penn* (Milk), DGA Secretary/Treasurer Gil Cates, Claire Danes (Stardust), Lisa Edelstein (House), Jodie Foster (Panic Room), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Richard Jenkins* (The Visitor), Taraji P. Henson* (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Frank Langella* and Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon), Melissa Leo* (Frozen River), Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye), Dev Patel and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), DGA National Vice President Steven Soderbergh, Marisa Tomei* (The Wrestler), Blair Underwood (In Treatment) and 2007 DGA Feature Film Award Winners Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men).
*2008 Academy Award Nominee
DGA Awards Ceremony:
- Directed by: Jim Drake
- Associate Director: Peery Forbis
- Stage Managers: Barry Haworth, Ellen Deutsch, C.J. Rapp Pittman, Maria Jimenez Henley
DGA Awards Section Photos by:
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Kristian Dowling/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Byron Gamarro, and Joe Coomber.
