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2013 Directors Guild Awards

Feature film nominations announced Tuesday, January 8th (TV nominations on January 9 and documentary nominees on January 14); winners announced on Saturday, February 2nd.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

WINNER

Ben Affleck for Argo (2012)

Other Nominees:

Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Tom Hooper for Les Misérables (2012)

Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)

Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

WINNER

Searching for Sugar Man (2012): Malik Bendjelloul

Other Nominees:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012): Alison Klayman

How to Survive a Plague (2012): David France

The Invisible War (2012): Kirby Dick

The Queen of Versailles (2012): Lauren Greenfield

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television

WINNER

Game Change (2012) (TV): Jay Roach

Other Nominees:

"American Horror Story" (2011): Michael Rymer

"Hatfields & McCoys" (2012): Kevin Reynolds

Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) (TV): Philip Kaufman

"Political Animals" (2012): Greg Berlanti

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

WINNER

"Breaking Bad" (2008): Rian Johnson("Fifty-One")

Other Nominees:

"Homeland" (2011): Michael Cuesta("The Choice")

"Homeland" (2011): Lesli Linka Glatter("Q&A")

"Mad Men" (2007): Jennifer Getzinger("A Little Kiss")

"The Newsroom" (2012): Greg Mottola("We Just Decided To")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

WINNER

"Girls" (2012): Lena Dunham("Pilot")

Other Nominees:

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007): Mark Cendrowski("The Date Night Variable")

"Louie" (2010): Louis C.K.("New Year's Eve")

"Modern Family" (2009): Bryan Cranston("Election Day")

"30 Rock" (2006): Beth McCarthy-Miller("Live from Studio 6H")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety

WINNER

The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012) (TV): Glenn Weiss

Other Nominees:

12-12-12 the Concert for Sandy Relief (2012) (TV): Michael Dempsey

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (1996): Chuck O'Neil

The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012) (TV): Don Mischer

"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Don Roy King