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Director’s Guild

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Nominations: January 5, 2006
Awards: January 28, 2006

Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Feature Film

ANG LEE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features

Ang Lee’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Scott Ferguson, Tom Benz First Assistant Directors: Michael Hausman, Pierre Tremblay Second Assistant Director: Donald Murphy Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Moerke

Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Documentary

WERNER HERZOG
GRIZZLY MAN
Lions Gate Films/
Discovery Documentaries

Nominations

GEORGE CLOONEY
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Warner Independent Pictures

George Clooney’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Barbara A. Hall First Assistant Director: David Webb Second Assistant Director: Melissa V. Barnes Second Second Assistant Director: Richard Gonzales

This is Clooney’s first nomination

PAUL HAGGIS
CRASH
Lions Gate Films

Paul Haggis’ Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Betsy Danbury First Assistant Director: Scott Cameron Second Assistant Director: Simone Farber

This is Haggis’ first nomination

ANG LEE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features

Ang Lee’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Scott Ferguson, Tom Benz First Assistant Directors: Michael Hausman, Pierre Tremblay Second Assistant Director: Donald Murphy Second Second Assistant Director: Brad Moerke

This is Lee’s third nomination. He received a previous nomination for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

BENNETT MILLER
CAPOTE
United Artists / Sony Pictures Classics

Bennett Miller’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Ellen Rutter, Caroline Baron First Assistant Directors: Ronaldo Nacionales, Richard O’Brien Moran Second Assistant Director: Charles Crossin

This is Mr. Miller’s first nomination.

STEVEN SPIELBERG
MUNICH
Universal Pictures

Steven Spielberg’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Ian Hickinbotham First Assistant Director: Adam Somner Second Second Assistant Director: Pierre Ellul

This is Spielberg’s tenth nomination.
He was previously nominated for Amistad (1997), Empire of the Sun (1987), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), and Jaws (1975). He has won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times: in 1998 for Saving Private Ryan, in 1993 for Schindler’s List, and in 1985 for The Color Purple.

Mr. Spielberg won the DGA’s highest artistic honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2000.

The DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
Clint Eastwood

Jerry H. Ziesmer will receive the 2006 Frank Capra Achievement Award which is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.

Joseph R. Aceti will receive the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Direction.

Donald Jacob will receive the 2006 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award for an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.

Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Awards: December 19, 2005

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain

Best Director
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor
Philip Semour Hoffman – Capote

Best Actress
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener – Capote

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Dillon – Crash

Best Foreign Language
Paradise Now

Best Documentary
Murderball

Best Animated Film
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit

Best Cinematography
Roberto Prieto – Brokeback Mountain

Top Ten Movies
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, And Good Luck
Crash
Cinderella Man
Syriana
Pride & Prejudice
A History of Violence
King Kong
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Chicago Film Critics

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Nominations: December 30, 2005
Awards: January 9, 2006

Best Picture
Crash

Best Foreign Language Film
Cache

Best Director
David Cronenberg: A History of Violence

Best Screenplay
Crash by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

Best Actress
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger

Best Supporting Actor
Mickey Rourke – Sin City

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello – A History of Violence

Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Score
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla

Best Documentary
Grizzly Man

Most Promising Performer
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know

Most Promising Director
Bennett Miller – Capote

Nominations

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong

Best Foreign Language Film
2046
Cache
Downfall
Kung – Fu Hustle
Oldboy

Best Director
George Clooney: Good Night, and Good Luck
David Cronenberg: A History of Violence
Peter Jackson: King Kong
Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg: Munich

Best Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote by Dan Futterman
Crash by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
A History of Violence by Josh Olson

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
Naomi Watts – King Kong
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Dillon – Crash
Terrence Howard – Crash
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
Mickey Rourke – Sin City
Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Junebug
Maria Bello – A History of Violence
Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
Catherine Keener – Capote
Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Score
Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman
King Kong – James Newton Howard
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams

Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck – Robert Elswit
King Kong – Andrew Lesnie
Munich – Janusz Kaminski
The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin

Best Documentary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball

Most Promising Performer
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges – Crash and Hustle & Flow
Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
Q’Orianka Kilcher – The New World
Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale

Most Promising Director
Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
Bennett Miller – Capote
Phil Morrison – Junebug
Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

Central Ohio Film Critics

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Awards: January 12, 2005

Best Picture
A History of Violence
Runner up: Brokeback Mountain

Best Direction
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Runner up: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

Best Lead Performance
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Runner up: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Supporting Performance
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Runner up: Amy Adams, Junebug

Actor of the Year
Heath Ledger
Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Lords of Dogtown,
The Brothers Grimm
Runner up: Terrence Howard

Best Ensemble
The Cast of Munich
Runner up: The cast of Brokeback Mountain

Best Screenplay
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Runner up: George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Formal Design
Frank Miller’s Sin City
Runner up: Brokeback Mountain

Best Sound Design
War of the Worlds
Runner up: Walk the Line

Breakthrough Film Artist
Amy Adams, for her performance in Junebug
Runner up: Joe Wright, for directing Pride & Prejudice

Top Ten Films
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
Murderball
Crash
Frank Miller’s Sin City
Pride & Prejudice
Batman Begins

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain

Best Director
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man

Best Supporting Actress (tie)
Amy Adams – Junebug
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Best Comedy Movie
The 40 Year-Old Virgin

Best Animated Feature
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Foreign Language Film
Kung Fu Hustle

Best Writer
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – Crash

Best Documentary
March of the Penguins

Best Ensemble
Crash

Best Family Film
The Chronicles Of Narnia

Best Young Actor
Freddie Highmore – Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Best Young Actress
Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds

Best Picture Made For Televison
Into The West

Best Composer
John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Song
“Hustle & Flow” – performed by Terrence Howard, written by Al Kapone– Hustle & Flow
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The Nominees

Nominations: December 11, 2005
Awards: January 9, 2006

BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Walk the Line

BEST ACTOR
Russell Crowe – “Cinderella Man”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “Capote”
Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow”
Heath Ledger – “Brokeback Mountain”
Joaquin Phoenix – “Walk the Line”
David Strathairn – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”

BEST ACTRESS
Joan Allen – “The Upside of Anger”
Judi Dench – “Mrs. Henderson Presents”
Felicity Huffman – “Transamerica”
Keira Knightley – “Pride & Prejudice”
Charlize Theron – “North Country”
Reese Witherspoon – “Walk the Line”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney – “Syriana”
Kevin Costner – “The Upside of Anger”
Matt Dillon – “Crash”
Paul Giamatti – “Cinderella Man”
Jake Gyllenhaal – “Brokeback Mountain”
Terrence Howard – “Crash”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “Junebug”
Maria Bello – “A History of Violence”
Catherine Keener – “Capote”
Frances McDormand – “North Country”
Rachel Weisz – “The Constant Gardener”
Michelle Williams – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rent
Syriana
Sin City

BEST DIRECTOR
George Clooney – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
Paul Haggis – “Crash”
Ron Howard – “Cinderella Man”
Peter Jackson – “King Kong”
Ang Lee – “Brokeback Mountain”
Steven Spielberg – “Munich”

BEST WRITER
Noah Baumbach – “The Squid and the Whale”
George Clooney and Grant Heslov – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
Dan Futterman – “Capote”
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – “Crash”
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Chicken Little”
“Corpse Bride”
“Howl’s Moving Castle”
“Madagascar”
“Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Squid and the Whale”
Alex Etel – “Millions”
Freddie Highmore – “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
Owen Kline – “The Squid and the Whale”
Daniel Radcliffe – “Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire”

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Flora Cross – “Bee Season”
Dakota Fanning – “War of the Worlds”
Georgie Henley – “The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”
Q’Orianka Kilcher – “The New World”
Emma Watson – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Producers
The Wedding Crashers

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dreamer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Into the West
No Direction Home
Rome
Warm Springs

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Cache
Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
Paradise Now
2046

BEST SONG
“Hustle & Flow” – Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow”
“A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Emmylou Harris – “Brokeback Mountain”
“Same in Any Language” – I Nine – “Elizabethtown”
“Seasons of Love” – Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast – “Rent”
“Travelin’ Thru” – Dolly Parton – “Transamerica”

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Elizabethtown
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Producers
Rent
Walk the Line

BEST COMPOSER
James Horner – “The New World”
Gustavo Santaolalla – “Brokeback Mountain”
John Williams – “Memoirs of a Geisha”
Nancy Wilson – “Elizabethtown”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

LOS ANGELES. Brokeback Mountain was voted Best Picture of the Year. It was announced tonight by Henry Sheehan, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). The runner up was A History of Violence.

LAFCA’s 31st annual achievement awards ceremony will be held Thursday, January 17 at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: A History of Violence

Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Best Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

Best Actress
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Runner-up: Dame Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents

Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Runner-up: Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, & The Interpreter
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Junebug

Best Screenplay
TIE between
Dan Futterman, Capote
and
Noah Baumbach, The Squid & The Whale

Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Runner-up: Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Yiu-Fai Lai, 2046

Best Production Design
William Chang, 2046
Runner-up: James D. Bissell, Good Night, And Good Luck.

Best Music Score
Howl’s Moving Castle, Joe Hisaishi
Runner-up: Tony Takatani, Ryuichi Sakamoto

Best Foreign-Language Film
Cache, directed by Michael Haneke
Runner-up: 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Runner-up: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room directed by Alex Gibney

Best Animation
Nick Park and Steve Box, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award
La Commune (Paris, 1871) directed by Peter Watkins

New Generation Award
Terrence Howard

Career Achievement Award
Richard Widmark

Special Citation
To Kevin Thomas for his contribution to film culture in Los Angeles.
To David Shepard, Bruce Posner and the Anthology Film Archive to honor Unseen Cinema,an unprecedented 8-disc collection of films from 1894-1941.

2005-2006 Critics Scoreboard

Sunday, January 1st, 2006
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best
Supp
Actor
Best
Supp Actress
Best Screenplay
Best Animation
Best Doc
Foreign Language
Total
GG
Iowa
BFCA
SLGFC
FFC
SAT
SEFC
UFC
LVFC
DFW
SFFC
NYFCC
LAFC
Boston

PG
DGA
GG
Iowa
BFCA
SLGFC
FFC
SAT
UFC
LVFC
DFW

SEFC

SFFC
NYFCC

NBR

LAFC
Boston
COFC
SLGFC

PFC

LVFC
SFFC
NYFCC
PFC
NBR
BFCA
PFC
GG
OFCS
COFC
SLGFC
FFC

PFC

SEFC

WGA
48 Wins

NSFC

SDFC
GG
OFCS
Iowa

BFCA
CFC
NSFC

FFC

KCFC
SAT

UFC
ToFC
SDFC
DFW

SEFC
WAFC
NBR

LAFC
Boston
NYOFC

SAG
ToFC
DFW
LAFC
Boston
SDFC
NYOFC
LAFC*
Boston
29 Wins
OFCS
COFC
ToFC

OFCS
COFC

CFC
NSFC

ToFC
NSFC
NYFCC

LAFC
OFCS
COFC

CFC
KCFC

NYFCC

16 Wins
SAT

GG
GG
OFCS
BFCA
NSFC

FFC

KCFC
SAT

UFC
LVFC
SFFC

WAFC

NYFCC

Boston
SAG
GG
16 Wins
PGA
OFCS
BFCA
FFC

KCFC

ToFC

PFC

LVFC
DFW

SEFC

WAFC
LAFC*

NYOFC
13 Wins
DGA
OFCS
CFC
NSFC

FFC
KCFC
ToFC

SDFC
SFFC

NYFCC LAFC*
NYOFC
12 Wins
CFC
LVFC
DFW

SAG
BFCA
CFC
PFC
LVFC
SEFC

WAFC
NYOFC

WGA
10 Wins
PFC
BFCA
SAG
Iowa
BFCA
FFC

KCFC

ToFC

SEFC
WAFC

Boston
9 Wins
NYOFC
ToFC
SAT
NSFC
ToFC

NYFCC

NBR
LAFC*
8 Wins
NYOFC
SAT

GG
Iowa
SLGFC
UFC
SDFC
SAG
7 Wins
BFCA
NSFC

FFC

SEFC
SFFC
WAFC

NYOFC
7 Wins
NBR
PFC
OFCS
KCFC

SAT
SFFC
6 Wins
BFCA
SLGFC

PFC

LVFC
SEFC
NBR
6 Wins
GG
SAT
PFC

DFW

SEFC
NBR
6 Wins
BFCA
FFC

UFC
PFC

LFFC
Boston
5 Wins
KCFC
WAFC

KCFC
WAFC
KCFC
5 Wins
CFC
SEFC
SFFC

LAFC*
4 Wins

KCFC&
UFC DFW
Boston
4 Wins
Iowa
CFC
SDFC
SFFC
4 Wins
OFCS
KCFC

NYOFC
3 Wins
SAT
UFC
SDFC
3 Wins
GG
DFW

NBR
3 Wins
GG
SLGFC
NBR
3 Wins
SDFC
NYFCC
2 Wins
SDFC

UFC
2 Wins
NBR
SAT
2 Win
Sin City
OFCS
CFC
2 Wins
2046
NYFCC
1 Win
Broken
Flowers
SDFC
1 Win
Casanova
NYOFC
1 Win
The Corpse Bride
NBR
1 Win
Chronicles
of Narnia
SAT
1 Win
Down
To The
Bone
LAFC
1 Win
Enron:
Smartest
Guys In
The Room
WAFC
WGA
2 Wins
Head-On
NSFC
1 Win
Hustle & Flow
SAT
1 Win
Innocent Voices
SDFC
1 Win
Mad Hot Ballroom
SAT
1 Win
Me, You And Everyone We Know
UFC
1 Win
Mother of Mine
SAT
1 Win
Mrs. Henderson Presents
SLGFC
1 Win
North
Country

LVFC
1 Win
Pride & Prejudice
NYOFC
1 Win
Rent
SAT
1 Win
Tsotsi
SLGFC
1 Win
The World
ToFC
1 Win