HBO leads Directors Guild nominations for television

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

HBO led the pack with 14 nominations in the Directors Guild of America’s awards for television and commercials for 2010, including nods for ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Entourage,’ ‘The Pacific,’ ‘Temple Gradin,’ ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ and Bill Maher’s ‘But I’m Not Wrong.’ DGA President Taylor Hackford announced the nominations Tuesday.

Nominations for dramatic series included ABC’s ‘Lost’ (which was ignored by the Golden Globes and the SAG awards) and AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Mad Men,’ while comedy nods went to ABC’s ‘Modern Family,’ NBC’s ’30 Rock’ and Fox’s ‘Glee.’

Some prominent film directors are among the nominees, such as Martin Scorsese for ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ Barry Levinson for ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ and Frank Darabont for ‘The Walking Dead.’ [Updated at 12:15 p.m. to add full list.]

The winners will be announced at the 63rd annual DGA Awards dinner on Jan. 29 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.

-- Melissa Maerz

A full list of nominees follows after the jump:

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

MICK JACKSON: Temple Grandin (HBO)

BARRY LEVINSON: You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

DAVID NUTTER: The Pacific, “Basilone” (HBO)

JEREMY PODESWA: The Pacific, “Home” (HBO)

TIM VAN PATTEN: The Pacific, “Okinawa”(HBO) [For the record: An earlier version of this post listed David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa as nominees for the “Basilone” episode of HBO’s ‘The Pacific.’ David Nutter is the sole nominee for director of the episode.)

DRAMATIC SERIES

JACK BENDER: Lost, “The End, Part 1&2” (ABC)

ALLEN COULTER: Boardwalk Empire, “Paris Green” (HBO)

FRANK DARABONT: The Walking Dead, “Days Gone Bye” (Pilot) (AMC)

JENNIFER GETZINGER: Mad Men, “The Suitcase” (AMC)

MARTIN SCORSESE: Boardwalk Empire, “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

STEVE LEVITAN: Modern Family, “Hawaii” (ABC)

BETH McCARTHY MILLER: 30 Rock, “Live Show” (NBC)

RYAN MURPHY: Glee, “The Power of Madonna” (FOX)

DAVID NUTTER: Entourage, “Lose Yourself” (HBO)

MICHAEL SPILLER: Modern Family, “Halloween” (ABC)

MUSICAL VARIETY

DON ROY KING: Saturday Night Live With Betty White (NBC)

LINDA MENDOZA: Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Performance at the White House (PBS)

JOHN C. MOFFITT: Bill Maher ‘...But I’m Not Wrong’ (HBO)

CHUCK O’NEIL: Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (Comedy Central)

GLENN WEISS: 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

REALITY PROGRAMS

HISHAM ABED: The Hills, “Episode No. 601” (MTV)

EYTAN KELLER: The Next Iron Chef, “Episode No. 301” (Food Network)

BRYAN O’DONNELL: Private Chefs of Beverly Hills: Challah Back (Food Network)

BRIAN SMITH: Master Chef, “Episode No. 103” (FOX)

BERTRAM VAN MUNSTER: The Amazing Race, “I Think We’re Fighting the Germans, Right?” (CBS)

DAYTIME SERIALS

LARRY CARPENTER: One Life to Live, “Episode No. 10,687” (ABC)

SALLY McDONALD: The Young and the Restless, “Episode No. 9553” (CBS)

JILL MITWELL: One Life to Live, “Starr X’d Lovers - Episode No. 10,688” (ABC)

OWEN RENFROE: General Hospital, “Francophrenia” (ABC)

MICHAEL STICH: The Bold and the Beautiful “A Reason to Live – Part 1” (CBS)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

DOUGLAS BARR: Secrets of the Mountain (NBC)

ERIC BROSS: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Nickelodeon)

STUART GILLARD: Avalon High (Disney Channel)

MICHAEL GROSSMAN: Starstruck (Disney Channel)

PAUL HOEN: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (Disney Channel)

MIKAEL SALOMON: Unnatural History: Pilot (Cartoon Network)

COMMERCIALS

FRANK BUDGEN (Gorgeous Enterprises): World Cup, Sony Bravia - Anomaly, RGB, Honda - Weiden & Kennedy/London, Thunderstruck, Sony Bravia - Anomaly

CRAIG GILLESPIE (MJZ): Timothy Richman, Cars.com – DDB/Chicago, Game, Snickers - AMV BBDO, Road Trip, Snickers - AMV BBDO, Another Language, Career Builders - Career Builders, Casual Friday, Career Builders - Career Builders

TIM GODSALL (Biscuit Filmworks): Opulence, DirecTV – Grey/NY, Bull, Hyundai - Innocean Worldwide Americas, Eastbound & Mom, HBO – BBDO/NY

TOM KUNTZ (MJZ): The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Old Spice - Weiden & Kennedy/Portland, Questions, Old Spice - Weiden & Kennedy/Portland, Did You Know, Old Spice - Weiden & Kennedy/Portland, Boat, Old Spice - Weiden & Kennedy/Portland

STACY WALL (Imperial Woodpecker): Rise, Nike - Wieden & Kennedy/Portland, Really?, Microsoft - Crispin Porter & Bogusky/Boulder, Slim Chin & D Rose, Adidas – 180LA, Handshake, Nike - Weiden & Kennedy/Portland