Film

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Picture:
  • Anthony Minghella
    Anthony Minghella
    Anthony Minghella, CBE was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
    
     - The English Patient
    The English Patient (film)
    The English Patient is a 1996 romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. The film, written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture...
    
    

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• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:
  • Andy Ackerman
    Andy Ackerman
    Robert Andrew "Andy" Ackerman is an American director and producer who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine and the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm...
    
     - "The Rye" - Seinfeld
    Seinfeld
    Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
    
    

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials:
  • Kathryn Foster
    Kathryn Foster
    Kathryn Foster is an American soap opera producer and director. She resigned in October 2006 after being on The Young and the Restless for about 15 years.-Positions held:The Young and the Restless* Producer...
    
    , Mike Denney
    Mike Denney
    Mike Denney is an American television soap opera director. Denney has worked on the CBS Daytime drama The Young and the Restless for nearly 20 years, but in 2007, he quit the show. In January 2008, he joined the directing team of Days of our Lives, but left after the firing of then Co-Executive...
    
     - "Episode 5875" - The Young and The Restless
    The Young and the Restless
    The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
    
    

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama Series:
  • Christopher Chulack
    Christopher Chulack
    Christopher Chulack is an American television producer and director. He has worked extensively on ER and has won several awards.-ER:Chulack began working on the NBC medical drama ER as a director and producer with the first season. He was promoted to co-executive producer midway through the third...
    
     - "Fear of Flying" - ER
    ER (TV series)
    ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...