Awards Ceremony

63rd Annual DGA Awards
The ceremony opened with a special screening of Director's Cut, a montage of film clips from the work of DGA members over the 75-year history of the Guild directed by Chuck Workman. Then DGA President Taylor Hackford welcomed the audience of 1,600 guests before turning things over to Actor/Director/Comedian Carl Reiner who hosted the ceremony for the 22nd time. Presenters included: Amy Adams (The Fighter); DGA 75th Anniversary Chair Michael Apted; DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay; 75th Anniversary Co-Chair and 2009 DGA Feature Film Award winner Kathryn Bigelow; Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire); 75th Anniversary Co-Chair James Cameron; Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech); DGA Secretary/Treasurer Gil Cates; 75th Anniversary Co-Chair Francis Ford Coppola; Claire Danes (Temple Grandin); Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception); 75th Anniversary Co-Chair Clint Eastwood; Colin Firth (The King’s Speech); Jenna Fischer (The Office); Andrew Garfield (The Social Network); DGA President Taylor Hackford; Armie Hammer (The Social Network); Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone); Melissa Leo (The Fighter); Jack McGee (The Fighter); Helen Mirren (Red); Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin); Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory); Natalie Portman (Black Swan); 75th Anniversary Co-Chair John Rich; Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy); DGA National Vice President Steven Soderbergh; 75th Anniversary Co-Chair Steven Spielberg; Julia Stiles (Dexter); Sofía Vergara (Modern Family); and Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter).

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The Social Network actors Armie Hammer and Andrew Garfield talk about working with director David Fincher
Carl Reiner and Awards Committee Chair Howard Storm demonstrate the art of the bow tie
Director Christopher Nolan accepts his third DGA Feature Film Award nomination trophy, presented by Leonardo DiCaprio
Presenter Claire Danes with DGA Musica Variety Award winner Glenn Weiss
Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter review Tom Hooper's unusual casting process for The King's Speech
Darren Aronofsky collects a thank you kiss and a DGA nomination trophy from Natalie Portman
David Fincher accepts his second Feature Film Award nomination trophy
Feature Film Nominee David O . Russell (center) celebrates his DGA Award nomination backstage with Jack McGee, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams and Mark Wahlberg
Eric Bross reacts to winning the Children's Programs Award
Dame Helen Mirren present the 2010 DGA Documentary Award to winner Charles Ferguson for Inside Job
Jennifer Lawrence accepts the Dramatic Series Award on behalf of Martin Scorsese
Jim Parsons presents the Reality Programs Award
Presenter Julia Ormond is charmed by host Carl Reiner
Julia Stiles announces the 2010 Commercial Award
Comedy veteran Katey Sagal announcing the DGA Comedy Award goes to director Michael Spiller
2009 Feature Film winner Kathryn Bigelow prepares to announce the 2010 Feature Film Award winner
Tom Hooper is congratulated by cast, friends and family
Larry Carpenter takes hom his third DGA Award for his direction of One Life to Live
Michael Spiller thanks the Guild for recognizing the work done on the show Modern Family
Mick Jackson accepts his fourth DGA Movies for Television Award for his work on Temple Grandin
Presenter Sofia Vergara reads the names of the DGA Daytime Serials Award nominees for 2010
Commercial Award winner Stacy Wall thanks his collaborators
Boardwalk Empire's Steve Buscemi makes a collection on Reiner
President Taylor Hackford welcomes the audience to the DGA Awards
The 75th Anniversary Toast
Hooper tells a few tales from behind-the-scenes of The Kings Speech