Arrivals, Reception and Dinner

65th Annual DGA Awards

The 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner took place on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Awards Nominees, celebrity presenters, DGA Members, industry VIPs and other guests gathered in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles to celebrate the outstanding directorial achievements of 2012.

DGA Awards Section Photo Credits: 
Frederick Brown/Getty Images, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Steve Granitz/WireImage, Byron Gamarro, Krista Kennell and Howard Wise.

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DGA Members, industry VIPs and other guests gather outside the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland for the arrival party.
Host Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte.
Dramatic Series Nominees Lesli Linka Glatter & Michael Cuesta are both nominated for episodes of Homeland.
Daytime Serials presenter Cedric the Entertainer poses for the cameras.
2013 Lifetime Achievement in News recipient Eric Shapiro and guest.
2012 Feature Film nominee Ang Lee and his Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma.
Comedy Series nominee Lena Dunham (Girls) greets Feature Film nominee Ben Affleck (Argo).
Reality Programs nominee Tim Warren (center) and guests.
Guest Jennifer Garner greets the press.
Directors Anne Fletcher and Adam Shankman.
Reality Programs nominee Tony Croll (center) and guests.
2013 Capra Award presenter Frank Capra III and guest.
Documentary nominee Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles) and guest.
Reality Programs presenter Chris Spencer and guest.
Comedy Series nominee (Modern Family)/Feature Film nomination presenter Bryan Cranston.
Movies for Television and Mini-Series Award presenter Peter Fonda and guest.
Is guest David Hasselhoff calling his super-advanced, crime-fighting automobile?
2013 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Susan Zwerman (center) and guests.
Children’s Programs nominee Paul Hoen (Let It Shine).
DGA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient/Feature Film nomination presenter Norman Jewison and Lynne St. David.
Dramatic Series presenter Famke Janssen.
Director Gordon Hunt and his daughter, Comedy Series presenter Helen Hunt.
2013 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award recipient Dency Nelson and family.
Oscar-nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is our youngest presenter (Children’s Programs).
Musical Variety nominee Michael Dempsey (12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief) and guest.
Movies for Television and Mini-Series nominee Kevin Reynolds (Hatfields & McCoys) and guest.
Camp Fred director and 2012 Children’s Programs nominee Jonathan Judge (second from right) and guests.
2012 Daytime Serials nominees Larry Carpenter and William Ludel are both nominated for episodes of General Hospital.
Musical Variety director Don Mischer (his nod for The 84th Annual Academy Awards is his 17th DGA Award nomination) and guest.
Children’s Programs nominee Stuart Gillard (Girl vs Monster) and guest.
DGA Board Second Alternate Lee Blaine, 2010 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Cleve Landsberg and guests.
Commercials nominee Tom Kuntz and guests make like a 007 poster.
Children’s Programs nominee Savage Steve Holland (Big Time Movie) and guests.
Daytime Serials nominee Albert Alarr (Days of Our Lives).
Commercials nominee Fredrik Bond (far right top) is joined by his posse.
Documentary Award presenter Dave Grohl.
Comedy Series nominee Mark Cendrowski (The Big Bang Theory).
Feature Film nomination presenter Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) chats with Feature Film nominee Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty.
Actress Berenice Bejo and 2011 Feature Film winner/2012 Feature Film Award presenter Michel Hazanavicius.
Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award presenter George Stevens Jr., DGA President Taylor Hackford and DGA Awards Chair Michael Stevens.
IATSTE International President Matt Loeb with DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth.
SAG/AFTRA Co-President Ken Howard chats with DGA Secretary-Treasurer/Aldrich Award recipient Michael Apted.
Guest Christine Lahti and DGA Fifth Vice President Thomas Schlamme.
DGA Board member Jon Favreau and guest.
Guest Jane Lynch and DGA First Vice President Paris Barclay.
Lifetime Achievement in News Direction Award presenter Sam Waterston and guest.
Documentary nominee Malik Bendjelloul (Searching for Sugar Man) and DGA Board Alternate Laura Belsey.
Guest Susanna Hoffs and Movies for Television and Mini-Series nominee Jay Roach (Game Change).
2003 Frank Capra Achievement Award recipient Yudi Bennett and 2013 recipient Susan Zwerman.
Feature Film nomination presenter Hugh Jackman, nominee Tom Hooper, Fox Filmed Entertainment Co-Chair & CEO Jim Gianopulos, and presenter Anne Hathaway.
Robert B. Aldrich Service Award recipient Michael Apted and presenter, DGA National Vice President Steven Soderbergh.
Guest Kate Capshaw and Feature Film nomination presenter Martin Short.
DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, DGA President Taylor Hackford, Senator Chris Dodd and IATSTE International President Matt Loeb.
Guest Donald Samuel and DGA Board Alternate Millicent Shelton.
Eleven-time Feature Film Award nominee Steven Spielberg with his Lincoln actress Sally Field.
The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood is filled with nominees, celebrity presenters, DGA Members, industry VIPs and other guests awaiting the start of the ceremony.