June 8, 2005
The Directors Guild of America has set its schedule for the 58th Annual DGA Awards, DGA President Michael Apted and Awards Committee Chairperson Howard Storm announced today. The 58th Annual DGA Awards Dinner will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
FEATURE FILM AWARD
- Mail Feature Film Nomination Ballots - Monday, December 5, 2005
- Deadline for Returning all Feature Film Nomination Ballots - Wednesday, January 4, 2006
- Announce Five Feature Film Nominees - Thursday, January 5, 2006
- Mail Feature Film Final Ballots - Monday, January 9, 2006
- Deadline for Returning all Feature Film Final Ballots - Friday, January 27, 2006
DOCUMENTARY AWARD & TELEVISION AWARDS
- Mail Television, Commercials & Documentary Director Entry Forms - Monday, October 3, 2005
- Deadline for Submitting Television, Commercials & Documentary Entry Forms and Cassettes - Thursday, December 1, 2005
- Mail Television Nomination Ballots - Thursday, December 8, 2005
- Deadline for Returning all Television Nomination Ballots - Thursday, January 5, 2006
- Announce Television Nominees Starting on Monday, January 9, 2006
MEET THE NOMINEES
- Movies for Television - Wednesday, January 25, 2006
- Commercials - Thursday, January 26, 2006
- Feature Film - Saturday, January 28, 2006
57th ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER
- Mail Dinner Reservation Forms - Monday, December 12, 2005
- Deadline for Returning all Dinner Reservation Forms - Friday, January 20, 2006
- DGA Awards Dinner, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel - Saturday, January 28, 2006
The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been one of the industry’s most accurate barometers for who will win the Best Director Academy Award. Fifty out of fifty-six times since the DGA Award’s inception in 1949, the DGA Award winner has won the corresponding Best Director Academy Award.