2012 Directors Guild Awards

The DGAs were handed out last Saturday, and posited The Artist for a possible sweep of the top two prizes, Picture and Director, at next month’s Oscars.

Unless of course, the calculation is to use the DGA as a be-happy-you-got-this token only to give the Oscar to Scorsese, but at this point I wouldn’t be so sure.

Here are the winners, from IMDb:

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures

• The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): David Fincher
Hugo (2011/II): Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

• Project Nim (2011): James Marsh

Bill Cunningham New York (2010): Richard Press
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011): Martin Scorsese
The Interrupters (2011): Steve James
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011): Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television

• "The Kennedys" (2011): Jon Cassar

Five (2011) (TV): Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, Penelope Spheeris
Girl Fight (2011) (TV): Stephen Gyllenhaal
Beyond the Blackboard (2011) (TV): Jeff Bleckner
Thurgood (2011) (TV): Michael Stevens

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

• "The Killing" (2011): Patty Jenkins ("Pilot")

"Breaking Bad" (2008): Vince Gilligan ("Face Off")
"Friday Night Lights" (2006): Michael Waxman ("Always")
"Game of Thrones" (2011): Timothy Van Patten ("Winter is Coming")
"Homeland" (2011): Michael Cuesta ("Pilot")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

• "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000): Robert B. Weide ("Palestinian Chicken")

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000): David Steinberg ("The Divorce")
"Modern Family" (2009): Fred Savage ("After the Fire")
"Modern Family" (2009): Michael Spiller ("Express Christmas")
"30 Rock" (2006): Don Scardino ("Double-Edged Sword")

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety

• The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011) (TV): Glenn Weiss

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (1996): Chuck O'Neil
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011) (TV): Don Mischer
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010) (TV): Louis J. Horvitz
"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Don Roy King