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{{DGA awards short description|works-year=2007}}
{{Infobox award
| name          = 60th Directors Guild of America Awards
| date          = {{start date|2008|01|26}}
| location      = [[Hyatt Regency Century Plaza]], [[Los Angeles, California]]
| country       = United States
| presenter     = [[Directors Guild of America]]
| host          = [[Carl Reiner]]
| award1_type   = Best Director Feature Film:
| award1_winner = ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' – [[Ethan and Joel Coen]]
| award2_type   = Best Director Documentary:
| award2_winner = ''Ghosts of Cité Soleil'' – Asger Leth
| previous      = [[59th Directors Guild of America Awards|59th]]
| main          = [[Directors Guild of America Awards|DGA Awards]]
| next          = [[61st Directors Guild of America Awards|61st]]
}}
The '''60th Directors Guild of America Awards''', honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in [[film director|film]]s, [[documentary]] and [[television director|television]] in 2007, were presented on January 26, 2008, at the [[Hyatt Regency Century Plaza]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Joel & Ethan Coen Win DGA Feature Film Award, Other Winners of 2007 DGA Awards Announced|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2008/0126-Joel-Ethan-Coen-Win-DGA-Feature-Film-Award-Other-Winners-of-2007-DGA-Awards-Announced.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=Coens share DGA honors for director|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-me-awards27-story.html|access-date=January 22, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coens Top DGA Awards with 'No Country'|url=https://www.backstage.com/news/coens-top-dga-awards-with-no-country/|website=Backstage|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 27, 2008}}</ref> The ceremony was hosted by [[Carl Reiner]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DGA Sets Host and Presenters for 60th Annual DGA Awards Dinner|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2008/0122-DGA-Sets-Host-and-Presenters-for-60th-Annual-DGA-Awards-Dinner.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 22, 2008}}</ref> The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 8, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for the Year 2007|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2008/0108-DGA-Announces-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Feature-Film.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tourtellotte|first1=Bob|title=Directors Guild names favorite directors of '07|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-directorsguild/directors-guild-names-favorite-directors-of-07-idUSN0851234520080108|website=Reuters|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 8, 2008}}</ref> and the nominations for directorial achievement in television, documentaries and commercials were announced on January 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominees for Movies for Television, Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series, Musical Variety, Reality Programs, Daytime Serials, Children's Programs, Documentary and Commercials|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2008/0110-Nominees-for-Movies-for-Television-Mini-Series-Dramatic-Series-Night-Comedy-Series.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 22, 2018|date=January 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=DGA names TV nominees|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-11-et-dgatv11-story.html|access-date=January 22, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 11, 2008}}</ref>
The awards were noted in the media for an incident in which actress [[Sean Young]] was ejected from the ceremony by security guards for [[Heckler|heckling]] the stage and other behavior.<ref>{{cite news|title='Blade Runner' star in rehab after awards outburst|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/29/people.seanyoung.ap/index.html|access-date=January 22, 2018|work=CNN|date=January 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307151742/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/29/people.seanyoung.ap/index.html|archive-date=March 7, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Garrett|first1=Diane|title=A spirited moment at the DGA Awards|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/a-spirited-moment-at-the-dga-awards-1117979783/|access-date=January 22, 2018|work=Variety|date=January 28, 2008}}</ref>
==Winners and nominees==
===Film===
{| class=wikitable style="width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Feature Film]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Ethan and Joel Coen]] – ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'''''
* [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] – ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''
* [[Tony Gilroy]] – ''[[Michael Clayton (film)|Michael Clayton]]''
* [[Sean Penn]] – ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]''
* [[Julian Schnabel]] – ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)]]''
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries|Documentaries]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Asger Leth]] – ''[[Ghosts of Cité Soleil]]'''''
* [[Ken Burns]] and [[Lynn Novick]] – ''[[The War (miniseries)|The War]]''
* [[Alex Gibney]] – ''[[Taxi to the Dark Side]]''
* [[Richard E. Robbins]] – ''[[Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience]]''
* [[Barbet Schroeder]] – ''[[Terror's Advocate]]''
|}
===Television===
{| class=wikitable style="width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Drama Series]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]] – ''[[Mad Men]]'' for "[[Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men)|Smoke Gets in Your Eyes]]"'''
* [[Jack Bender]] – ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' for "[[Through the Looking Glass (Lost)|Through the Looking Glass]]"
* [[David Chase]] – ''[[The Sopranos]]'' for "[[Made in America (The Sopranos)|Made in America]]"
* [[Eric Laneuville]] – ''Lost'' for "[[The Brig (Lost)|The Brig]]"
* [[Tim Van Patten]] – ''The Sopranos'' for "[[Soprano Home Movies]]"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series|Comedy Series]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Barry Sonnenfeld]] – ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' for "[[Pie-lette]]"'''
* [[Michael Engler]] – ''[[30 Rock]]'' for "[[Rosemary's Baby (30 Rock)|Rosemary's Baby]]"
* David Grossman – ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' for "[[Something's Coming (Desperate Housewives)|Something's Coming]]"
* [[Beth McCarthy-Miller]] – ''30 Rock'' for "[[Somebody to Love (30 Rock)|Somebody to Love]]"
* [[David Nutter]] – ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' for "The Resurrection"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film|Miniseries or TV Film]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Yves Simoneau]] – ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
* [[Jon Avnet]] – ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]''
* [[Jeremiah Chechik]] – ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]''
* [[Lloyd Kramer]] – ''[[Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day]]''
* [[Mikael Salomon]] – ''[[The Company (miniseries)|The Company]]''
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Musical Variety|Musical Variety]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Glenn Weiss]] – ''[[61st Tony Awards|The 61st Annual Tony Awards]]'''''
* [[Jerry Foley]] – ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' for "Show #2773"
* [[Louis J. Horvitz]] – ''[[79th Academy Awards|The 79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
* [[Jim Hoskinson]] – ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' for "Episode #3052"
* Chuck O'Neil – ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Daytime Serials|Daytime Serials]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Larry Carpenter]] – ''[[One Life to Live]]'' for "Episode #9947"'''
* [[Casey Childs]] – ''[[All My Children]]'' for "Episode #9669"
* [[Christopher Goutman]] – ''[[As the World Turns]]'' for "Episode #12971"
* [[Scott McKinsey]] – ''[[General Hospital]]'' for "Episode #11228"
* [[Ellen Wheeler]] – ''[[Guiding Light]]'' for "Episode #15221"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs|Reality Programs]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Bertram van Munster]] – ''[[The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' for "Episode #1110"'''
* Craig Borders – ''[[Who Wants to Be a Superhero?]]'' for "Episode #208"
* Tony Croll – ''[[Shooting Sizemore]]'' for "Episode #101"
* Scott Messick – ''[[Pros vs. Joes]]'' for "Episode #201"
* Tony Sacco – ''[[Project Runway]]'' for "Fashion Giant #403"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs|Children's Programs]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Paul Hoen]] – ''[[Jump In!]]'''''
* [[Kenny Ortega]] – ''[[High School Musical 2]]''
* [[Fred Savage]] – ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' for "The Crazy 10-Minute Sale"
* Judith Vogelsang – ''GoingGreen: Every Home an Eco-Home''
* [[Andy Wolk]] – ''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]'' for "That Feeling We Have"
|}
===Commercials===
{| class=wikitable style="width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials|Commercials]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|
'''[[Nicolai Fuglsig]] – [[Guinness]]' "Tipping Point", [[J. C. Penney]]'s "It's Magic", and [[Motorola]]'s "Journey"'''
* Dante Ariola – [[PlayStation 3]]' "Grenade", [[Wrigley Company|Wrigley]]'s "Flare", and [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]'s "Addicted"
* Fredrik Bond – [[Got Milk?]]'s "Straw" and J. C. Penney's "Aviator"
* [[Frank Budgen (director)|Frank Budgen]] – [[Bravia (brand)|Bravia]]'s "Playdoh" and [[Save Our Selves]]/[[Live Earth]]'s "S.O.S."
* [[Noam Murro]] – [[Volkswagens]]'s "Night Drive", [[Orbit (gum)|Orbit]]'s "Affair", and [[NBA]]'s "Remember"
|}
===[[Frank Capra Achievement Award]]===
* Liz Ryan
===Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award===
* Barbara J. Roche
===Honorary Life Member===
* [[Jay Roth]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2000s/2007.aspx?value=2007|name=60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards}}
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