Dressed in their finest garb, big names such as George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin showed up at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland while settling in at their designated tables for the evening's proceedings.
With the ceremony being hosted by Kelsey Grammer, other stars in attendance for the annual Tinseltown fete included Michelle Williams, Jon Cryer, Helen Mirren, Shailene Woodley, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Octavia Spencer, Deborah Ann Woll, Stana Katic, Kathy Bates, Laura Dern, Patty Jenkins, Heather Tom, Kathleen Robertson, Fred Savage, Sir Ben Kingsley and Adam Gregory.
With Michael Hazanavicius of "The Artist" taking home the top prize of Best Feature Film, the DGAs also included three special to Ed Sherin (2012 Honorary Life Member Award), Katy Garretson (2012 Frank Capra Achievement Award) and Dennis Mazzocco (2012 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award).
With all of pictures from the show found below, the list of 64th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards winners is as follows (will be updated as they're handed out:
Feature Film:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
WINNER: Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Movies for Television and Mini-Series:
Jeff Bleckner, Hallmark Hall of Fame, "Beyond The Blackboard"
WINNER: Jon Cassar, The Kennedys
Stephen Gyllenhaal, Girl Fight
Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins, Lifetime's "Five"
Michael Stevens, Thurgood
Comedy Series:
Fred Savage, Modern Family, “After the Fire”
Don Scardino, 30 Rock, “Double-Edged Sword”
Michael Spiller, Modern Family, “Express Christmas”
David Steinberg, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Divorce”
WINNER: Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Palestinian Chicken”
Reality Programs:
WINNER: Neil P DeGroot, Biggest Loser, "Episode #1115"
Eytan Keller, The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs, “Episode #401”
Brian Smith, Master Chef, “Episode #201”
J. Rupert Thompson, Fear Factor 2.0, “Scorpion Tales”
Bertram Van Munster, The Amazing Race, “You Don’t Get Paid Unless You Win?”
Children's Programs:
John Fortenberry, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Jeffrey Hornaday, Geek Charming
Michael Lembeck, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure
Patricia Riggen, Lemonade Mouth
Damon Santostefano, Best Player
WINNER: Amy Schatz, A Child’s Garden of Poetry
Documentary:
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Steve James, The Interrupters
WINNER: James Marsh, Project Nim
Richard Press, Bill Cunningham New York
Martin Scorsese, George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Dramatic Series:
Michael Cuesta, Homeland, "Pilot"
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad, "Face Off"
WINNER: Patty Jenkins, The Killing, "Pilot"
Tim Van Patten, Game of Thrones, “Winter is Coming” (Pilot)
Michael Waxman, Friday Night Lights, “Always”
Musical Variety:
Louis J. Horvitz, The Kennedy Center Honors
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live With Host Justin Timberlake
Don Mischner, 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Chuck O'Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Episode #16070
WINNER: Glenn Weiss, 65th Annual Tony Awards
Daytime Serials:
Larry Carpenter, One Life to Live, “Erika's 40th”
Casey Childs, All My Children, “The Send Off”
Mike Denney, The Young and the Restless, “From the Grave”
WINNER: William Ludel, General Hospital, “Intervention”
Scott McKinsey, General Hospital, “Forces of Nature”
Cynthia J. Popp, The Bold and the Beautiful, “Brooke Berry”
Angela Tessinari, All My Children, “In the Wee Small Hours...”
Commercials:
Lance Accord, (Park Pictures)
Dante Ariola, (MJZ)
Fredrik Bond, (MJZ/Sonny London)
Steve Miller, (@radical.media)
WINNER: Noam Murro, (Biscuit Filmworks)
