53rd Directors Guild of America Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 53rd Directors Guild of America Awards

| date = {{start date|2001|03|10}}

| 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 = Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee

| award2_type = Best Director Documentary:

| award2_winner = High School Boot Camp – Charles Braverman

| previous = 52nd

| main = DGA Awards

| next = 54th

}}

The 53rd Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2000, were presented on March 10, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.{{cite web|title=DGA Announces Winners of 2000 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards and Recipients of 2001 Lifetime Achievement Awards|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0311-DGA-Announces-Winners-of-2000-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-Awards.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=March 11, 2001}}{{cite news|last1=Munoz|first1=Lorenza|title=Ang Lee Wins Top DGA Award for 'Crouching Tiger'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-11-me-36359-story.html|access-date=January 28, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 11, 2001}}{{cite web|last1=Armstrong|first1=Mark|title=Eye of the (Crouching) Tiger: DGA Picks Lee|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/41292/eye-of-the-crouching-tiger-dga-picks-lee|website=E! News|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=March 11, 2001}}{{cite web|title=One Step Closer to the Oscars|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/one-step-closer-to-the-oscars-57166963/|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=March 11, 2001}} The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 22, 2001{{cite web|title=DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2000|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0122-DGA-Announces-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Feature-Film-for-2000.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=January 22, 2001}}{{cite news|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|title=In DGA Nominations, It's Soderbergh vs. Soderbergh|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-23-ca-15598-story.html|access-date=January 28, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 23, 2001}} and the other nominations were announced starting on February 1, 2001.{{cite web|title=DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0201-DGA-Announces-2000-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Commercials.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=February 1, 2001}}{{cite web|title=DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials and Children's Programs|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0201-DGA-Announces-2000-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Daytime.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=February 1, 2001}}{{cite web|title=DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0201-DGA-Announces-2000-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-Documentaries.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=February 1, 2001}}{{cite news|last1=Linan|first1=Steven|title=Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-03-ca-20443-story.html|access-date=January 28, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 3, 2001}}{{cite web|title=DGA Announces 2000 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in TV Categories of Dramatic Series Night, Comedy Series and Musical Variety|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2001/0206-DGA-Announces-2000-Nominees-for-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-in-TV-Categories.aspx|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=January 28, 2018|date=February 6, 2001}}

Winners and nominees

=Film=

colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Feature Film
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colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous Ridley Scott – Gladiator Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh – Traffic
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Documentaries
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Charles Braverman – High School Boot Camp Laurie Collyer – Nuyorican Dream Mark Lewis – The Natural History of the Chicken Michael Mierendorf – Broken Child David de Vries – The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai

=Television=

colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Drama Series
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colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *Thomas Schlamme – The West Wing* for "Noël"** Paris Barclay – The West Wing for "The Portland Trip" Henry J. Bronchtein – The Sopranos for "From Where to Eternity" Allen Coulter – The Sopranos for "The Knight in White Satin Armor" John Patterson – The Sopranos for "Funhouse"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Comedy Series
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *James Burrows – Will & Grace* for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties"** Allen Coulter – Sex and the City for "Cock-a-Doodle-Do" Bill D'Elia – Ally McBeal for "The Last Virgin" Pamela Fryman – Frasier for "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" Todd Holland – Malcolm in the Middle for "Pilot"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Miniseries or TV Film
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Jeff Bleckner – The Beach Boys: An American Family Kirk Browning – Death of a Salesman Martha Coolidge – If These Walls Could Talk 2 for "1972" Stephen Frears and Martin Pasetta – Fail Safe Joseph Sargent – For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Musical Variety
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *Beth McCarthy-Miller – Saturday Night Live* for "Host: Val Kilmer"** Ellen Brown – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for "Episode #1938" Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman for "Episode #1527" Roger Goodman – ABC 2000 Today Louis J. Horvitz – The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Daytime Serials
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| *Jill Mitwell – One Life to Live* for "Episode #8205"** Bruce S. Barry – Guiding Light for "Episode #13562" Casey Childs – All My Children for "Episode #7919" Conal O'Brien – All My Children for "Episode #7969" JoAnne Sedwick – Guiding Light for "Episode #13511"
colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"\| Children's Programs
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Greg Beeman – Miracle in Lane 2 William Dear – The Wonderful World of Disney for "Santa Who?" Paul Hoen – Even Stevens for "Take My Sister...Please" Kevin Hooks – The Color of Friendship Sean McNamara – Even Stevens for "Easy Way"

=Commercials=

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colspan="2" style="background:#abcdef;"| Commercials

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Leslie Dektor – Idea Exchange's "New Eyes" and "The Run Home", and Pocketcards's "The Check"

Dante Ariola – Nike's "Elephant" and Hewlett-Packard's "Tickets" and "Taxi"
Bryan Buckley – FedEx' "Action Figures" and E-Trade's "Monkey", "Wazoo" and "Basketball"
David Cornell – Visa's "Synchronized Commercialism", "Tattoo" and "I Enjoy Being a Girl", and Charles Schwab's "Ringo" and "Retirement"
Lenard Dorfman – IBM's "Harlem Fencer" and "Senegal Women's Basketball", and Excite's "Camped"