Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
• David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo

James Marsh – Project Nim

• Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky – Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Steve James – The Interrupters
• Richard Press – Bill Cunningham New York
• Martin Scorsese – George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Patty Jenkins – The Killing for "Pilot"

• Michael Cuesta – Homeland for "Pilot"
• Vince Gilligan – Breaking Bad for "Face Off"
• Tim Van Patten – Game of Thrones for "Winter Is Coming"
• Michael Waxman – Friday Night Lights for "Always"

Robert B. Weide – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "Palestinian Chicken"

• Fred Savage – Modern Family for "After the Fire"
• Don Scardino – 30 Rock for "Double-Edged Sword"
• Michael Spiller – Modern Family for "Express Christmas"
• David Steinberg – Curb Your Enthusiasm for "The Divorce"

Jon Cassar – The Kennedys

• Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, and Penelope Spheeris – Five
• Jeff Bleckner – Beyond the Blackboard
• Stephen Gyllenhaal – Girl Fight
• Michael Stevens – Thurgood

Glenn Weiss – The 65th Annual Tony Awards

• Louis J. Horvitz – 2011 Kennedy Center Honors
• Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live for "Host: Justin Timberlake"
• Don Mischer – The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
• Chuck O'Neil – The Daily Show with John Stewart for "Episode #16070"

William Ludel – General Hospital for "Intervention"

• Larry Carpenter – One Life to Live for "Erika's 40th"
• Casey Childs – All My Children for "The Send Off"
• Mike Denney – The Young and the Restless for "From the Grave"
• Scott McKinsey – General Hospital for "Forces of Nature"
• Cynthia J. Popp – The Bold and the Beautiful for "Brooke Berry"
• Angela Tessinari – All My Children for "In the Wee Small Hours..."

Neil P. DeGroot – The Biggest Loser for "Episode #1115"

• Eytan Keller – The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs for "Episode #401"
• Brian Smith – MasterChef for "Episode #201"
• J. Rupert Thompson – Fear Factor 2.0 for "Scorpion Tales"
• Bertram van Munster – The Amazing Race for "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win?"

Amy Schatz – A Child's Garden of Poetry

• 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

Noam Murro – Heineken's "Handlebar Mustache", DirecTV's "Hot House", Battlefield 3's "Is It Real?", and Volkswagens's "Pinata"

• Lance Acord – Nike's "Paint the Town" and "The Chosen", Volkswagen's "The Force", and NBA's "Sweetest Moment"
• Dante Ariola – Volkswagen's "Black Betty", Nissan's "Gas Powered Everything", and Jim Beam's "Parallels"
• Fredrik Bond – Heineken's "Date" and "The Entrance"
• Steven Miller – Cheetos' "Fort", GEICO's "Guinea Pigs" and "Sushi", Ortega's "Parking Lot", and Dos Equis' "Pommel Horse", "Pygmy" and "Speed Dating"