- 2000: Charles S. Dutton – The Corner
- Martha Coolidge – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
- Stephen Frears & Martin Pasetta – Fail Safe
- Rob Marshall – Annie
- Benjamin Ross – RKO 281
- 2001: Mike Nichols – Wit
- Robert Allan Ackerman – Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
- Billy Crystal – 61*
- Robert Dornhelm – Anne Frank
- Frank Pierson – Conspiracy
- 2002: David Frankel & Tom Hanks & David Leland & Richard Loncraine & David Nutter & Phil Alden Robinson & Mikael Salomon & Tony To – Band of Brothers
- John Frankenheimer – Path to War
- Moisés Kaufman – The Laramie Project
- Richard Loncraine – The Gathering Storm
- Mark Rydell – James Dean
- 2003: Steven Schachter – Door to Door
- Robert Allan Ackerman – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Mick Jackson – Live from Baghdad
- Richard Loncraine – My House in Umbria
- Frank Pierson – Soldier's Girl
- 2004: Mike Nichols – Angels in America
- Robert Harmon – Ike: Countdown to D-Day
- Tom Hooper – Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
- Andrei Konchalovsky – The Lion in Winter
- Joseph Sargent – Something the Lord Made
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- 2005: Stephen Hopkins – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Joseph Sargent – Warm Springs
- Fred Schepisi – Empire Falls
- George C. Wolfe – Lackawanna Blues
- 2006: Tom Hooper – Elizabeth I
- Justin Chadwick – Bleak House
- Peter Markle – Flight 93
- Phyllis Nagy – Mrs. Harris
- Kenny Ortega – High School Musical
- David Yates – The Girl in the Cafe
- 2007: Philip Martin – Prime Suspect: The Final Act
- Walter Hill – Broken Trail
- Bharat Nalluri – Tsunami: The Aftermath
- Yves Simoneau – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Susanna White – Jane Eyre
- 2008: Jay Roach – Recount
- Bob Balaban – Bernard and Doris
- Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant – Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
- Tom Hooper – John Adams
- Mikael Salomon – The Company
- 2009: Dearbhla Walsh – Little Dorrit
- Ross Katz – Taking Chance
- Philip Martin – Wallander: One Step Behind
- Thaddeus O'Sullivan – Into the Storm
- Michael Sucsy – Grey Gardens
- Susanna White – Generation Kill ("Bomb in the Garden")
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