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82 DGA QUARTERLY PHOTOS: (TOP LEFT) SHONDA RHIMES; (TOP RIGHT & BOTTOM) PHOTOFEST "We tried to create a comedy that doesn't look like any other comedy." — M E L I N A M ATS O U KAS GREY'S ANATOMY Peter Horton "A Hard Day's Night" (March 27, 2005) > This midseason replacement became one of the longest-running shows on television, and the pilot, directed by Peter Horton (who earned a DGA and Emmy nomination for his effort), established the series' stylistic template. "We really wanted to give a sense of the interns always trying to get into the surgeries, what it is to be a doctor," said Horton in the episode commentary. "We didn't want to do what ER had done a million times, and so we found that doing lots of these pieces handheld but in a steady way with some long lenses created this same hectic feel that we had imagined these people would feel when they're in there." THE PEOPLE v. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY Ryan Murphy "From the Ashes of Tragedy" (Feb. 2, 2016) > The first season of the FX true crime anthology series deals with race, celebrity and the court of public opinion. Director Ryan Murphy set the table with the discovery of the bodies, the infamous Ford Bronco chase, and the introduction of several major real-life characters, including deputy D.A. Marcia Clark (Sarah Paulson), co- prosecutor Christopher Darden (Sterling K. Brown), defense attorney Johnnie Cochran (Courtney B. Vance) and defendant O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The Atlantic called the series "shockingly well-acted and sensitively rendered" and "one of the most compelling TV dramas in recent memory." Murphy earned a DGA nomination, and the series raked in 22 Emmy noms and nine wins.