The nomination went to director Glenn Weiss, who received his seventh DGA nomination, and his directing team, including associate directors Gregg Gelfand, Robin Abrams, and Ricky Kirshner; as well as stage managers Garry Hood, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Dean Gordon, Phyllis Digilio Kent, Arthur Lewis, Joey Meade, Tony Mirante, Cyndi Owgang, Jeff Pearl, Elyse Reaves and Lauren Class Schneider.
Weiss previously won the DGA Award in this category in 2007 for The 61st Annual Tony Awards. He received nominations in this category in 2008, 2006, 2005, 2002 and 2001 for the 62nd, 60th, 59th, 56th and 55th Annual Tony Awards.
The 64th Annual Tony Awards aired June 13, 2010, on CBS.