12th Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1959

Date

1960 (1960)

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

Ben-Hur – William Wyler

Best Director Television:

The Scarface Mob – Phil Karlson

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1959.aspx?value=1959

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The 12th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1959, were presented in 1960.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
William Wyler – Ben-Hur Charles Barton – The Shaggy Dog Frank Capra – A Hole in the Head Richard Fleischer – Compulsion John Ford – The Horse Soldiers Howard Hawks – Rio Bravo Alfred Hitchcock – North by Northwest Leo McCarey – Rally Round the Flag, Boys! Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life

Feature Film

William Wyler – Ben-Hur

Charles Barton – The Shaggy Dog
Frank Capra – A Hole in the Head
Richard Fleischer – Compulsion
John Ford – The Horse Soldiers
Howard Hawks – Rio Bravo
Alfred Hitchcock – North by Northwest
Leo McCarey – Rally Round the Flag, Boys!
Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life

Television

Television
Phil Karlson – The Scarface Mob John Brahm – The Twilight Zone for "Time Enough at Last" Robert Florey – Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse for "The Innocent Assassin" Tay Garnett – The Untouchables for "The Jake Lingle Killing" Christian Nyby – Wagon Train for "The Jenny Tannen Story" Don Weis – General Electric Theater for "Survival"

Phil Karlson – The Scarface Mob