12th Directors Guild of America Awards

July 2018 February 2025 1959 12th Directors Guild of America Awards 1960 United States Directors Guild of America Best Director Feature Film: Ben-Hur – William Wyler Best Director Television: The Scarface Mob – Phil Karlson 11th DGA Awards 13th 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 FilmWilliam 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! Otto Preminger – Anatomy of a Murder Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story Television TelevisionPhil Karlson – Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse for The Untouchables 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" D.W. Griffith Award George Stevens External links https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1959.aspx?value=1959 12th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards Category:Directors Guild of America Awards Category:1959 film awards Category:1959 television awards Direct Direct Category:1960 awards in the United States