12th Directors Guild of America Awards

12th Directors Guild of America Awards
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! 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

Television
Phil 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

• 12th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards