21st Directors Guild of America Awards

21st Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	February 22, 1969 (1969-02-22)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Hosted by	Carl Reiner
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	The Lion in Winter – Anthony Harvey
Best Director Television:	CBS Playhouse for "My Father and My Mother" – George Schaefer
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1968.aspx?value=1968
←  20th  · DGA Awards ·  22nd  →

The 21st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1968, were presented on February 22, 1969, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. ^{[1] [2]} The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. ^[3] The feature film nominees were announced in January 1969. ^[4]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter Paul Almond – Isabel Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey Jiří Menzel – Closely Watched Trains Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel Roman Polanski – Rosemary's Baby Carol Reed – Oliver! Gene Saks – The Odd Couple William Wyler – Funny Girl Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet

Television

Television

George Schaefer – CBS Playhouse for "My Father and My Mother" Paul Bogart – CBS Playhouse for "Secrets" Roger Englander – Vladimir Horowitz: A TV Concert at Carnegie Hall John Florea – Mission: Impossible for "The Elixir" David Greene – CBS Playhouse for "The People Next Door" Robert Henry – Mitzi Lee H. Katzin – The Mod Squad for "Pilot" Delbert Mann – Heidi Robert Scheerer – Here's Peggy Fleming Gordon Wiles – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

References

1. Champlin, Charles (February 24, 1969). "Directors Honor Anthony Harvey". Los Angeles Times . p. 43. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Continued: "Directors Honor". p. 53. Archived from the original on July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. Skolsky, Sidney (February 25, 1969). "Gossipel Truth for Hollywood". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . p. 8. Archived from the original on July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Reiner to Emcee Guild Fete". Valley Times. February 14, 1969. p. 27. Archived from the original on July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "11 Nominated for Directors Guild Award". Los Angeles Times . January 9, 1969. p. 79. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• 21st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards