7th Directors Guild of America Awards

7th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	1955 (1955)
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan
Best Director Television:	Four Star Playhouse for "The Answer" – Roy Kellino
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1954.aspx?value=1954
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The 7th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1954, were presented in 1955.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront George Cukor – A Star Is Born Edward Dmytryk – The Caine Mutiny Stanley Donen – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Melvin Frank and Norman Panama – Knock on Wood Samuel Fuller – Hell and High Water Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window Henry King – King of the Khyber Rifles Anthony Mann – The Glenn Miller Story Jean Negulesco – Three Coins in the Fountain George Seaton – The Country Girl Don Siegel – Riot in Cell Block 11 William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty Robert Wise – Executive Suite Billy Wilder – Sabrina

Television

Television
Roy Kellino – Four Star Playhouse for "The Answer" William Asher – I Love Lucy for "Lucy's Mother-In-Law" Robert Florey – The Loretta Young Show for "The Clara Schumann Story" Ted Post – Waterfront for "High Water" Jack Webb – Dragnet for "The Big Producer"

Honorary Life Member

• Walt Disney

External links

• 7th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards