8th Directors Guild of America Awards

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8th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date1956 (1956)
CountryUnited States
Presented by Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film: Marty Delbert Mann
Best Director Television: The Jane Wyman Show for "The Little Guy" – Don Weis
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The 8th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1955, were presented in 1956.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Delbert Mann Marty

Television

Television

Don Weis The Jane Wyman Show for "The Little Guy"

D.W. Griffith Award

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