8th Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1955

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Date

1956 (1956)

Country

United 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

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1955.aspx?value=1955

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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.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Delbert Mann – Marty Richard Brooks – Blackboard Jungle John Ford – The Long Gray Line Elia Kazan – East of Eden Henry Koster – A Man Called Peter Joshua Logan – Picnic Daniel Mann – The Rose Tattoo Mark Robson – The Bridges at Toko-Ri John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock Charles Vidor – Love Me or Leave Me Billy Wilder – The Seven Year Itch

Feature Film

Delbert Mann – Marty

Television

Television
*Don Weis – The Jane Wyman Show* for "The Little Guy"** Robert Florey – Four Star Playhouse for "The Executioner" Roy Kellino – Four Star Playhouse for "The Collar" James Nielsen – General Electric Theater for "The Windmill" Ted Post – Medic for "Mercy Wears an Apron" William A. Seiter – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for "Night of the Big Swamp"

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

Robert Florey – Four Star Playhouse for "The Executioner"
Roy Kellino – Four Star Playhouse for "The Collar"
James Nielsen – General Electric Theater for "The Windmill"
Ted Post – Medic for "Mercy Wears an Apron"
William A. Seiter – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for "Night of the Big Swamp"

D.W. Griffith Award

Henry King

External links

8th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

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