12th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 12th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1959, were presented in 1960.

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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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! Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life

Television

Television
Phil Karlson – The Scarface Mob 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