21st Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1968

Date

February 22, 1969 (1969-02-22)

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

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

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The 21st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1968, were presented on February 22, 1969.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel Carol Reed – Oliver! William Wyler – Funny Girl

Feature Film

Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter

Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel
Carol Reed – Oliver!
William Wyler – Funny Girl

Television

Television
*George Schaefer – CBS Playhouse* for "My Father and My Mother"** Paul Bogart – CBS Playhouse for "Secrets" Lee H. Katzin – The Mod Squad for "Pilot" Delbert Mann – Heidi Gordon Wiles – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

George Schaefer – CBS Playhouse for "My Father and My Mother"

Paul Bogart – CBS Playhouse for "Secrets"
Lee H. Katzin – The Mod Squad for "Pilot"
Delbert Mann – Heidi
Gordon Wiles – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

References

^ Champlin, Charles (February 24, 1969). "Directors Honor Anthony Harvey". Los Angeles Times. p. 43. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.