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9th Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1956

9th Directors Guild of America Awards

Date

1957 (1957)

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

Giant – George Stevens

Best Director Television:

General Electric Theater for "The Road That Led Afar" – Herschel Daugherty

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1956.aspx?value=1956

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The 9th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1956, were presented in 1957.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
George Stevens – Giant Michael Anderson – Around the World in 80 Days John Huston – Moby Dick Joshua Logan – Bus Stop Daniel Mann – Teahouse of the August Moon King Vidor – War and Peace Robert Wise – Somebody Up There Likes Me William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion

Feature Film

George Stevens – Giant

Michael Anderson – Around the World in 80 Days
John Huston – Moby Dick
Joshua Logan – Bus Stop
Daniel Mann – Teahouse of the August Moon
King Vidor – War and Peace
Robert Wise – Somebody Up There Likes Me
William Wyler – Friendly Persuasion

Television

Television
*Herschel Daugherty – General Electric Theater* for "The Road That Led Afar"** George Archainbaud – Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers for "The Traitor" Robert Florey – The De Santre Affair Norman Foster – The Loretta Young Show for "The Cardinal's Secret" Lesley Selander – Lassie for "Friendship" Robert Stevens – Alfred Hitchcock Presents for "Never Again"

Herschel Daugherty – General Electric Theater for "The Road That Led Afar"