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9th Directors Guild of America Awards

Date

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

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"

D.W. Griffith Award

King Vidor

Honorary Life Member

Donald Crisp

External links

9th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

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Film awards	Feature Film Documentaries First-Time Feature Film
Television awards	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries or TV Film Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials Reality Programs Children’s Programs Commercials
Special awards	Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film Lifetime Achievement in Television Frank Capra Achievement Award Honorary Life Member Robert B. Aldrich Service Award Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award Preston Sturges Award Diversity Award Presidents Award
Former awards	Daytime Serials Musical Variety
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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
*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"

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"

External links

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

D.W. Griffith Award

Honorary Life Member

External links

Winners and nominees

Film

Television

D.W. Griffith Award

Honorary Life Member

External links

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