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Directors Guild of America, USA: 1960

DGA Award

Date:	6 February
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures


Winner:
	Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler; Gus Agosti (assistant director) (plaque); Alberto Cardone (assistant director) (plaque)
Other Nominees:
	A Hole in the Head (1959) - Frank Capra Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Otto Preminger Compulsion (1959) - Richard Fleischer Imitation of Life (1959) - Douglas Sirk North by Northwest (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock (I) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) - Leo McCarey Rio Bravo (1959) - Howard Hawks Some Like It Hot (1959) - Billy Wilder The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - George Stevens (I) The Horse Soldiers (1959) - John Ford (I) The Nun's Story (1959) - Fred Zinnemann The Shaggy Dog (1959) - Charles Barton (I)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television


Winner:
	The Scarface Mob (1959) (TV) - Phil Karlson; Vincent McEveety (assistant director) (plaque)
Other Nominees:
	"General Electric Theater" (1953) - Don Weis - For episode "Survival". "The Twilight Zone" (1959) - John Brahm - For episode "Time Enough at Last". "The Untouchables" (1959) - Tay Garnett - For episode "The Jake Lingle Killing". "Wagon Train" (1957) - Christian Nyby - For episode "The Jenny Tannen Story". "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) - Robert Florey - For episode "The Innocent Assassin".

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	George Stevens (I)