The 12th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1959, were presented in 1960.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmWilliam 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! Otto Preminger – Anatomy of a Murder Douglas Sirk – Imitation of Life George Stevens – The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder – Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
Television TelevisionPhil Karlson – Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse for The Untouchables 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
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