The 8th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1955, were presented in 1956.
Winners and nominees
Film Feature FilmDelbert Mann – Marty Richard Brooks – Blackboard Jungle John Ford – The Long Gray Line Elia Kazan – East of Eden Henry Koster – A Man Called Peter Joshua Logan – Picnic Daniel Mann – The Rose Tattoo Mark Robson – The Bridges at Toko-Ri John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock Charles Vidor – Love Me or Leave Me Billy Wilder – The Seven Year Itch
Television TelevisionDon Weis – The Jane Wyman Show for "The Little Guy" Robert Florey – Four Star Playhouse for "The Executioner" Roy Kellino – Four Star Playhouse for "The Collar" James Nielsen – General Electric Theater for "The Windmill" Ted Post – Medic for "Mercy Wears an Apron" William A. Seiter – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for "Night of the Big Swamp"
D.W. Griffith Award Henry King
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