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Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1959 Productions

William Wyler
Winner

Ben-Hur

1959

7.9

67,908

William Wyler

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith ...
Otto Preminger

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

8.0

19,640

Otto Preminger

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott ...
George Stevens

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

7.0

2,981

George Stevens

Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber ...
Billy Wilder

Some Like It Hot

1959

8.3

83,433

Billy Wilder

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Pat O'Brien ...
Fred Zinnemann

The Nun's Story

1959

7.0

3,179

Fred Zinnemann

Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger ...
Charles Barton

The Shaggy Dog

1959

5.6

87

Charles Barton

Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Tim Considine ...
Frank Capra

A Hole in the Head

1959

6.2

831

Frank Capra

Frank Sinatra, Eddie Hodges, Edward G. Robinson, Thelma Ritter, Eleanor Parker ...
Richard Fleischer

Compulsion

1959

7.2

2,536

Richard Fleischer

Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall ...
John Ford

The Horse Soldiers

1959

7.6

4,907

John Ford

John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson, Hoot Gibson ...
Howard Hawks

Rio Bravo

1959

8.0

23,138

Howard Hawks

John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan ...
Alfred Hitchcock

North by Northwest

1959

8.2

70,816

Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll ...
Leo McCarey

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958

5.5

267

Leo McCarey

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Dwayne Hickman ...
Douglas Sirk

Imitation of Life

1959

7.6

8,909

Douglas Sirk

Lana Turner, John Gavin, Susan Kohner, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy ...

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