7th Directors Guild of America Awards

The 7th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1954, were presented in 1955.

7th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	1955 (1955)
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan
Best Director Television:	Four Star Playhouse for "The Answer" – Roy Kellino
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1954.aspx?value=1954

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Elia Kazan – On the Waterfront George Cukor – A Star Is Born Edward Dmytryk – The Caine Mutiny Stanley Donen – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Melvin Frank and Norman Panama – Knock on Wood Samuel Fuller – Hell and High Water Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window Henry King – King of the Khyber Rifles Anthony Mann – The Glenn Miller Story Jean Negulesco – Three Coins in the Fountain George Seaton – The Country Girl Don Siegel – Riot in Cell Block 11 William A. Wellman – The High and the Mighty Robert Wise – Executive Suite Billy Wilder – Sabrina

Television

Television
Roy Kellino – Four Star Playhouse for "The Answer" William Asher – I Love Lucy for "Lucy's Mother-In-Law" Robert Florey – The Loretta Young Show for "The Clara Schumann Story" Ted Post – Waterfront for "High Water" Jack Webb – Dragnet for "The Big Producer"

Honorary Life Member

• Walt Disney

External links

• 7th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards