21st Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1968

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Date

February 22, 1969 (1969-02-22)

Country

United States

Presented by

Directors Guild of America

Highlights

Best Director Feature Film:

The Lion in Winter – Anthony Harvey

Best Director Television:

CBS Playhouse for "My Father and My Mother" – George Schaefer

Website

https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1968.aspx?value=1968

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The 21st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1968, were presented on February 22, 1969.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film
Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter Paul Almond – Isabel Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey Jiří Menzel – Closely Watched Trains Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel Roman Polanski – Rosemary's Baby Carol Reed – Oliver! Gene Saks – The Odd Couple William Wyler – Funny Girl Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet

Feature Film

Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter

Paul Almond – Isabel
Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Jiří Menzel – Closely Watched Trains
Paul Newman – Rachel, Rachel
Roman Polanski – Rosemary's Baby
Carol Reed – Oliver!
Gene Saks – The Odd Couple
William Wyler – Funny Girl
Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet

Television

Television
*George Schaefer – CBS Playhouse* for "My Father and My Mother"** Paul Bogart – CBS Playhouse for "Secrets" Roger Englander – Vladimir Horowitz: A TV Concert at Carnegie Hall John Florea – Mission: Impossible for "The Elixir" David Greene – CBS Playhouse for "The People Next Door" Robert Henry – Mitzi Lee H. Katzin – The Mod Squad for "Pilot" Delbert Mann – Heidi Robert Scheerer – Here's Peggy Fleming Gordon Wiles – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

George Schaefer – CBS Playhouse for "My Father and My Mother"

Paul Bogart – CBS Playhouse for "Secrets"
Roger Englander – Vladimir Horowitz: A TV Concert at Carnegie Hall
John Florea – Mission: Impossible for "The Elixir"
David Greene – CBS Playhouse for "The People Next Door"
Robert Henry – Mitzi
Lee H. Katzin – The Mod Squad for "Pilot"
Delbert Mann – Heidi
Robert Scheerer – Here's Peggy Fleming
Gordon Wiles – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

References

Champlin, Charles (February 24, 1969). "Directors Honor Anthony Harvey". Los Angeles Times. p. 43. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"11 Nominated for Directors Guild Award". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1969. p. 79. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

21st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

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