21st Directors Guild of America Awards

21st Producers Guild of America Awards

February 22, 1969

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Best Director — Motion Picture:
The Lion in Winter

The 21st Directors Guild of America Awards were given on 22 February 1969.

Winners

Film

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:
  • Anthony Harvey — The Lion in Winter

Television

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television:
  • George Schaefer — CBS Playhouse {My Father and My Mother}

Nominees

Film

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:
  • Paul Almond — Isabel
  • Stanley Kubrick — 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Jirí Menzel — Ostre sledované vlaky (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