1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

On the Waterfront

Elia Kazan

An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

Carmen Jones

Otto Preminger

Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock

Romeo and Juliet

Renato Castellani

The Caine Mutiny

Edward Dmytryk

The Country Girl

George Seaton