1955 Academy Awards – Directing Winner
![On the Waterfront Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
1955 Academy Awards – Directing Nominees
![Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rear-window-image.jpg)
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
![Sabrina Billy Wilder](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sabrina-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Sabrina
Billy Wilder
![The Country Girl George Seaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-country-girl-george-seaton-image.jpg)
The Country Girl
George Seaton
![The High and the Mighty William A. Wellman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-high-and-the-mighty-william-a.-wellman-image.jpg)