1956 Academy Awards – Directing Winner
![Marty Delbert Mann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Delbert Mann
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
1956 Academy Awards – Directing Nominees
![Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bad-day-at-black-rock-john-sturges-image.jpg)
Bad Day at Black Rock
John Sturges
![East of Eden Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/east-of-eden-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
East of Eden
Elia Kazan
![Picnic Joshua Logan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/picnic-joshua-logan-image.jpg)
Picnic
Joshua Logan
![Summertime David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/summertime-david-lean-image.jpg)