1958 Academy Awards – Directing Winner
![The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies’ plans to destroy it.
1958 Academy Awards – Directing Nominees
![12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12-angry-men-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet
![Peyton Place Mark Robson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/peyton-place-mark-robson-image.jpg)
Peyton Place
Mark Robson
![Sayonara Joshua Logan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sayonara-joshua-logan-image.jpg)
Sayonara
Joshua Logan
![Witness for the Prosecution Billy Wilder](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/witness-for-the-prosecution-billy-wilder-image.jpg)