1959 Golden Globe Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

Gigi

Vincente Minnelli

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Richard Brooks

I Want to Live!

Robert Wise

Separate Tables

Delbert Mann

The Defiant Ones

Stanley Kramer