Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director

This is a list of winners of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director introduced in 1955 to honour directors of plays and directors of musicals. From 1968, multiple awards were presented for each season. In 1975 the category was retired and divided into Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, with each discipline receiving its own.

Award winners

1950s

1955: Jack Landau – The Clandestine Marriage / The White Devil
- No nominees

1956: José Quintero – The Iceman Cometh
- No nominees

1959: William Ball – Ivanov
- No nominees

1960s

1965: Ulu Grosbard – A View from the Bridge
- No nominees

1967: Joseph Hardy – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- No nominees

1968: Robert Moore – The Boys in the Band and Tom O'Horgan – Tom Paine
- No nominees

1969: Tom O'Horgan – Futz
Neal Kenyon – Dames at Sea
Alan Arkin – Little Murders
Michael Schultz – Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Gordon Davidson – In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Edwin Sherin – The Great White Hope
- No nominees

1970s

1970: Jerzy Grotowski – The Apocalypse
Alan Arkin – The White House Murder Case
Ron Field – Applause
Joseph Hardy – Child's Play
Harold Prince – Company
- No nominees

1971: Robert Wilson – Deafman Glance
Andre Gregory – Alice in Wonderland
Peter Brook – A Midsummer Night's Dream
Michael Bennett – Follies
Harold Prince – Follies
Tom O'Horgan – Lenny
Paul Sills – Ovid's Metamorphoses and Paul Sills' Story Theatre
- No nominees

1972: Mel Shapiro – Older People
Andrei Șerban – Medea
Peter Hall – Old Times
Jeff Bleckner – Sticks and Bones
A. J. Antoon – That Championship Season
Mel Shapiro – Two Gentlemen of Verona
- No nominees

1973: Victor Garcia – Yerma
Joseph Chaikin – The Mutation Show
Roberta Sklar – The Mutation Show
Harold Prince – A Little Night Music
Bob Fosse – Pippin
Michael Rudman – The Changing Room
Harold Prince – The Great God Brown
- No nominees

1974: José Quintero – A Moon for the Misbegotten
Harold Prince – Candide
Frank Dunlop – Scapino
Marvin Felix Camillo – Short Eyes
Harold Prince – The Visit
- No nominees

See also

References

"Drama Desk Award for Director (Drama Desk)". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

External links

Drama Desk official website

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director

Jack Landau (1955)
José Quintero (1956)
William Ball (1959)
Ulu Grosbard (1965)
Joseph Hardy (1967)
Robert Moore / Tom O'Horgan (1968)
Tom O'Horgan / Neal Kenyon / Alan Arkin / Michael Schultz / Gordon Davidson / Edwin Sherin (1969)
Jerzy Grotowski / Alan Arkin / Ron Field / Joseph Hardy / Harold Prince (1970)
Robert Wilson / Andre Gregory / Peter Brook / Michael Bennett / Harold Prince / Tom O'Horgan / Paul Sills (1971)
Mel Shapiro / Andrei Serban / Peter Hall / Jeff Bleckner / A. J. Antoon / Mel Shapiro (1972)
Victor Garcia / Joseph Chaikin / Roberta Sklar / Harold Prince / Bob Fosse / Michael Rudman / Harold Prince (1973)
José Quintero / Harold Prince / Frank Dunlop / Marvin Felix Camillo / Harold Prince (1974)

Drama Desk Awards

Play	Play Revival of a Play Actor in a Play Actress in a Play Featured Actor in a Play Featured Actress in a Play Director of a Play Music in a Play

Musical	Musical Revival of a Musical Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Featured Actor in a Musical Featured Actress in a Musical Director of a Musical Music Lyrics Book Orchestrations

Production	Choreography Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design in a Musical Sound Design in a Play

Special	Solo Performance Unique Theatrical Experience Revue Projection Design Special Award

Retired	Director Revival Scenic Design of a Musical Scenic Design of a Play Sound Design