Tony Award for Best Director

The Tony Award for Best Director was one of the original 11 awards given in 1947 when the Tony Awards originated. The Award was presented until 1960 when it was split into two categories: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

Award winners

1940s

1947: Elia Kazan – All My Sons
- No nominees

1948: Joshua Logan – Mister Roberts
- No nominees

1949: Elia Kazan – Death of a Salesman
- No nominees

1950s

1950: Joshua Logan – South Pacific
- No nominees

1951: George S. Kaufman – Guys and Dolls
- No nominees

1952: José Ferrer – The Shrike, The Fourposter and Stalag 17
- No nominees

1953: Joshua Logan – Picnic
- No nominees

1954: Alfred Lunt – Ondine
- No nominees

1955: Robert Montgomery – The Desperate Hours
- No nominees

1956: Tyrone Guthrie – The Matchmaker
- Joseph Anthony – The Lark
- Harold Clurman – Bus Stop, Pipe Dream and Tiger at the Gates
- Tyrone Guthrie – The Matchmaker, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Tamburline the Great
- Garson Kanin – The Diary of Anne Frank
- Elia Kazan – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Albert Marre – The Chalk Garden
- Herman Shumlin – Inherit the Wind

1957: Moss Hart – My Fair Lady
- Joseph Anthony – A Clearing in the Woods and The Most Happy Fella
- Harold Clurman – The Waltz of the Toreadors
- Peter Glenville – Separate Lives
- José Quintero – Long Day's Journey Into Night

1958: Vincent J. Donehue – Sunrise at Campobello
- Morton da Costa – The Music Man
- Peter Hall – The Rope Dancers
- George Roy Hill – Look Homeward, Angel
- Elia Kazan – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- Arthur Penn – Two for the Seesaw

1959: Elia Kazan – J.B.
- Peter Brook – The Visit
- Robert Dhery – La Plume de Ma Tante
- William Gaskill – Epitaph for George Dillon
- Peter Glenville – Rashomon
- Cyril Ritchard – The Pleasure of His Company
- Dore Schary – A Majority of One

External links

Official Tony Awards website

Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Sound Design of a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Director Best Revival Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards