| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Friedkin |
The Dick Powell Show
For episode The Price of Tomatoes |
| Greg Garrison |
The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball
|
| Daniel Petrie |
The Defenders
For episode The Benefactor |
| Stuart Rosenberg |
The Defenders
For episode Madman, parts I and II |
| Robert Gist |
Naked City
For episode Today the Man Who Kills the Ants Is Coming |
| Ray Garner |
The River Nile
|
| George Schaefer |
Hallmark Hall of Fame
For episode The Teahouse of the August Moon |
| Franklin J. Schaffner |
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy
|
| Buzz Kulik |
The Dick Powell Show
For episode The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff |
| Peter Tewksbury |
It's a Man's World
For episode The Beavers and the Otters |
