1st Directors Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for film and television directing in 1948
1st Directors Guild of America Awards
Date1949 (1949)
CountryUnited States
Presented byDirectors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Websitehttps://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1940s/1948.aspx?value=1948 Edit this on Wikidata
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The 1st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film in 1948, were presented in 1949.

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives

  • Howard Hawks – Red River
  • Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit
  • Fred Zinnemann – The Search

Special awards

Honorary Life Member Recipient

Rex Ingram

External links

  • 1st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
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