1st Directors Guild of America Awards

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1st Directors Guild of America Awards
Date1949 (1949)
CountryUnited States
Presented by Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film: A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Website https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1940s/1948.aspx?value=1948   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The 1st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film in 1948, were presented in 1949.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Film

Feature Film

Joseph L. Mankiewicz A Letter to Three Wives

Special awards

Honorary Life Member Recipient

Rex Ingram

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