4th Directors Guild of America Awards

4th Directors Guild of America Awards
4th Directors Guild of America Awards
Date	1952
Country	United States
Presented by	Directors Guild of America
Highlights
Best Director Feature Film:	A Place in the Sun – George Stevens
Website	https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1951.aspx?value=1951

The 4th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film in 1951, were presented in 1952.

Winners and nominees

Feature Film
George Stevens – A Place in the Sun László Benedek – Death of a Salesman Michael Gordon – Cyrano de Bergerac Alfred Hitchcock – Strangers on a Train Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire Henry King – David and Bathsheba Mervyn LeRoy – Quo Vadis Anatole Litvak – Decision Before Dawn Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris George Sidney – Show Boat Richard Thorpe – The Great Caruso William Wyler – Detective Story

Honorary Life Member Recipient
Louis B. Mayer

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Film awards	Feature Film Documentaries First-Time Feature Film
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Special awards	Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film Lifetime Achievement in Television Frank Capra Achievement Award Honorary Life Member Robert B. Aldrich Service Award Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award Preston Sturges Award Diversity Award Presidents Award
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