1949 DGA Awards – Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Winner and Nominees

A Letter to Three Wives

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

A letter is addressed to three wives from their “best friend” Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands…but she does not say which one.

Red River

Howard Hawks

The Search

Fred Zinnemann

The Snake Pit

Anatole Litvak