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

Winners and nominees Film Feature FilmGeorge 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

Special awards Honorary Life Member RecipientLouis B. Mayer

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