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18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966)
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DGA Awards 1966 Winners & Nominees

The 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966) took place on February 12, 1966. The Sound of Music won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. Every winner and nominee in the one category is below.

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Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
The Sound of Music
Full results

The One DGA Awards 1966 Category: Winners & Nominees

The Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominees of the 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966), with the winner on a green row.

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The DGA Awards 1966 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Marathon

All 4 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film nominees at the 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966), back to back: 8 hours 14 minutes.

Total running time 8h 14m 8 hours 14 minutes All 4 films
Longest
The Sound of Music 2h 52m
Shortest
Cat Ballou 1h 37m
1966 season

How the Rest of the 1966 Awards Season Voted

The other 3 ceremonies of 1966, with the winner of each top prize. The Sound of Music also won the top prize at one of them.

All 1966 awards
Earlier years

Previous DGA Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The DGA Awards page has every year back to 1948.

Every DGA Awards ceremony

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DGA Awards 1966: Questions & Answers

The top prize and the date of the 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966)?

The Sound of Music (1965) won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The other nominees were The Ipcress File, The Pawnbroker and Cat Ballou.

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When was the 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966)?

The 18th Directors Guild of America Awards (1966) took place on February 12, 1966. The database has 1 category and 4 nominations for it.