Academy Award:
Best Director Oscar

  
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HURT LOCKER - Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle (2008)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - Joel & Ethan Coen (2007)
THE DEPARTED - Martin Scorsese (2006)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Ang Lee (2005)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Clint Eastwood (2004)
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - Peter Jackson (2003)
THE PIANIST - Roman Polanski (2002)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND - Ron Howard (2001)
TRAFFIC - Steven Soderbergh (2000)
AMERICAN BEAUTY - Sam Mendes (1999)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Steven Spielberg (1998)
TITANIC - James Cameron (1997)
THE ENGLISH PATIENT - Anthony Minghella (1996)
BRAVEHEART - Mel Gibson (1995)
FORREST GUMP - Robert Zemeckis (1994)
SCHINDLER'S LIST - Steven Spielberg (1993)
UNFORGIVEN - Clint Eastwood (1992)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Jonathan Demme (1991)
DANCES WITH WOLVES - Kevin Costner (1990)
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY - Oliver Stone (1989)
RAIN MAN - Barry Levinson (1988)
THE LAST EMPEROR - Bernardo Bertolucci (1987)
PLATOON - Oliver Stone (1986)
OUT OF AFRICA - Sydney Pollack (1985)
AMADEUS - Milos Forman (1984)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - James L. Brooks (1983)
GANDHI - Richard Attenborough (1982)
REDS - Warren Beatty (1981)
ORDINARY PEOPLE - Robert Redford (1980)
KRAMER VS. KRAMER - Robert Benton (1979)
THE DEER HUNTER - Michael Cimino (1978)
ANNIE HALL - Woody Allen (1977)
ROCKY - John G. Avildsen (1976)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Milos Forman (1975)
THE GODFATHER PART II - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
THE STING - George Roy Hill (1973)
CABARET - Bob Fosse (1972)
THE FRENCH CONNECTION - William Friedkin (1971)
PATTON - Franklin J. Schaffner (1970)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY - John Schlesinger (1969)
OLIVER! - Carol Reed (1968)
THE GRADUATE - Mike Nichols (1967)
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Fred Zinnemann (1966)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Robert Wise (1965)
MY FAIR LADY - George Cukor (1964)
TOM JONES - Tony Richardson (1963)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - David Lean (1962)
WEST SIDE STORY - Jerome Robbins , Robert Wise (1961)
THE APARTMENT - Billy Wilder (1960)
BEN-HUR - William Wyler (1959)
GIGI - Vincente Minnelli (1958)
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - David Lean (1957)
GIANT - George Stevens (1956)
MARTY - Delbert Mann (1955)
ON THE WATERFRONT - Elia Kazan (1954)
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Fred Zinnemann (1953)
THE QUIET MAN - John Ford (1952)
A PLACE IN THE SUN - George Stevens (1951)
ALL ABOUT EVE - Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949)
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - John Huston (1948)
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT - Elia Kazan (1947)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - William Wyler (1946)
THE LOST WEEKEND - Billy Wilder (1945)
GOING MY WAY - Leo McCarey (1944)
CASABLANCA - Michael Curtiz (1943)
MRS. MINIVER - William Wyler (1942)
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - John Ford (1941)
THE GRAPES OF WRATH - John Ford (1940)
GONE WITH THE WIND - Victor Fleming (1939)
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - Frank Capra (1938)
THE AWFUL TRUTH - Leo McCarey (1937)
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN - Frank Capra (1936)
THE INFORMER - John Ford (1935)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - Frank Capra (1934)
CAVALCADE - Frank Lloyd (1933)
BAD GIRL - Frank Borzage (1932)
SKIPPY - Norman Taurog (1931)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Lewis (1930)
THE DIVINE LADY - Frank Lloyd (1929)
THE CIRCUS - Charles Chaplin (Comedy) (1927)
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS - Lewis Milestone (Dramatic) (1927)
7TH HEAVEN - Frank Borzage (1927)