Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Academy Award for Directing is an Academy Award given to motion picture directorss. Winning Director first, followed by competing nominees 1927/1928 Frank Borzage - Seventh Heaven Herbert Brenon - Sorrell and Son King Vidor - The Crowd In the first year only a separate award was given for Comedy Direction 1927/1928 Lewis Milestone Two Arabian Knights Charles Chaplin - The Circus Ted Wilde - Speedy (movie) 1928/1929 Frank Lloyd - The Divine Lady, Weary River and Drag Lionel Barrymore - Madame X Harry Beaumont - Broadway Melody Irving Cummings - In Old Arizona Ernst Lubitsch - The Patriot 1929/1930 Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front Clarence Brown - Anna Christie Clarence Brown - Romance Robert Z. Leonard - The Divorcée Ernst Lubitsch - The Love Parade King Vidor - Hallelujah 1930/1931 Norman Taurog - Skippy Clarence Brown - A Free Soul Lewis Milestone - The Front Page Wesley Ruggles - Cimarron Josef von Sternberg - Morocco 1931/1932 Frank Borzage - Bad Girl King Vidor - The Champ Josef von Sternberg - Shanghai Express 1932/1933 Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade Frank Capra - Lady for a Day George Cukor - Little Women 1934 Frank Capra - It Happened One Night Victor Schertzinger - One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke - The Thin Man 1935 John Ford - The Informer Henry Hathaway - Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd - Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gregory La Cava - My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard - The Great Ziegfeld Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke - San Francisco William Wyler - Dodsworth 1937 Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth William Dieterle - The Life of Emile Zola Sidney Franklin - The Good Earth Gregory La Cava - Stage Door William Wellman - A Star Is Born 1938 Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You Michael Curtiz - Angels With Dirty Faces Michael Curtiz - Four Daughters Norman Taurog - Boys Town King Vidor - The Citadel 1939 Victor Fleming - Gone With the Wind Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Ford - Stagecoach Sam Wood - Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Wyler - Wuthering Heights 1940 John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca Sam Wood - Kitty Foyle William Wyler - The Letter 1941 John Ford - How Green Was My Valley Alexander Hall - Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks - Sergeant York Orson Welles - Citizen Kane William Wyler - The Little Foxes 1942 William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver Michael Curtiz - Yankee Doodle Dandy John Farrow - Wake Island Mervyn LeRoy - Random Harvest Sam Wood - Kings Row 1943 Michael Curtiz - Casablanca Clarence Brown - The Human Comedy Henry King - The Song of Bernadette Ernst Lubitsch - Heaven Can Wait George Stevens - The More the Merrier 1944 Leo McCarey - Going My Way Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat Henry King - Wilson Otto Preminger - Laura Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity 1945 Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend Clarence Brown - National Velvet Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's Jean Renoir - The Southerner 1946 William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives Clarence Brown - The Yearling Frank Capra - It's a Wonderful Life David Lean - Brief Encounter Robert Siodmak - The Killers 1947 Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement George Cukor - A Double Life Edward Dmytryk - Crossfire Henry Koster - The Bishop's Wife David Lean - Great Expectations 1948 John Huston - Treasure of the Sierra Madre Anatole Litvak - The Snake Pit Jean Negulesco - Johnny Belinda Laurence Olivier - Hamlet Fred Zinnemann - The Search 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives Carol Reed - The Fallen Idol Robert Rossen - All the King's Men William A. Wellman - Battleground William Wyler - The Heiress 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve George Cukor - Born Yesterday John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle Carol Reed - The Third Man Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard 1951 George Stevens - A Place in the Sun John Huston - The African Queen Elia Kazan - A Streetcar Named Desire Vincente Minnelli - An American in Paris William Wyler - Detective Story 1952 John Ford - The Quiet Man Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show on Earth John Huston - Moulin Rouge Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Five Fingers Fred Zinnemann - High Noon 1953 Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity George Stevens - Shane Charles Walters - Lili Billy Wilder - Stalag 17 William Wyler - Roman Holiday 1954 Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window George Seaton - The Country Girl William Wellman - The High and the Mighty Billy Wilder - Sabrina 1955 Delbert Mann - Marty Elia Kazan - East of Eden David Lean - Summertime Joshua Logan - Picnic John Sturges - Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 George Stevens - Giant Michael Anderson - Around the World in Eighty Days Walter Lang - The King and I King Vidor - War and Peace William Wyler - Friendly Persuasion 1957 David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai Joshua Logan - Sayonara Sidney Lumet - Twelve Angry Men Mark Robson - Peyton Place Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution 1958 Vincente Minnelli - Gigi Richard Brooks - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Stanley Kramer - The Defiant Ones Mark Robson - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Robert Wise - I Want to Live 1959 William Wyler - Ben-Hur Jack Clayton - Room at the Top George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story 1960 Billy Wilder - The Apartment Jack Cardiff - Sons and Lovers Jules Dassin - Never on Sunday Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho Fred Zinnemann - The Sundowners 1961 Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins - West Side Story Federico Fellini - La Dolce Vita Stanley Kramer - Judgment at Nuremberg Robert Rossen - The Hustler J. Lee Thompson - The Guns of Navarone 1962 David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia Pietro Germi - Divorce - Italian Style Robert Mulligan - To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur Penn - The Miracle Worker Frank Perry - David and Lisa 1963 Tony Richardson - Tom Jones Federico Fellini - 8½ Elia Kazan - America, America Otto Preminger - The Cardinal Martin Ritt - Hud 1964 George Cukor - My Fair Lady Michael Cacoyannis - Zorba the Greek Peter Glenville - Becket Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Robert Stevenson - Mary Poppins 1965 Robert Wise - The Sound of Music David Lean - Doctor Zhivago John Schlesinger - Darling Hiroshi Teshigahara - Woman in the Dunes William Wyler - The Collector 1966 Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons Michelangelo Antonioni - Blow-Up Richard Brooks - The Professionals Claude Lelouch - A Man and a Woman Mile Nichols - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1967 Mike Nichols - The Graduate Richard Brooks - In Cold Blood Norman Jewison - In the Heat of the Night Stanley Kramer - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Arthur Penn - Bonnie and Clyde 1968 Carol Reed - Oliver Anthony Harvey - The Lion in Winter Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey Gillo Pontecorvo - The Battle of Algiers Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet 1969 John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy Costa-Gavras - Z George Roy Hill - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Arthur Penn - Alice's Restaurant Sydney Pollack - They Shoot Horses, Don't They 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton Robert Altman - M*A*S*H Federico Fellini - Satyricon Arthur Hiller - Love Story Ken Russell - Women in Love 1971 William Friedkin - The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison - Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange John Schlesinger - Sunday, Bloody Sunday 1972 Bob Fosse - Cabaret John Boorman - Deliverance Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Sleuth Jan Troell - The Emigrants 1973 George Roy Hill - The Sting Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris William Friedkin - The Exorcist George Lucas - American Graffiti 1974 Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II John Cassavetes - A Woman Under the Influence Bob Fosse - Lenny Roman Polanski - Chinatown François Truffaut - Day for Night 1975 Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Robert Altman - Nashville Federico Fellini - Amarcord Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon 1976 John G. Avildsen - Rocky Ingmar Bergman - Face to Face Sidney Lumet - Network Alan J. Pakula - All the President's Men Lina Wertmüller - Seven Beauties 1977 Woody Allen - Annie Hall George Lucas - Star Wars Herbert Ross - The Turning Point Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann - Julia 1978 Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter Woody Allen - Interiors Hal Ashby - Coming Home Warren Beatty, Buck Henry - Heaven Can Wait Alan Parker - Midnight Express 1979 Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer Francis Coppola - Apocalypse Now Bob Fosse - All That Jazz Edouard Molinaro - La Cage aux Folles Peter Yates - Breaking Away 1980 Robert Redford - Ordinary People David Lynch - The Elephant Man Roman Polanski - Tess Richard Rush - The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull 1981 Warren Beatty - Reds Hugh Hudson - Chariots of Fire Louis Malle - Atlantic City Mark Rydell - On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Richard Attenborough - Gandhi Sidney Lumet - The Verdict Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot Sidney Pollack - Tootsie Steven Spielberg - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1983 James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment Bruce Beresford - Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander Mike Nichols - Silkwood Peter Yates - The Dresser 1984 Milos Forman - Amadeus Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose Robert Benton - Places in the Heart Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields David Lean - A Passage to India 1985 Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa Hector Babenco - Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston - Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa - Ran Peter Weir - Witness 1986 Oliver Stone - Platoon Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters James Ivory - A Room with a View Roland Joffe - The Mission David Lynch - Blue Velvet 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor John Boorman - Hope and Glory Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog Norman Jewison - Moonstruck Adrian Lyne - Fatal Attraction 1988 Barry Levinson - Rain Man Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ Alan Parker - Mississippi Burning Mike Nichols - Working Girl 1989 Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society Kenneth Branagh - Henry V Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot 1990 Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather: Part III Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas Stephen Frears - The Grifters Barbet Schroeder - Reversal of Fortune 1991 Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs John Singleton - Boyz N the Hood James Toback - Bugsy Oliver Stone - JFK Ridley Scott - Thelma and Louise 1992 Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Neil Jordan - The Crying Game James Ivory - Howards End Robert Altman - The Player Martin Brest - Scent of a Woman 1993 Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List Jim Sheridan - In the Name of the Father Jane Campion - The Piano James Ivory - The Remains of the Day Robert Altman - Short Cuts 1994 Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Woody Allen - Bullets Over Broadway Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Robert Redford - Quiz Show Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski - Trois Couleurs Rouge 1995 Mel Gibson - Braveheart Chris Noonan - Babe Tim Robbins - Dead Man Walking Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas Michael Radford - Il Postino a.k.a. The Postman 1996 Anthony Minghella - The English Patient) Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt Joel Coen - Fargo Mike Leigh - Secrets and Lies Scott Hicks - Shine 1997 James Cameron - Titanic Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter 1998 Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan John Madden - Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line Peter Weir - The Truman Show Roberto Benigni - La Vita è Bella a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful 1999 Sam Mendes - American Beauty Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich Lasse Halström - The Cider House Rules Michael Mann - The Insider M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense 2000 Steven Soderbergh - Traffic Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich Ridley Scott - Gladiator Ang Lee - Wo hu cang long a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down Robert Altman - Gosford Park Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring David Lynch - Mulholland Drive 2002 Roman Polanski - The Pianist Rob Marshall - Chicago Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York Pedro Almodóvar - Hable con ella Stephen Daldry - The Hours See also Academy Awards This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.