rank                  name                            film       year        date of birth       date of award
0     1         norman taurog                          skippy  1930 / 31   february 23 , 1899  november 10 , 1931
1     2       lewis milestone             two arabian knights  1927 / 28  september 30 , 1895       may 16 , 1929
2     3            sam mendes                 american beauty       1999      august 1 , 1965     march 26 , 2000
3     4         frank borzage                      7th heaven  1927 / 28      april 23 , 1894       may 16 , 1929
4     5       lewis milestone  all quiet on the western front  1929 / 30  september 30 , 1895   november 5 , 1930
5     6       tony richardson                       tom jones       1963        june 5 , 1928     april 13 , 1964
6     7  francis ford coppola           the godfather part ii       1974       april 7 , 1939      april 8 , 1975
7     8          delbert mann                           marty       1955    january 30 , 1920     march 21 , 1956
8     9         kevin costner              dances with wolves       1990    january 18 , 1955     march 25 , 1991

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