Academy Award for Best Director

Table columns:
Year
Director(s)
Film
Ref.

Table rows:
cells: 1920s
1920s
1920s
1920s
1920s
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Borzage !Frank Borzage (Dramatic)
7th Heaven
[11]
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Brenon !Herbert Brenon (Dramatic)
Sorrell and Son
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Vidor !King Vidor (Dramatic)
Crowd !The Crowd
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Milestone !Lewis Milestone (Comedy)
Two Arabian Knights
cells: 1927/28 (1st)
Wilde !Ted Wilde (Comedy)
Speedy
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Lloyd !Frank Lloyd
Divine !The Divine Lady
[12]
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Barrymore !Lionel Barrymore
Madame X
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Beaumont !Harry Beaumont
Broadway !The Broadway Melody
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Cummings !Irving Cummings
In Old Arizona
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Lloyd !Frank Lloyd
Drag
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Weary River
cells: 1928/1929 (2nd) [note 1]
Lubitsch !Ernst Lubitsch
Patriot !The Patriot
cells: 1930s
1930s
1930s
1930s
1930s
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Milestone !Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front
[13]
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Brown !Clarence Brown
Anna Christie
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Romance
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Leonard !Robert Z. Leonard
Divorcee !The Divorcee
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Lubitsch !Ernst Lubitsch
Love !The Love Parade
cells: 1929/1930 (3rd)
Vidor !King Vidor
Hallelujah!
cells: 1930/1931 (4th)
Taurog !Norman Taurog
Skippy
[14]
cells: 1930/1931 (4th)
Brown !Clarence Brown
Free !A Free Soul
cells: 1930/1931 (4th)
Milestone !Lewis Milestone
Front !The Front Page
cells: 1930/1931 (4th)
Ruggles !Wesley Ruggles
Cimarron
cells: 1930/1931 (4th)
Sternberg !Josef von Sternberg
Morocco
cells: 1931/1932 (5th)
Borzage !Frank Borzage
Bad Girl
[15]
cells: 1931/1932 (5th)
Vidor !King Vidor
Champ !The Champ
cells: 1931/1932 (5th)
Sternberg !Josef von Sternberg
Shanghai Express
cells: 1932/1933 (6th)
Lloyd !Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade
[16]
cells: 1932/1933 (6th)
Capra !Frank Capra
Lady for a Day
cells: 1932/1933 (6th)
Cukor !George Cukor
Little Women
cells: 1934 (7th)
Capra !Frank Capra
It Happened One Night
[17]
cells: 1934 (7th)
Schertzinger !Victor Schertzinger
One Night of Love
cells: 1934 (7th)
Van Dyke !W. S. Van Dyke
Thin !The Thin Man
cells: 1935 (8th)
Ford !John Ford
Informer !The Informer
[18]
cells: 1935 (8th)
Hathaway !Henry Hathaway
Lives !The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
cells: 1935 (8th)
Lloyd !Frank Lloyd
Mutiny on the Bounty
cells: 1936 (9th)
Capra !Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
[19]
cells: 1936 (9th)
La Cava !Gregory La Cava
My Man Godfrey
cells: 1936 (9th)
Leonard !Robert Z. Leonard
Great !The Great Ziegfeld
cells: 1936 (9th)
Van Dyke !W. S. Van Dyke
San Francisco
cells: 1936 (9th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Dodsworth
cells: 1937 (10th)
McCarey !Leo McCarey
Awful !The Awful Truth
[20]
cells: 1937 (10th)
Dieterle !William Dieterle
Life !The Life of Emile Zola
cells: 1937 (10th)
Franklin !Sidney Franklin
Good !The Good Earth
cells: 1937 (10th)
La Cava !Gregory La Cava
Stage Door
cells: 1937 (10th)
Wellman !William A. Wellman
Star !A Star Is Born
cells: 1938 (11th)
Capra !Frank Capra
You Can't Take It with You
[21]
cells: 1938 (11th)
Curtiz !Michael Curtiz
Angels with Dirty Faces
cells: 1938 (11th)
Four Daughters
cells: 1938 (11th)
Taurog !Norman Taurog
Boys Town
cells: 1938 (11th)
Vidor !King Vidor
Citadel !The Citadel
cells: 1939 (12th)
Fleming !Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind
[22]
cells: 1939 (12th)
Capra !Frank Capra
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
cells: 1939 (12th)
Ford !John Ford
Stagecoach
cells: 1939 (12th)
Wood !Sam Wood
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
cells: 1939 (12th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Wuthering Heights
cells: 1940s
1940s
1940s
1940s
1940s
cells: 1940 (13th)
Ford !John Ford
Grapes !The Grapes of Wrath
[23]
cells: 1940 (13th)
Cukor !George Cukor
Philadelphia !The Philadelphia Story
cells: 1940 (13th)
Hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca
cells: 1940 (13th)
Wood !Sam Wood
Kitty Foyle
cells: 1940 (13th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Letter !The Letter
cells: 1941 (14th)
Ford !John Ford
How Green Was My Valley
[24]
cells: 1941 (14th)
Hall !Alexander Hall
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
cells: 1941 (14th)
Hawks !Howard Hawks
Sergeant York
cells: 1941 (14th)
Welles !Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
cells: 1941 (14th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Little !The Little Foxes
cells: 1942 (15th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver
[25]
cells: 1942 (15th)
Curtiz !Michael Curtiz
Yankee Doodle Dandy
cells: 1942 (15th)
Farrow !John Farrow
Wake Island
cells: 1942 (15th)
LeRoy !Mervyn LeRoy
Random Harvest
cells: 1942 (15th)
Wood !Sam Wood
Kings Row
cells: 1943 (16th)
Curtiz !Michael Curtiz
Casablanca
[26]
cells: 1943 (16th)
Brown !Clarence Brown
Human !The Human Comedy
cells: 1943 (16th)
King !Henry King
Song !The Song of Bernadette
cells: 1943 (16th)
Lubitsch !Ernst Lubitsch
Heaven Can Wait
cells: 1943 (16th)
Stevens !George Stevens
More !The More the Merrier
cells: 1944 (17th)
McCarey !Leo McCarey
Going My Way
[27]
cells: 1944 (17th)
Hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock
Lifeboat
cells: 1944 (17th)
King !Henry King
Wilson
cells: 1944 (17th)
Preminger !Otto Preminger
Laura
cells: 1944 (17th)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Double Indemnity
cells: 1945 (18th)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Lost !The Lost Weekend
[28]
cells: 1945 (18th)
Brown !Clarence Brown
National Velvet
cells: 1945 (18th)
Hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock
Spellbound
cells: 1945 (18th)
McCarey !Leo McCarey
Bells !The Bells of St. Mary's
cells: 1945 (18th)
Renoir !Jean Renoir
Southerner !The Southerner
cells: 1946 (19th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Best !The Best Years of Our Lives
[29]
cells: 1946 (19th)
Brown !Clarence Brown
Yearling !The Yearling
cells: 1946 (19th)
Capra !Frank Capra
It's a Wonderful Life
cells: 1946 (19th)
Lean !David Lean
Brief Encounter
cells: 1946 (19th)
Siodmak !Robert Siodmak
Killers !The Killers
cells: 1947 (20th)
Kazan !Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement
[30]
cells: 1947 (20th)
Cukor !George Cukor
Double !A Double Life
cells: 1947 (20th)
Dmytryk !Edward Dmytryk
Crossfire
cells: 1947 (20th)
Koster !Henry Koster
Bishop !The Bishop's Wife
cells: 1947 (20th)
Lean !David Lean
Great Expectations
cells: 1948 (21st)
Huston !John Huston
Treasure !The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
[31]
cells: 1948 (21st)
Litvak !Anatole Litvak
Snake !The Snake Pit
cells: 1948 (21st)
Negulesco !Jean Negulesco
Johnny Belinda
cells: 1948 (21st)
Olivier !Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
cells: 1948 (21st)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
Search !The Search
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Mankiewicz !Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Letter !A Letter to Three Wives
[32]
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Reed !Carol Reed
Fallen !The Fallen Idol
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Rossen !Robert Rossen
All the King's Men
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Wellman !William A. Wellman
Battleground
cells: 1949 (22nd)
Wyler !William Wyler
Heiress !The Heiress
cells: 1950s
1950s
1950s
1950s
1950s
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Mankiewicz !Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
[33]
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Cukor !George Cukor
Born Yesterday
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Huston !John Huston
Asphalt !The Asphalt Jungle
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Reed !Carol Reed
Man !The Third Man
cells: 1950 (23rd)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard
cells: 1951 (24th)
Stevens !George Stevens
Place !A Place in the Sun
[34]
cells: 1951 (24th)
Huston !John Huston
African !The African Queen
cells: 1951 (24th)
Kazan !Elia Kazan
Streetcar !A Streetcar Named Desire
cells: 1951 (24th)
Minnelli !Vincente Minnelli
American !An American in Paris
cells: 1951 (24th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Detective Story
cells: 1952 (25th)
Ford !John Ford
Quiet !The Quiet Man
[35]
cells: 1952 (25th)
DeMille !Cecil B. DeMille
Greatest !The Greatest Show on Earth
cells: 1952 (25th)
Huston !John Huston
Moulin Rouge
cells: 1952 (25th)
Mankiewicz !Joseph L. Mankiewicz
5 Fingers
cells: 1952 (25th)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
High Noon
cells: 1953 (26th)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity
[36]
cells: 1953 (26th)
Stevens !George Stevens
Shane
cells: 1953 (26th)
Walters !Charles Walters
Lili
cells: 1953 (26th)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Stalag 17
cells: 1953 (26th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Roman Holiday
cells: 1954 (27th)
Kazan !Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront
[37]
cells: 1954 (27th)
Hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window
cells: 1954 (27th)
Seaton !George Seaton
Country !The Country Girl
cells: 1954 (27th)
Wellman !William A. Wellman
High !The High and the Mighty
cells: 1954 (27th)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Sabrina
cells: 1955 (28th)
Mann !Delbert Mann
Marty
[38]
cells: 1955 (28th)
Kazan !Elia Kazan
East of Eden
cells: 1955 (28th)
Lean !David Lean
Summertime
cells: 1955 (28th)
Logan !Joshua Logan
Picnic
cells: 1955 (28th)
Sturges !John Sturges
Bad Day at Black Rock
cells: 1956 (29th)
Stevens !George Stevens
Giant
[39]
cells: 1956 (29th)
Anderson !Michael Anderson
Around the World in 80 Days
cells: 1956 (29th)
Lang !Walter Lang
King !The King and I
cells: 1956 (29th)
Vidor !King Vidor
War and Peace
cells: 1956 (29th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion
cells: 1957 (30th)
Lean !David Lean
Bridge !The Bridge on the River Kwai
[40]
cells: 1957 (30th)
Logan !Joshua Logan
Sayonara
cells: 1957 (30th)
Lumet !Sidney Lumet
12 Angry Men
cells: 1957 (30th)
Robson !Mark Robson
Peyton Place
cells: 1957 (30th)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Witness for the Prosecution
cells: 1958 (31st)
Minnelli !Vincente Minnelli
Gigi
[41]
cells: 1958 (31st)
Brooks !Richard Brooks
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
cells: 1958 (31st)
Kramer !Stanley Kramer
Defiant !The Defiant Ones
cells: 1958 (31st)
Robson !Mark Robson
Inn !The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
cells: 1958 (31st)
Wise !Robert Wise
I Want to Live!
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Wyler !William Wyler
Ben-Hur
[42]
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Clayton !Jack Clayton
Room at the Top
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Stevens !George Stevens
Diary !The Diary of Anne Frank
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Some Like It Hot
cells: 1959 (32nd)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
Nun's !The Nun's Story
cells: 1960s
1960s
1960s
1960s
1960s
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Wilder !Billy Wilder
Apartment !The Apartment
[43]
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Cardiff !Jack Cardiff
Sons and Lovers
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Dassin !Jules Dassin
Never on Sunday
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Hitchcock !Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho
cells: 1960 (33rd)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
Sundowners !The Sundowners
cells: 1961 (34th)
Wise !Robert Wise Robbins !Jerome Robbins
West Side Story
[44]
cells: 1961 (34th)
Fellini !Federico Fellini
La Dolce Vita
cells: 1961 (34th)
Kramer !Stanley Kramer
Judgment at Nuremberg
cells: 1961 (34th)
Rossen !Robert Rossen
Hustler !The Hustler
cells: 1961 (34th)
Thompson !J. Lee Thompson
Guns !The Guns of Navarone
cells: 1962 (35th)
Lean !David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia
[45]
cells: 1962 (35th)
Germi !Pietro Germi
Divorce Italian Style
cells: 1962 (35th)
Mulligan !Robert Mulligan
To Kill a Mockingbird
cells: 1962 (35th)
Penn !Arthur Penn
Miracle !The Miracle Worker
cells: 1962 (35th)
Perry !Frank Perry
David and Lisa
cells: 1963 (36th)
Richardson !Tony Richardson
Tom Jones
[46]
cells: 1963 (36th)
Fellini !Federico Fellini
8½
cells: 1963 (36th)
Kazan !Elia Kazan
America America
cells: 1963 (36th)
Preminger !Otto Preminger
Cardinal !The Cardinal
cells: 1963 (36th)
Ritt !Martin Ritt
Hud
cells: 1964 (37th)
Cukor !George Cukor
My Fair Lady
[47]
cells: 1964 (37th)
Cacoyannis !Michael Cacoyannis
Zorba the Greek
cells: 1964 (37th)
Glenville !Peter Glenville
Becket
cells: 1964 (37th)
Kubrick !Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
cells: 1964 (37th)
Stevenson !Robert Stevenson
Mary Poppins
cells: 1965 (38th)
Wise !Robert Wise
Sound !The Sound of Music
[48]
cells: 1965 (38th)
Lean !David Lean
Doctor Zhivago
cells: 1965 (38th)
Schlesinger !John Schlesinger
Darling
cells: 1965 (38th)
Teshigahara !Hiroshi Teshigahara
Woman !Woman in the Dunes
cells: 1965 (38th)
Wyler !William Wyler
Collector !The Collector
cells: 1966 (39th)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
Man !A Man for All Seasons
[49]
cells: 1966 (39th)
Antonioni !Michelangelo Antonioni
Blowup
cells: 1966 (39th)
Brooks !Richard Brooks
Professionals !The Professionals
cells: 1966 (39th)
Lelouch !Claude Lelouch
Man !A Man and a Woman
cells: 1966 (39th)
Nichols !Mike Nichols
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
cells: 1967 (40th)
Nichols !Mike Nichols
Graduate !The Graduate
[50]
cells: 1967 (40th)
Brooks !Richard Brooks
In Cold Blood
cells: 1967 (40th)
Jewison !Norman Jewison
In the Heat of the Night
cells: 1967 (40th)
Kramer !Stanley Kramer
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
cells: 1967 (40th)
Penn !Arthur Penn
Bonnie and Clyde
cells: 1968 (41st)
Reed !Carol Reed
Oliver!
[51]
cells: 1968 (41st)
Harvey !Anthony Harvey
Lion !The Lion in Winter
cells: 1968 (41st)
Kubrick !Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey
cells: 1968 (41st)
Pontecorvo !Gillo Pontecorvo
Battle !The Battle of Algiers
cells: 1968 (41st)
Zeffirelli !Franco Zeffirelli
Romeo and Juliet
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Schlesinger !John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy
[52]
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Gavras !Costa-Gavras
Z
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Hill !George Roy Hill
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Penn !Arthur Penn
Alice's Restaurant
cells: 1969 (42nd)
Pollack !Sydney Pollack
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
cells: 1970s
1970s
1970s
1970s
1970s
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Schaffner !Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton
[53]
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Altman !Robert Altman
M*A*S*H
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Fellini !Federico Fellini
Fellini Satyricon
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Hiller !Arthur Hiller
Love Story
cells: 1970 (43rd)
Russell !Ken Russell
Women in Love
cells: 1971 (44th)
Friedkin !William Friedkin
French !The French Connection
[54]
cells: 1971 (44th)
Bogdanovich !Peter Bogdanovich
Last !The Last Picture Show
cells: 1971 (44th)
Jewison !Norman Jewison
Fiddler on the Roof
cells: 1971 (44th)
Kubrick !Stanley Kubrick
Clockwork !A Clockwork Orange
cells: 1971 (44th)
Schlesinger !John Schlesinger
Sunday Bloody Sunday
cells: 1972 (45th)
Fosse !Bob Fosse
Cabaret
[55]
cells: 1972 (45th)
Boorman !John Boorman
Deliverance
cells: 1972 (45th)
Coppola !Francis Ford Coppola
Godfather !The Godfather
cells: 1972 (45th)
Mankiewicz !Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sleuth
cells: 1972 (45th)
Troell !Jan Troell
Emigrants !The Emigrants
cells: 1973 (46th)
Hill !George Roy Hill
Sting !The Sting
[56]
cells: 1973 (46th)
Bergman !Ingmar Bergman
Cries and Whispers
cells: 1973 (46th)
Bertolucci !Bernardo Bertolucci
Last Tango in Paris
cells: 1973 (46th)
Friedkin !William Friedkin
Exorcist !The Exorcist
cells: 1973 (46th)
Lucas !George Lucas
American Graffiti
cells: 1974 (47th)
Coppola !Francis Ford Coppola
Godfather !The Godfather Part II
[57]
cells: 1974 (47th)
Cassavetes !John Cassavetes
Woman !A Woman Under the Influence
cells: 1974 (47th)
Fosse !Bob Fosse
Lenny
cells: 1974 (47th)
Polanski !Roman Polanski
Chinatown
cells: 1974 (47th)
Truffaut !François Truffaut
Day for Night
cells: 1975 (48th)
Forman !Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[58]
cells: 1975 (48th)
Altman !Robert Altman
Nashville
cells: 1975 (48th)
Fellini !Federico Fellini
Amarcord
cells: 1975 (48th)
Kubrick !Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon
cells: 1975 (48th)
Lumet !Sidney Lumet
Dog Day Afternoon
cells: 1976 (49th)
Avildsen !John G. Avildsen
Rocky
[59]
cells: 1976 (49th)
Bergman !Ingmar Bergman
Face to Face
cells: 1976 (49th)
Lumet !Sidney Lumet
Network
cells: 1976 (49th)
Pakula !Alan J. Pakula
All the President's Men
cells: 1976 (49th)
Wertmüller !Lina Wertmüller
Seven Beauties
cells: 1977 (50th)
Allen !Woody Allen
Annie Hall
[60]
cells: 1977 (50th)
Lucas !George Lucas
Star Wars
cells: 1977 (50th)
Ross !Herbert Ross
Turning !The Turning Point
cells: 1977 (50th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
cells: 1977 (50th)
Zinnemann !Fred Zinnemann
Julia
cells: 1978 (51st)
Cimino !Michael Cimino
Deer !The Deer Hunter
[61]
cells: 1978 (51st)
Allen !Woody Allen
Interiors
cells: 1978 (51st)
Ashby !Hal Ashby
Coming Home
cells: 1978 (51st)
Beatty !Warren Beatty Henry !Buck Henry
Heaven Can Wait
cells: 1978 (51st)
Parker !Alan Parker
Midnight Express
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Benton !Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer
[62]
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Coppola !Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Fosse !Bob Fosse
All That Jazz
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Molinaro !Édouard Molinaro
La Cage aux Folles
cells: 1979 (52nd)
Yates !Peter Yates
Breaking Away
cells: 1980s
1980s
1980s
1980s
1980s
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Redford !Robert Redford
Ordinary People
[63]
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Lynch !David Lynch
Elephant !The Elephant Man
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Polanski !Roman Polanski
Tess
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Rush !Richard Rush
Stunt !The Stunt Man
cells: 1980 (53rd)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Raging Bull
cells: 1981 (54th)
Beatty !Warren Beatty
Reds
[64]
cells: 1981 (54th)
Hudson !Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire
cells: 1981 (54th)
Malle !Louis Malle
Atlantic City
cells: 1981 (54th)
Rydell !Mark Rydell
On Golden Pond
cells: 1981 (54th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Raiders of the Lost Ark
cells: 1982 (55th)
Attenborough !Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
[65]
cells: 1982 (55th)
Lumet !Sidney Lumet
Verdict !The Verdict
cells: 1982 (55th)
Petersen !Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot
cells: 1982 (55th)
Pollack !Sydney Pollack
Tootsie
cells: 1982 (55th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
cells: 1983 (56th)
Brooks !James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment
[66]
cells: 1983 (56th)
Beresford !Bruce Beresford
Tender Mercies
cells: 1983 (56th)
Bergman !Ingmar Bergman
Fanny and Alexander
cells: 1983 (56th)
Nichols !Mike Nichols
Silkwood
cells: 1983 (56th)
Yates !Peter Yates
Dresser !The Dresser
cells: 1984 (57th)
Forman !Miloš Forman
Amadeus
[67]
cells: 1984 (57th)
Allen !Woody Allen
Broadway Danny Rose
cells: 1984 (57th)
Benton !Robert Benton
Places in the Heart
cells: 1984 (57th)
Joffé !Roland Joffé
Killing !The Killing Fields
cells: 1984 (57th)
Lean !David Lean
Passage !A Passage to India
cells: 1985 (58th)
Pollack !Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
[68]
cells: 1985 (58th)
Babenco !Héctor Babenco
Kiss of the Spider Woman
cells: 1985 (58th)
Huston !John Huston
Prizzi's Honor
cells: 1985 (58th)
Kurosawa !Akira Kurosawa
Ran
cells: 1985 (58th)
Weir !Peter Weir
Witness
cells: 1986 (59th)
Stone !Oliver Stone
Platoon
[69]
cells: 1986 (59th)
Allen !Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters
cells: 1986 (59th)
Ivory !James Ivory
Room !A Room with a View
cells: 1986 (59th)
Joffé !Roland Joffé
Mission !The Mission
cells: 1986 (59th)
Lynch !David Lynch
Blue Velvet
cells: 1987 (60th)
Bertolucci !Bernardo Bertolucci
Emperor !The Last Emperor
[70]
cells: 1987 (60th)
Boorman !John Boorman
Hope and Glory
cells: 1987 (60th)
Hallström !Lasse Hallström
My Life as a Dog
cells: 1987 (60th)
Jewison !Norman Jewison
Moonstruck
cells: 1987 (60th)
Lyne !Adrian Lyne
Fatal Attraction
cells: 1988 (61st)
Levinson !Barry Levinson
Rain Man
[71]
cells: 1988 (61st)
Crichton !Charles Crichton
Fish !A Fish Called Wanda
cells: 1988 (61st)
Nichols !Mike Nichols
Working Girl
cells: 1988 (61st)
Parker !Alan Parker
Mississippi Burning
cells: 1988 (61st)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Last !The Last Temptation of Christ
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Stone !Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July
[72]
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Allen !Woody Allen
Crimes and Misdemeanors
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Branagh !Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Sheridan !Jim Sheridan
My Left Foot
cells: 1989 (62nd)
Weir !Peter Weir
Dead Poets Society
cells: 1990s
1990s
1990s
1990s
1990s
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Costner !Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves
[73]
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Coppola !Francis Ford Coppola
Godfather !The Godfather Part III
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Frears !Stephen Frears
Grifters !The Grifters
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Schroeder !Barbet Schroeder
Reversal of Fortune
cells: 1990 (63rd)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas
cells: 1991 (64th)
Demme !Jonathan Demme
Silence !The Silence of the Lambs
[74]
cells: 1991 (64th)
Levinson !Barry Levinson
Bugsy
cells: 1991 (64th)
Scott !Ridley Scott
Thelma & Louise
cells: 1991 (64th)
Singleton !John Singleton
Boyz n the Hood
cells: 1991 (64th)
Stone !Oliver Stone
JFK
cells: 1992 (65th)
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven
[75]
cells: 1992 (65th)
Altman !Robert Altman
Player !The Player
cells: 1992 (65th)
Brest !Martin Brest
Scent of a Woman
cells: 1992 (65th)
Ivory !James Ivory
Howards End
cells: 1992 (65th)
Jordan !Neil Jordan
Crying !The Crying Game
cells: 1993 (66th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List
[76]
cells: 1993 (66th)
Altman !Robert Altman
Short Cuts
cells: 1993 (66th)
Campion !Jane Campion
Piano !The Piano
cells: 1993 (66th)
Ivory !James Ivory
Remains !The Remains of the Day
cells: 1993 (66th)
Sheridan !Jim Sheridan
In the Name of the Father
cells: 1994 (67th)
Zemeckis !Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump
[77]
cells: 1994 (67th)
Allen !Woody Allen
Bullets over Broadway
cells: 1994 (67th)
Kieślowski !Krzysztof Kieślowski
Three Colors: Red
cells: 1994 (67th)
Redford !Robert Redford
Quiz Show
cells: 1994 (67th)
Tarantino !Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
cells: 1995 (68th)
Gibson !Mel Gibson
Braveheart
[78]
cells: 1995 (68th)
Figgis !Mike Figgis
Leaving Las Vegas
cells: 1995 (68th)
Noonan !Chris Noonan
Babe
cells: 1995 (68th)
Radford !Michael Radford
Il Postino: The Postman
cells: 1995 (68th)
Robbins !Tim Robbins
Dead Man Walking
cells: 1996 (69th)
Minghella !Anthony Minghella
English !The English Patient
[79]
cells: 1996 (69th)
Coen !Joel Coen
Fargo
cells: 1996 (69th)
Forman !Miloš Forman
People !The People vs. Larry Flynt
cells: 1996 (69th)
Hicks !Scott Hicks
Shine
cells: 1996 (69th)
Leigh !Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies
cells: 1997 (70th)
Cameron !James Cameron
Titanic
[80]
cells: 1997 (70th)
Cattaneo !Peter Cattaneo
Monty !The Full Monty
cells: 1997 (70th)
Egoyan !Atom Egoyan
Sweet !The Sweet Hereafter
cells: 1997 (70th)
Hanson !Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential
cells: 1997 (70th)
Van Sant !Gus Van Sant
Good Will Hunting
cells: 1998 (71st)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan
[81]
cells: 1998 (71st)
Benigni !Roberto Benigni
Life Is Beautiful
cells: 1998 (71st)
Madden !John Madden
Shakespeare in Love
cells: 1998 (71st)
Malick !Terrence Malick
Thin !The Thin Red Line
cells: 1998 (71st)
Weir !Peter Weir
Truman !The Truman Show
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Mendes !Sam Mendes
American Beauty
[82]
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Hallström !Lasse Hallström
Cider !The Cider House Rules
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Jonze !Spike Jonze
Being John Malkovich
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Mann !Michael Mann
Insider !The Insider
cells: 1999 (72nd)
Shyamalan !M. Night Shyamalan
Sixth !The Sixth Sense
cells: 2000s
2000s
2000s
2000s
2000s
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Soderbergh !Steven Soderbergh
Traffic
[83]
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Daldry !Stephen Daldry
Billy Elliot
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Lee !Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Scott !Ridley Scott
Gladiator
cells: 2000 (73rd)
Soderbergh !Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich
cells: 2001 (74th)
Howard !Ron Howard
Beautiful !A Beautiful Mind
[84]
cells: 2001 (74th)
Altman !Robert Altman
Gosford Park
cells: 2001 (74th)
Jackson !Peter Jackson
Lord !The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
cells: 2001 (74th)
Lynch !David Lynch
Mulholland Drive
cells: 2001 (74th)
Scott !Ridley Scott
Black Hawk Down
cells: 2002 (75th)
Polanski !Roman Polanski
Pianist !The Pianist
[85]
cells: 2002 (75th)
Almodóvar !Pedro Almodóvar
Talk to Her
cells: 2002 (75th)
Daldry !Stephen Daldry
Hours !The Hours
cells: 2002 (75th)
Marshall !Rob Marshall
Chicago
cells: 2002 (75th)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Gangs of New York
cells: 2003 (76th)
Jackson !Peter Jackson
Lord !The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
[86]
cells: 2003 (76th)
Coppola !Sofia Coppola
Lost in Translation
cells: 2003 (76th)
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood
Mystic River
cells: 2003 (76th)
Meirelles !Fernando Meirelles
City of God
cells: 2003 (76th)
Weir !Peter Weir
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
cells: 2004 (77th)
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby
[87]
cells: 2004 (77th)
Hackford !Taylor Hackford
Ray
cells: 2004 (77th)
Leigh !Mike Leigh
Vera Drake
cells: 2004 (77th)
Payne !Alexander Payne
Sideways
cells: 2004 (77th)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Aviator !The Aviator
cells: 2005 (78th)
Lee !Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
[88]
cells: 2005 (78th)
Clooney !George Clooney
Good Night, and Good Luck
cells: 2005 (78th)
Haggis !Paul Haggis
Crash
cells: 2005 (78th)
Miller !Bennett Miller
Capote
cells: 2005 (78th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Munich
cells: 2006 (79th)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Departed !The Departed
[89]
cells: 2006 (79th)
Eastwood !Clint Eastwood
Letters from Iwo Jima
cells: 2006 (79th)
Frears !Stephen Frears
Queen !The Queen
cells: 2006 (79th)
Greengrass !Paul Greengrass
United 93
cells: 2006 (79th)
Iñárritu !Alejandro González Iñárritu
Babel
cells: 2007 (80th)
Coen !Joel Coen Coen !Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
[90]
cells: 2007 (80th)
Anderson !Paul Thomas Anderson
There Will Be Blood
cells: 2007 (80th)
Gilroy !Tony Gilroy
Michael Clayton
cells: 2007 (80th)
Reitman !Jason Reitman
Juno
cells: 2007 (80th)
Schnabel !Julian Schnabel
Diving !The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
cells: 2008 (81st)
Boyle !Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire
[91]
cells: 2008 (81st)
Daldry !Stephen Daldry
Reader !The Reader
cells: 2008 (81st)
Fincher !David Fincher
Curious !The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
cells: 2008 (81st)
Howard !Ron Howard
Frost/Nixon
cells: 2008 (81st)
Van Sant !Gus Van Sant
Milk
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Bigelow !Kathryn Bigelow
Hurt !The Hurt Locker
[92]
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Cameron !James Cameron
Avatar
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Daniels !Lee Daniels
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Reitman !Jason Reitman
Up in the Air
cells: 2009 (82nd)
Tarantino !Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds
cells: 2010s
2010s
2010s
2010s
2010s
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Hooper !Tom Hooper
King's !The King's Speech
[93]
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Aronofsky !Darren Aronofsky
Black Swan
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Coen !Joel Coen Coen !Ethan Coen
True Grit
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Fincher !David Fincher
Social !The Social Network
cells: 2010 (83rd)
Russell !David O. Russell
Fighter !The Fighter
cells: 2011 (84th)
Hazanavicius !Michel Hazanavicius
Artist !The Artist
[94]
cells: 2011 (84th)
Allen !Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
cells: 2011 (84th)
Malick !Terrence Malick
Tree !The Tree of Life
cells: 2011 (84th)
Payne !Alexander Payne
Descendants !The Descendants
cells: 2011 (84th)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Hugo
cells: 2012 (85th)
Lee !Ang Lee
Life of Pi
[95]
cells: 2012 (85th)
Haneke !Michael Haneke
Amour
cells: 2012 (85th)
Russell !David O. Russell
Silver Linings Playbook
cells: 2012 (85th)
Spielberg !Steven Spielberg
Lincoln
cells: 2012 (85th)
Zeitlin !Benh Zeitlin
Beasts of the Southern Wild
cells: 2013 (86th)
Cuarón !Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity
[96]
cells: 2013 (86th)
McQueen !Steve McQueen
12 Years a Slave
cells: 2013 (86th)
Payne !Alexander Payne
Nebraska
cells: 2013 (86th)
Russell !David O. Russell
American Hustle
cells: 2013 (86th)
Scorsese !Martin Scorsese
Wolf !The Wolf of Wall Street
cells: 2014 (87th)
Iñárritu !Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
[97]
cells: 2014 (87th)
Anderson !Wes Anderson
Grand !The Grand Budapest Hotel
cells: 2014 (87th)
Linklater !Richard Linklater
Boyhood
cells: 2014 (87th)
Miller !Bennett Miller
Foxcatcher
cells: 2014 (87th)
Tyldum !Morten Tyldum
Imitation !The Imitation Game
cells: 2015 (88th)
Iñárritu !Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Revenant
[98]
cells: 2015 (88th)
Abrahamson !Lenny Abrahamson
Room
cells: 2015 (88th)
McCarthy !Tom McCarthy
Spotlight
cells: 2015 (88th)
McKay !Adam McKay
Big !The Big Short
cells: 2015 (88th)
Miller !George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road
cells: 2016 (89th)
Chazelle !Damien Chazelle
La La Land
[99]
cells: 2016 (89th)
Gibson !Mel Gibson
Hacksaw Ridge
cells: 2016 (89th)
Jenkins !Barry Jenkins
Moonlight
cells: 2016 (89th)
Lonergan !Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
cells: 2016 (89th)
Villeneuve !Denis Villeneuve
Arrival
cells: 2017 (90th)
del Toro !Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water
[100]
cells: 2017 (90th)
Anderson !Paul Thomas Anderson
Phantom Thread
cells: 2017 (90th)
Gerwig !Greta Gerwig
Lady Bird
cells: 2017 (90th)
Nolan !Christopher Nolan
Dunkirk
cells: 2017 (90th)
Peele !Jordan Peele
Get Out

Questions about this table:
originalText: who won best director at the academy awards
answer: answerTexts: Guillermo del Toro