Question: Who directed the 1978 film that Barry Spikings produced, and that won five Academy Awards?
Context: The Deer Hunter is a novelization by the American writer E. M. Corder based upon the screenplay by Deric Washburn and Michael Cimino of the 1978 war drama film "The Deer Hunter", a film that won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Ettore Scola (] ; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.  He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film "A Special Day" and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steelworkers whose lives are changed forever after they fight in the Vietnam War.  The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles.  The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a small working class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in Vietnam. Death of a Salesman is a 1951 film adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller.  It was directed by László Benedek and written for the screen by Stanley Roberts.  The film received many honors, including four Golden Globe Awards, the Volpi Cup and five Academy Award nominations.  Alex North, who wrote the music for the Broadway production, was one of the five Academy Award nominees for the film's musical score. Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer.  His 1978 film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.  Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards: three times for Best Original Screenplay, once for Best Adapted Screenplay, and once for Best Picture for "An Unmarried Woman" (1978).  Other films written and directed by Mazursky include "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969), "Blume in Love" (1973), "Harry and Tonto" (1974), "Moscow on the Hudson" (1984), and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986). Bold Films is an American independent film production and finance company.  Bold was founded in 2004 with the mission of producing talent-driven, studio-quality films, which have worldwide commercial appeal.  Bold's first three films were "Slingshot", "Come Early Morning" and "Mini's First Time".  In 2006 the company had its first hit, producing and financing the Golden Globe-nominated period piece "Bobby", written and directed by Emilio Estevez.  In 2009 Bold produced and released Joe Dante's 3D thriller "The Hole", which Roger Ebert called the best use of 3D ever.  In 2010 Bold had its first major studio film "Legion", which was co-financed and released by Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.  In 2011 Bold co-produced and co-financed with OddLot Entertainment the critically acclaimed "Drive" starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, for which director Nicolas Winding Refn won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival while also receiving accolades from the BAFTA Awards, The Golden Globes and Academy Awards.  In 2014 the company garnered worldwide recognition for producing and financing the critically acclaimed films "Nightcrawler" starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and "Whiplash" with Blumhouse Productions, which received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.  Other awards nominations for the film include the Spirit Awards, PGA Awards, SAG Awards, and WGA Awards. Barry Spikings (born 23 November 1939) is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood.  Spikings is best known as a producer of the 1978 film, "The Deer Hunter", which won five Academy Awards. Kim Magnusson is a film maker who has received five Academy Awards nominations and two awards, all for live action shorts.  His film "Election Night" won an Academy Award in 1999.  His other nominated films include "Helmer & Son", "Wolfgang", and "Ernst & lyset". This is a list of Polish Academy Award winners and nominees.  This list details the performances of Polish actors, actresses, and films that have either been submitted or nominated for, or have won, an Academy Award.  This list is current as of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 24, 2008.  There were 12 Academy Awards given to Polish filmmakers or their work (see Foreign Film category), including two Honorary Academy Awards and a Technical Achievement Award.  The category of Cinematography has the strongest presence of Polish filmmakers, with two wins (both by Janusz Kamiński) and five other nominations (including two noms for Kamiński).  As of that, the cinematographer Janusz Kamiński is the most Oscar-awarded Polish filmmaker.  The second most-awarded Pole was designer Anton Grot, who won one Academy Award and was nominated to the Oscars five times more.  The director Roman Polanski won an Oscar and was nominated four more times (additionally, "Knife in the Water", film directed and written by him was also nominated).  The composer Bronislau Kaper was awarded an Oscar and was nominated three times more.
Answer: Michael Cimino