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Academy Awards, USA

Oscar: Best Director History

DetailsResultFilmRecipient(s)Category
2004WinnerThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Peter Jackson (I)Best Director
NominatedCidade de Deus (2002)Fernando Meirelles (I)
Lost in Translation (2003)Sofia Coppola
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)Peter Weir
Mystic River (2003)Clint Eastwood
2003WinnerThe Pianist (2002)Roman Polanski
NominatedChicago (2002)Rob Marshall (I)
Gangs of New York (2002)Martin Scorsese
Hable con ella (2002)Pedro Almodóvar
The Hours (2002)Stephen Daldry
2002WinnerA Beautiful Mind (2001)Ron Howard (I)
NominatedBlack Hawk Down (2001)Ridley Scott
Gosford Park (2001)Robert Altman (I)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)David Lynch (I)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Peter Jackson (I)
2001WinnerTraffic (2000)Steven Soderbergh
NominatedBilly Elliot (2000)Stephen Daldry
Erin Brockovich (2000)Steven Soderbergh
Gladiator (2000)Ridley Scott
Wo hu cang long (2000)Ang Lee
2000WinnerAmerican Beauty (1999)Sam Mendes (I)
NominatedBeing John Malkovich (1999)Spike Jonze
The Cider House Rules (1999)Lasse Hallström
The Insider (1999)Michael Mann (I)
The Sixth Sense (1999)M. Night Shyamalan
1999WinnerSaving Private Ryan (1998)Steven Spielberg
NominatedLa vita è bella (1997)Roberto Benigni
Shakespeare in Love (1998)John Madden (I)
The Thin Red Line (1998)Terrence Malick
The Truman Show (1998)Peter Weir
1998WinnerTitanic (1997)James Cameron (I)
NominatedGood Will Hunting (1997)Gus Van Sant
L.A. Confidential (1997)Curtis Hanson (I)
The Full Monty (1997)Peter Cattaneo
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)Atom Egoyan
1997WinnerThe English Patient (1996)Anthony Minghella
NominatedFargo (1996)Joel Coen
Secrets & Lies (1996)Mike Leigh
Shine (1996)Scott Hicks (I)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)Milos Forman
1996WinnerBraveheart (1995)Mel Gibson (I)
NominatedBabe (1995)Chris Noonan
Dead Man Walking (1995)Tim Robbins (I)
Il postino (1994)Michael Radford
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)Mike Figgis
1995WinnerForrest Gump (1994)Robert Zemeckis
NominatedBullets Over Broadway (1994)Woody Allen
Pulp Fiction (1994)Quentin Tarantino
Quiz Show (1994)Robert Redford (I)
Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)Krzysztof Kieslowski
1994WinnerSchindler's List (1993)Steven Spielberg
NominatedIn the Name of the Father (1993)Jim Sheridan (I)
Short Cuts (1993)Robert Altman (I)
The Piano (1993)Jane Campion
The Remains of the Day (1993)James Ivory
1993WinnerUnforgiven (1992)Clint Eastwood
NominatedHowards End (1992)James Ivory
Scent of a Woman (1992)Martin Brest
The Crying Game (1992)Neil Jordan (I)
The Player (1992)Robert Altman (I)
1992WinnerThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)Jonathan Demme
NominatedBoyz n the Hood (1991)John Singleton (I)
Bugsy (1991)Barry Levinson (I)
JFK (1991)Oliver Stone (I)
Thelma & Louise (1991)Ridley Scott
1991WinnerDances with Wolves (1990)Kevin Costner
NominatedGoodfellas (1990)Martin Scorsese
Reversal of Fortune (1990)Barbet Schroeder
The Godfather: Part III (1990)Francis Ford Coppola
The Grifters (1990)Stephen Frears
1990WinnerBorn on the Fourth of July (1989)Oliver Stone (I)
NominatedCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989)Woody Allen
Dead Poets Society (1989)Peter Weir
Henry V (1989)Kenneth Branagh
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)Jim Sheridan (I)
1989WinnerRain Man (1988)Barry Levinson (I)
NominatedA Fish Called Wanda (1988)Charles Crichton
Mississippi Burning (1988)Alan Parker (I)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)Martin Scorsese
Working Girl (1988)Mike Nichols (I)
1988WinnerThe Last Emperor (1987)Bernardo Bertolucci
NominatedFatal Attraction (1987)Adrian Lyne
Hope and Glory (1987)John Boorman
Mitt liv som hund (1985)Lasse Hallström
Moonstruck (1987)Norman Jewison
1987WinnerPlatoon (1986)Oliver Stone (I)
NominatedA Room with a View (1985)James Ivory
Blue Velvet (1986)David Lynch (I)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Woody Allen
The Mission (1986)Roland Joffé
1986WinnerOut of Africa (1985)Sydney Pollack
NominatedKiss of the Spider Woman (1985)Hector Babenco
Prizzi's Honor (1985)John Huston (I)
Ran (1985)Akira Kurosawa
Witness (1985)Peter Weir
1985WinnerAmadeus (1984)Milos Forman
NominatedA Passage to India (1984)David Lean (I)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)Woody Allen
Places in the Heart (1984)Robert Benton (I)
The Killing Fields (1984)Roland Joffé
1984WinnerTerms of Endearment (1983)James L. Brooks
NominatedFanny och Alexander (1982)Ingmar Bergman
Silkwood (1983)Mike Nichols (I)
Tender Mercies (1983)Bruce Beresford
The Dresser (1983)Peter Yates (I)
1983WinnerGandhi (1982)Richard Attenborough
NominatedDas Boot (1981)Wolfgang Petersen (I)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Steven Spielberg
The Verdict (1982)Sidney Lumet
Tootsie (1982)Sydney Pollack
1982WinnerReds (1981)Warren Beatty
NominatedAtlantic City (1980)Louis Malle
Chariots of Fire (1981)Hugh Hudson
On Golden Pond (1981)Mark Rydell
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Steven Spielberg
1981WinnerOrdinary People (1980)Robert Redford (I)
NominatedRaging Bull (1980)Martin Scorsese
Tess (1979)Roman Polanski
The Elephant Man (1980)David Lynch (I)
The Stunt Man (1980)Richard Rush (I)
1980WinnerKramer vs. Kramer (1979)Robert Benton (I)
NominatedAll That Jazz (1979)Bob Fosse
Apocalypse Now (1979)Francis Ford Coppola
Breaking Away (1979)Peter Yates (I)
La cage aux folles (1978)Edouard Molinaro
1979WinnerThe Deer Hunter (1978)Michael Cimino (I)
NominatedComing Home (1978)Hal Ashby
Heaven Can Wait (1978)Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Interiors (1978)Woody Allen
Midnight Express (1978)Alan Parker (I)
1978WinnerAnnie Hall (1977)Woody Allen
NominatedClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Steven Spielberg
Julia (1977)Fred Zinnemann
Star Wars (1977)George Lucas (I)
The Turning Point (1977)Herbert Ross (I)
1977WinnerRocky (1976)John G. Avildsen
NominatedAll the President's Men (1976)Alan J. Pakula
Ansikte mot ansikte (1976)Ingmar Bergman
Network (1976)Sidney Lumet
Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975)Lina Wertmüller
1976WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Milos Forman
NominatedAmarcord (1973)Federico Fellini
Barry Lyndon (1975)Stanley Kubrick
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)Sidney Lumet
Nashville (1975)Robert Altman (I)
1975WinnerThe Godfather: Part II (1974)Francis Ford Coppola
NominatedA Woman Under the Influence (1974)John Cassavetes (I)
Chinatown (1974)Roman Polanski
La nuit américaine (1973)François Truffaut
Lenny (1974)Bob Fosse
1974WinnerThe Sting (1973)George Roy Hill
NominatedAmerican Graffiti (1973)George Lucas (I)
The Exorcist (1973)William Friedkin (I)
Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)Bernardo Bertolucci
Viskningar och rop (1972)Ingmar Bergman
1973WinnerCabaret (1972)Bob Fosse
NominatedDeliverance (1972)John Boorman
Sleuth (1972)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Godfather (1972)Francis Ford Coppola
Utvandrarna (1971)Jan Troell
1972WinnerThe French Connection (1971)William Friedkin (I)
NominatedA Clockwork Orange (1971)Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)Norman Jewison
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)John Schlesinger (I)
The Last Picture Show (1971)Peter Bogdanovich
1971WinnerPatton (1970)Franklin J. Schaffner
NominatedFellini - Satyricon (1969)Federico Fellini
Love Story (1970)Arthur Hiller
MASH (1970)Robert Altman (I)
Women in Love (1969)Ken Russell (I)
1970WinnerMidnight Cowboy (1969)John Schlesinger (I)
NominatedAlice's Restaurant (1969)Arthur Penn (I)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)George Roy Hill
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)Sydney Pollack
Z (1969)Costa-Gavras (I)
1969WinnerOliver! (1968)Carol Reed (I)
Nominated2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Stanley Kubrick
La battaglia di Algeri (1966)Gillo Pontecorvo
Romeo and Juliet (1968/I)Franco Zeffirelli
The Lion in Winter (1968)Anthony Harvey (II)
1968WinnerThe Graduate (1967)Mike Nichols (I)
NominatedBonnie and Clyde (1967)Arthur Penn (I)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)Stanley Kramer
In Cold Blood (1967)Richard Brooks (I)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)Norman Jewison
1967WinnerA Man for All Seasons (1966)Fred Zinnemann
NominatedBlowup (1966)Michelangelo Antonioni
The Professionals (1966)Richard Brooks (I)
Un homme et une femme (1966)Claude Lelouch
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)Mike Nichols (I)
1966WinnerThe Sound of Music (1965)Robert Wise (I)
NominatedDarling (1965)John Schlesinger (I)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)David Lean (I)
Suna no onna (1964)Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Collector (1965)William Wyler
1965WinnerMy Fair Lady (1964)George Cukor
NominatedAlexis Zorbas (1964)Mihalis Kakogiannis
Becket (1964)Peter Glenville
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Stanley Kubrick
Mary Poppins (1964)Robert Stevenson (I)
1964WinnerTom Jones (1963)Tony Richardson (I)
Nominated8½ (1963)Federico Fellini
America, America (1963)Elia Kazan
Hud (1963)Martin Ritt (I)
The Cardinal (1963)Otto Preminger
1963WinnerLawrence of Arabia (1962)David Lean (I)
NominatedDavid and Lisa (1962)Frank Perry (I)
Divorzio all'italiana (1961)Pietro Germi
The Miracle Worker (1962)Arthur Penn (I)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Robert Mulligan
1962WinnerWest Side Story (1961)Robert Wise (I), Jerome Robbins
NominatedJudgment at Nuremberg (1961)Stanley Kramer
La dolce vita (1960)Federico Fellini
The Guns of Navarone (1961)J. Lee Thompson
The Hustler (1961)Robert Rossen
1961WinnerThe Apartment (1960)Billy Wilder
NominatedPote tin Kyriaki (1960)Jules Dassin
Psycho (1960)Alfred Hitchcock (I)
Sons and Lovers (1960)Jack Cardiff
The Sundowners (1960)Fred Zinnemann
1960WinnerBen-Hur (1959)William Wyler
NominatedRoom at the Top (1959)Jack Clayton (I)
Some Like It Hot (1959)Billy Wilder
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)George Stevens (I)
The Nun's Story (1959)Fred Zinnemann
1959WinnerGigi (1958)Vincente Minnelli
NominatedCat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)Richard Brooks (I)
I Want to Live! (1958)Robert Wise (I)
The Defiant Ones (1958)Stanley Kramer
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)Mark Robson (I)
1958WinnerThe Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)David Lean (I)
Nominated12 Angry Men (1957)Sidney Lumet
Peyton Place (1957)Mark Robson (I)
Sayonara (1957)Joshua Logan
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)Billy Wilder
1957WinnerGiant (1956)George Stevens (I)
NominatedAround the World in Eighty Days (1956)Michael Anderson (I)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)William Wyler
The King and I (1956)Walter Lang (I)
War and Peace (1956)King Vidor
1956WinnerMarty (1955)Delbert Mann (I)
NominatedBad Day at Black Rock (1955)John Sturges
East of Eden (1955)Elia Kazan
Picnic (1955)Joshua Logan
Summertime (1955)David Lean (I)
1955WinnerOn the Waterfront (1954)Elia Kazan
NominatedRear Window (1954)Alfred Hitchcock (I)
Sabrina (1954)Billy Wilder
The Country Girl (1954)George Seaton (I)
The High and the Mighty (1954)William A. Wellman
1954WinnerFrom Here to Eternity (1953)Fred Zinnemann
NominatedLili (1953)Charles Walters (I)
Roman Holiday (1953)William Wyler
Shane (1953)George Stevens (I)
Stalag 17 (1953)Billy Wilder
1953WinnerThe Quiet Man (1952)John Ford (I)
Nominated5 Fingers (1952)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
High Noon (1952)Fred Zinnemann
Moulin Rouge (1952)John Huston (I)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)Cecil B. DeMille
1952WinnerA Place in the Sun (1951)George Stevens (I)
NominatedA Streetcar Named Desire (1951)Elia Kazan
An American in Paris (1951)Vincente Minnelli
Detective Story (1951)William Wyler
The African Queen (1951)John Huston (I)
1951WinnerAll About Eve (1950)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
NominatedBorn Yesterday (1950)George Cukor
Sunset Blvd. (1950)Billy Wilder
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)John Huston (I)
The Third Man (1949)Carol Reed (I)
1950WinnerA Letter to Three Wives (1949)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
NominatedAll the King's Men (1949)Robert Rossen
Battleground (1949)William A. Wellman
The Fallen Idol (1948)Carol Reed (I)
The Heiress (1949)William Wyler
1949WinnerThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)John Huston (I)
NominatedHamlet (1948)Laurence Olivier
Johnny Belinda (1948)Jean Negulesco
The Search (1948)Fred Zinnemann
The Snake Pit (1948)Anatole Litvak
1948WinnerGentleman's Agreement (1947)Elia Kazan
NominatedA Double Life (1947)George Cukor
Crossfire (1947)Edward Dmytryk
Great Expectations (1946)David Lean (I)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)Henry Koster
1947WinnerThe Best Years of Our Lives (1946)William Wyler
NominatedBrief Encounter (1945)David Lean (I)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Frank Capra
The Killers (1946)Robert Siodmak
The Yearling (1946)Clarence Brown (I)
1946WinnerThe Lost Weekend (1945)Billy Wilder
NominatedNational Velvet (1944)Clarence Brown (I)
Spellbound (1945)Alfred Hitchcock (I)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)Leo McCarey
The Southerner (1945)Jean Renoir
1945WinnerGoing My Way (1944)Leo McCarey
NominatedDouble Indemnity (1944)Billy Wilder
Laura (1944)Otto Preminger
Lifeboat (1944)Alfred Hitchcock (I)
Wilson (1944)Henry King (I)
1944WinnerCasablanca (1942)Michael Curtiz
NominatedHeaven Can Wait (1943)Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy (1943)Clarence Brown (I)
The More the Merrier (1943)George Stevens (I)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)Henry King (I)
1943WinnerMrs. Miniver (1942)William Wyler
NominatedKings Row (1942)Sam Wood (I)
Random Harvest (1942)Mervyn LeRoy
Wake Island (1942)John Farrow (I)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)Michael Curtiz
1942WinnerHow Green Was My Valley (1941)John Ford (I)
NominatedCitizen Kane (1941)Orson Welles
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)Alexander Hall (I)
Sergeant York (1941)Howard Hawks
The Little Foxes (1941)William Wyler
1941WinnerThe Grapes of Wrath (1940)John Ford (I)
NominatedKitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)Sam Wood (I)
Rebecca (1940)Alfred Hitchcock (I)
The Letter (1940)William Wyler
The Philadelphia Story (1940)George Cukor
1940WinnerGone with the Wind (1939)Victor Fleming
NominatedGoodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)Sam Wood (I)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)Frank Capra
Stagecoach (1939)John Ford (I)
Wuthering Heights (1939)William Wyler
1939WinnerYou Can't Take It with You (1938)Frank Capra
NominatedAngels with Dirty Faces (1938)Michael Curtiz
Boys Town (1938)Norman Taurog
Four Daughters (1938)Michael Curtiz
The Citadel (1938)King Vidor
1938WinnerThe Awful Truth (1937)Leo McCarey
NominatedA Star Is Born (1937)William A. Wellman
Stage Door (1937)Gregory La Cava
The Good Earth (1937)Sidney Franklin (I)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)William Dieterle
1937WinnerMr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)Frank Capra
NominatedDodsworth (1936)William Wyler
My Man Godfrey (1936)Gregory La Cava
San Francisco (1936)W.S. Van Dyke
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)Robert Z. Leonard
1936WinnerThe Informer (1935)John Ford (I)
NominatedCaptain Blood (1935)Michael Curtiz
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Frank Lloyd (I)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)Henry Hathaway
1935WinnerIt Happened One Night (1934)Frank Capra
NominatedOne Night of Love (1934)Victor Schertzinger
The Thin Man (1934)W.S. Van Dyke
1934WinnerCavalcade (1933)Frank Lloyd (I)
NominatedLady for a Day (1933)Frank Capra
Little Women (1933)George Cukor
1932WinnerBad Girl (1931)Frank Borzage
NominatedShanghai Express (1932)Josef von Sternberg
The Champ (1931/I)King Vidor
1931WinnerSkippy (1931)Norman Taurog
NominatedA Free Soul (1931)Clarence Brown (I)
Cimarron (1931)Wesley Ruggles
Morocco (1930)Josef von Sternberg
The Front Page (1931)Lewis Milestone
1929WinnerTwo Arabian Knights (1927)Best Director, Comedy Picture
NominatedSpeedy (1928)Ted Wilde (I)
1929Winner7th Heaven (1927)Frank BorzageBest Director, Dramatic Picture
NominatedSorrell and Son (1927)Herbert Brenon
The Crowd (1928)King Vidor

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