Oscar for Best Director in the past
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2012
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist (2011)
2011
Tom Hooper
The King's Speech (2010)
2010
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker (2009)
2009
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
2008
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
No Country For Old Men (2007)
2007
Martin Scorsese
The Departed (2006)
2006
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
2005
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
2004
Peter Jackson
Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003)
2003
Roman Polanski
The Pianist (2002)
2002
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
2001
Steven Soderbergh
Traffic (2000)
2000
Samuel Mendes
American Beauty (1999)
1999
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1998
James Cameron
Titanic (1997)
1997
Anthony Minghella
English Patient, The (1996)
1996
Mel Gibson
Braveheart (1995)
1995
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump (1994)
1994
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List (1993)
1993
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven (1992)
1992
Jonathan Demme
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
1991
Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves (1990)
1990
Oliver Stone
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
1989
Barry Levinson
Rain Man (1988)
1988
Bernardo Bertolucci
Last Emperor, The
1987
Oliver Stone
Platoon (1986)
1986
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa (1985)
1985
Milos Forman
Amadeus (1984)
1984
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment (1983)
1983
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi (1982)
1982
Warren Beatty
Reds (1981)
1981
Robert Redford
Ordinary People (1980)
1980
Robert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
1979
Michael Cimino
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
1978
Woody Allen
Annie Hall (1977)
1977
John G. Avildsen
Rocky (1976)
1976
Milos Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
1975
Francis Coppola
Godfather: Part II, The
1974
George Roy Hill
Sting, The (1973)
1973
Bob Fosse
Cabaret (1972)
1972
William Friedkin
French Connection, The (1971)
1971
Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton (1970)
1970
John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
1969
Carol Reed
Oliver! (1968)
1968
Mike Nichols
Graduate, The (1967)
1967
Fred Zinnemann
Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
1966
Robert Wise
Sound of Music, The (1965)
1965
George Cukor
My Fair Lady (1964)
1964
Tony Richardson
Tom Jones (1963)
1963
David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1962
Robert Wise
Jerome Robbins
West Side Story (1961)
1961
Billy Wilder
Apartment, The (1960)
1960
William Wyler
Ben-Hur (1959)
1959
Vincente Minnelli
Gigi (1958)
1958
David Lean
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
1957
George Stevens
Giant (1956)
1956
Delbert Mann
Marty (1955)
1955
Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront (1954)
1954
Fred Zinnemann
From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953
John Ford
Quiet Man, The (1952)
1952
George Stevens
Place in the Sun, A (1951)
1951
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve (1950)
1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
1949
John Huston
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
1948
Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
1947
William Wyler
Best Years of Our Lives, The
1946
Billy Wilder
Lost Weekend, The (1945)
1945
Leo McCarey
Going My Way (1944)
1944
Michael Curtiz
Casablanca (1942)
1943
William Wyler
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
1942
John Ford
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
1941
John Ford
Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
1940
Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind (1939)
1939
Frank Capra
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
1938
Leo McCarey
Awful Truth, The (1937)
1937
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
1936
John Ford
Informer, The (1935)
1935
Frank Capra
It Happened One Night (1934)
1934
Frank Lloyd
Cavalcade (1933)
1933
Frank Borzage
Bad Girl (1932)
1932
Norman Taurog
Skippy (1931)
1931
Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
1930
Frank Lloyd
Divine Lady, The (1929)
1929
Frank Borzage (Comedy)
Seventh Heaven (1928)
1929
Lewis Milestone (Drama)
Two Arabian Knights (1928
