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2009


Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2009)	James Cameron for Avatar (2009)	Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009)	Jason Reitman for Up In The Air (2009)	Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2008


Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)	David Fincher for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)	Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)	Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)

2007

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Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood (2007)	Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for No Country For Old Men (2007)	Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton (2007)	Jason Reitman for Juno (2007)	Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007)

2006

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Clint Eastwood for Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)	Stephen Frears for The Queen (2006)	Paul Greengrass for United 93 (2006)	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel (2006)	Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006)

2005

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George Clooney for Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)	Paul Haggis for Crash (2005)	Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)	Bennett Miller for Capote (2005)	Steven Spielberg for Munich (2005)

2004

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby WINNER
Taylor Hackford - Ray
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

2003

Sofia Coppola - Lost In Translation
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King WINNER
Fernando Meirelles - City Of God
Peter Weir - Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)

2002

Pedro Almodóvar - Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella)
Stephen Daldry - The Hours
Rob Marshall - Chicago
Martin Scorsese - Gangs Of New York (2002)
Roman Polanski - The Pianist WINNER

2001

Robert Altman - Gosford Park
Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind WINNER
Peter Jackson - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down

2000

Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ridley Scott - Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic WINNER

1999

1998

Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
John Madden - Shakespeare In Love
Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan WINNER
Peter Weir - The Truman Show

1997

James Cameron - Titanic WINNER
Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty
Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting

1996

Joel Coen - Fargo WINNER
Milos Forman - The People Vs. Larry Flynt
Scott Hicks - Shine
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient

1995

Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas
Mel Gibson - Braveheart WINNER
Chris Noonan - Babe
Michael Radford - The Postman (Il Postino)
Tim Robbins - Dead Man Walking

1994

Woody Allen - Bullets Over Broadway
Krzysztof Kieslowski - Red
Robert Redford - Quiz Show
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump WINNER

1993

Robert Altman - Short Cuts
Jane Campion - The Piano
James Ivory - The Remains Of The Day
Jim Sheridan - In The Name Of The Father
Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List (1993) WINNER

1992

Robert Altman - The Player
Martin Brest - Scent Of A Woman
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven WINNER
James Ivory - Howards End
Neil Jordan - The Crying Game

1991

Jonathan Demme - The Silence Of The Lambs WINNER
Barry Levinson - Bugsy
Ridley Scott - Thelma & Louise
John Singleton - Boyz 'N The Hood
Oliver Stone - JFK

1990

Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather, Part III
Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves WINNER
Stephen Frears - The Grifters
Barbet Schroeder - Reversal Of Fortune
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas

1989

Woody Allen - Crimes And Misdemeanors
Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot
Oliver Stone - Born On The Fourth Of July WINNER
Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society

1988

Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda
Barry Levinson - Rain Man WINNER
Mike Nichols - Working Girl
Alan Parker - Mississippi Burning
Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation Of Christ

1987

Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor WINNER
John Boorman - Hope And Glory
Lasse Hallstrom - My Life As A Dog
Norman Jewison - Moonstruck
Adrian Lyne - Fatal Attraction

1986

Woody Allen - Hannah And Her Sisters
James Ivory - A Room With A View
Roland Joffé - The Mission
David Lynch - Blue Velvet
Oliver Stone - Platoon WINNER

1985

Hector Babenco - Kiss Of The Spider Woman
John Huston - Prizzi's Honor
Akira Kurosawa - Ran
Sydney Pollack - Out Of Africa WINNER
Peter Weir - Witness

1984

Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
Robert Benton - Places In The Heart
Milos Forman - Amadeus WINNER
Roland Joffe - The Killing Fields
David Lean - A Passage To India

1983

Bruce Beresford - Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergaman - Fanny & Alexander
James L. Brooks - Terms Of Endearment WINNER
Mike Nichols - Silkwood
Peter Yates - The Dresser

1982

Richard Attenborough - Ghandi WINNER
Sidney Lumet - The Verdict
Wolfgang Peterson - Das Boot
Sydney Pollack - Tootsie
Steven Spielberg - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

1981

Warren Beatty - Reds WINNER
Hugh Hudson - Chariots Of Fire
Louis Malle - Atlantic City
Mark Rydell - On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

1980

David Lynch - The Elephant Man
Roman Polanski - Tess
Robert Redford - Ordinary People WINNER
Richard Rush - The Stunt Man
Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull

1979

Robert Benton - Kramer Vs. Kramer WINNER
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Bob Fosse - All That Jazz
Edouard Molinaro - La Cage Aux Folles
Peter Yates - Breaking Away

1978

Woody Allen - Interiors
Hal Ashby - Coming Home
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry - Heaven Can Wait
Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter WINNER
Alan Parker - Midnight Express

1977

Woody Allen - Annie Hall WINNER
George Lucas - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Herbert Ross - The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann - Julia

1976

John G. Avildsen - Rocky WINNER
Ingmar Bergman - Face To Face
Sidney Lumet - Network
Alan J. Pakula - All The President's Men
Lina Wertmuller - Seven Beauties

1975

Robert Altman - Nashville
Federico Fellini - Amarcord
Milos Forman - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest WINNER
Sidney Lumet - Dog Day Afternoon
Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon

1974

John Cassavetes - A Woman Under The Influence
Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II WINNER
Bob Fosse - Lenny
Roman Polanski - Chinatown
Francois Truffaunt - Day For Night

1973

Ingmar Bergman - Cries And Whispers
Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango In Paris
William Friedkin - The Exorcist
George Roy Hill - The Sting WINNER
George Lucas - American Graffiti

1972

John Boormen - Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather
Bob Fosse - Cabaret WINNER
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Sleuth
Jan Troell - The Emigrants

1971

Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show
William Friedkin - The French Connection WINNER
Norman Jewison - Fiddler On The Roof
Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange
John Schlesinger - Sunday Bloody Sunday

1970

Robert Altman - M*A*S*H
Federico Fellini - Fellini Satyricon
Arthur Hiller - Love Story
Ken Russell - Women In Love
Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton WINNER

1969

Costa-Gavras - Z
George Roy Hill - Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
Arthur Penn - Alice's Restaurant
Sydney Pollack - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy (WINNER)

1968

Anthony Harvey - The Lion In WInter
Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Gillo Pontecorvo - The Battle Of Algiers
Carol Reed - Oliver! (WINNER)
Franco Zeffrelli - Romeo And Juliet

1967

Richard Brooks - In Cold Blood
Norman Jewison - In The Heat Of The Night
Stanley Kramer - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Mike Nichols - The Graduate (WINNER)
Arthur Penn - Bonnie And Clyde

1966

Michelangelo Antonioni - Blow-Up
Richard Brooks - The Proffesionals
Claude Lelouch - A Man And A Woman
Mike Nichols - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Fred Zinnemann - A Man For All Seasons (WINNER)

1965

David Lean - Doctor Zhivago
John Schlesinger - Darling
Hiroshi Teshigahara - Woman In The Dunes
Robert Wise - The Sound Of Music
William Wyler - The Collector (WINNER)

1964

Michael Cacoyannis - Zorba The Greek
George Cukor - My Fair Lady (WINNER)
Peter Glenville - Becket
Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Robert Stevenson - Mary Poppins

1963

Federico Fellini - 8 1/2
Elia Kazan - America America
Otto Preminger - The Cardinal
Tony Richardson - Tom Jones (WINNER)
Martin Ritt - Hud

1962

Pietro Germi - Divorce - Italian Style
David Lean - Lawrence Of Arabia (WINNER)
Robert Mulligan - To Kill A Mocking Bird
Arthur Penn - The Miracle Worker
Frank Perry - David And Lisa

1961

Federico Fellini - La Dolce Vita
Stanley Kramer - Judgment At Nuremberg
Robert Rossen - The Hustler
J. Lee Thompson - The Guns Of Navarone
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins - West Side Story

1960

Jack Cardiff - Sons And Lovers
Jules Dassin - Never On Sunday
Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho
Billy Wilder - The Apartment
Fred Zinnemann - The Sundowners

1959

Jack Clayton - Room At The Top
George Stevens - The Diary Of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot
William Wyler - Ben Hur (WINNER)
Fred Zinneman - The Nun's Story

1958

Richard Brooks - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Stanley Kramer - The Defiant Ones
Vincente Minnelli - Gigi (WINNER)
Mark Robson - The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
Robert Wise - I Want To Live!

1957

David Lean - The Bridge Over The River Kwai (WINNER)
Joshua Logan - Sayonara
Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
Billy Wilder - Witness For The Prosecution

1956

Michael Anderson - Around The World In 80 Days
Walter Lang - The King And I
George Stevens - Giant (WINNER)
King Vidor - War And Peace
William Wyler - Friendly Persuasion

1955

Elia Kazan - East Of Eden
David Lean - Summertime
Joshua Logan - Picnic
Delbert Mann - Marty (WINNER)
John Sturges - Bad Day At Black Rock

1954

Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
Elia Kazan - On The Waterfront (WINNER)
George Seaton - The Country Girl
William Wellman - The High And Mighty
Billy Wilder - Sabrina

1953

George Stevens - Shane
Charles Walters - Lili
Billy Wilder - Stalag 17
William Wyler - Roman Holiday
Fred Zinnemann - From Here To Eternity (WINNER)

1952

Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show On Earth
John Ford - The Quiet Man (WINNER)
John Huston - Moulin Rouge
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Five Fingers
Fred Zinnemann - High Noon

1951

John Huston - The African Queen
Elia Kazan - A Streetcar Named Desire
Vincente Minnelli - An American In Paris
George Stevens - A Place In The Sun (WINNER)
William Wyler - Detective Story

1950

George Cukor - Born Yesterday
John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle
Joesph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve (WINNER)
Carol Reed - The Third Man
Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd.

1949

Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter To Three Wives (WINNER)
Carol Reed - The Fallen Idol
Robert Rossen - All The King's Men
William A. Wellman - Battleground
William Wyler - The Heiress

1948

John Huston - The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (WINNER)
Anatole Litvak - The Snake Pit
Jean Negulesco - Johnny Belinda
Laurence Olivier - Hamlet
Fred Zinneman - The Search

1947

George Cukor - A Double Life
Edward Dmytryk - Crossfire
Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement (WINNER)
Henry Koster - The Bishop's Wife
David Lean - Great Expectations

1946

Clarence Brown - The Yearling
Frank Capra - It's A Wonderful Life
David Lean - Brief Encounter
Robert Siodmak - The Killers
William Wyler - The Best Years Of Our Lives (WINNER)

1945

Clarence Brown - National Velvet
Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound
Leo McCarey - The Bells Of St. Mary
Jean Renoir - The Southerner
Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend (WINNER)

1944

Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat
Henry King - Wilson
Leo McCarey - Going My Way (WINNER)
Otto Preminger - Laura
Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity

1943

Clarence Brown - The Human Comedy
Michael Curtiz - Casablanca(WINNER)
Henry King - The Song Of Bernadette
Ernst Lubitsch - Heavan Can Wait
George Stevens - The More The Merrier

1942

Michael Curtiz - Yankee Doodle Dandy
John Farrow - Wake Island
Mervyn LeRoy - Random Harvest
Sam Wood - Kings Row
William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver (WINNER)

1941

John Ford - How Green Was My Valley (WINNER)
Alexander Hall - Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Howard Hawks - Sergeant York
Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
William Wyler - The Little Foxes

1940

George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story
John Ford - The Grapes Of Wrath (WINNER)
Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca
Sam Wood - Kitty Foyle
William Wyler - The Letter

1939

Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Victor Fleming - Gone With The Wind (WINNER)
John Ford - Stagecoach
Sam Wood - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
William Wyler - Wuthering Heights

1938

Frank Capra - You Can't Take It With You (WINNER)
Michael Curtiz - Angels With Dirty Faces
Michael Curtiz - Four Daughters
Norman Taurog - Boys Town
King Vidor - The Citadel

1937

William Dieterle - The Life Emily Zola
Sidney Franklin - The Good Earth
Gregory La Cava - Stage Door
Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth (WINNER)
William Wellman - A Star Is Born

1936

Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (WINNER)
Gregory La Cava - My Man Godfrey
Robert Z. Leonard - The Great Ziegfeld
W.S. Van Dyke - San Francisco
William Wyler - Dodsworth

1935

Michael Curtiz - Captain Blood (2nd Place)
John Ford - The Informer (WINNER)
Henry Hathaway - The Lives Of A Bengal Dancer (3rd Place)
Frank Lloyd - Mutiny On The Bounty

**NOTE** - Michael Curtiz was not considered an official nomination, he was a write-in candidtate which was allowed by the riles at that time. In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.

1934

Frank Capra - It Happened One Night (WINNER)
Victor Schertzinger - One Night Of Love (3rd Place)
W.S. Van Dyke - The Thin Man (2nd Place)

**NOTE** - In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.

1932/1933

Frank Capra - Lady For A Day (2nd Place)
George Cukor - Little Women (3rd Place)
Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade (WINNER)

**NOTE** - In this year they announced the winner along with 2nd and 3rd place recipients.

1931/1932

Frank Borzage - Bad Girl (WINNER)
King Vidor - The Champ
Josef Von Sternberg - Shanghai Express

1930/1931

Clarence Brown - A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone - The Front Page
Wesley Ruggles - Cimarron
Josef Von Sternberg - Morocco
Norman Taurog - Skippy (WINNER)

1929/1930

Clarence Brown - Anna Christie and Romance
Robert Leonard - The Divorcee
Ernst Lubitsch - The Love Parade
Lewis Milestone - All Quiet On The Western Front (WINNER)
King Vidor - Hallelujah

**NOTE** - Clarence Brown was nomintaed for directing both Anna Christie and Romance as allowed by the rules at the time stating that you would win for the work you did that year.

1928/1929

Lionel Barrymore - Madame X
Harry Beaumont - The Broadway Melody
Irving Cummings - In Old Arizona
Frank Lloyd - The Devine Lady (WINNER)
Frank Lloyd - Drag and Weary River
Ernst Lubitsch - The Patriot

**NOTE** - According to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Science, no nominees were officially announced this year, only the winners were unveiled, however according to their internal files all of the films listed above were under consideration. It is not however known why Frank Lloyd was announced the winner only for his work on The Devine Lady and not for his work on Drag and Weary River, as according to the rules of the time you would win for your work throughout that year, the internal files do show that the other two films were under review however.

1927-1928
COMEDY

Lewis Milestone - Two Arabian Nights (WINNER)
Ted Wilde - Speedy

DRAMA

Frank Borzage - 7th Heaven (WINNER)
Herbert Brenon - Sorrell And Son
King Vidor - The Crowd

Charles Chaplin - The Circus (WINNER(for writing, directing, prodicing, and starring in the film))

**NOTE** - Charles Chaplin won a special award this year for The Circus. A letter to Chaplin explains the award: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing 'The Circus.' The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." Also only in this category awards and nominations were given out in sub-categories of "comedy" and "dramatic" with separate winners in each. As a result three awards were given for Best Directing if you include Charles Chaplin's award.

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