Academy Award for Directing
The Academy Award for Directing is an Academy Award given to motion picture directors. 1927/1928 Frank Borzage[?] - Seventh Heaven Herbert Brenon[?] - Sorrell and Son[?] King Vidor - The Crowd In the first year only a separate award was given for Comedy Direction 1927/1928 Lewis Milestone Two Arabian Knights[?] Charles Chaplin - The Circus Ted Wilde[?] - Speedy (movie)[?] 1928/1929 Frank Lloyd[?] - The Divine Lady, Weary River[?] and Drag[?] Lionel Barrymore - Madame X Harry Beaumont[?] - Broadway Melody[?] Irving Cummings[?] - In Old Arizona Ernst Lubitsch - The Patriot 1929/1930 Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front Clarence Brown - Anna Christie Clarence Brown - Romance Robert Z. Leonard[?] - The Divorcée[?] Ernst Lubitsch - The Love Parade King Vidor - Hallelujah[?] 1930/1931 Norman Taurog[?] - Skippy Clarence Brown - A Free Soul Lewis Milestone - The Front Page Wesley Ruggles[?] - Cimarron Josef von Sternberg[?] - Morocco 1931/1932 Frank Borzage[?] - Bad Girl King Vidor - The Champ Josef von Sternberg[?] - Shanghai Express 1932/1933 Frank Lloyd[?] - Cavalcade Frank Capra - Lady for a Day George Cukor - Little Women 1934 Frank Capra - It Happened One Night Victor Schertzinger[?] - One Night of Love W. S. Van Dyke[?] - The Thin Man 1935 John Ford - The Informer Henry Hathaway[?] - Lives of a Bengal Lancer Frank Lloyd[?] - Mutiny on the Bounty 1936 Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gregory La Cava[?] - My Man Godfrey Robert Z. Leonard[?] - The Great Ziegfeld Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke[?] - San Francisco[?] William Wyler - Dodsworth 1937 Leo McCarey - The Awful Truth William Dieterle[?] - The Life of Emile Zola Sidney Franklin[?] - The Good Earth Gregory La Cava[?] - Stage Door William Wellman[?] - A Star Is Born 1938 Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You Michael Curtiz - Angels With Dirty Faces[?] Michael Curtiz - Four Daughters Norman Taurog[?] - Boys Town King Vidor - The Citadel 1939 Victor Fleming - Gone With the Wind Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington John Ford - Stagecoach[?] Sam Wood[?] - Goodbye, Mr. Chips William Wyler - Wuthering Heights 1940 John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca[?] Sam Wood[?] - Kitty Foyle William Wyler - The Letter 1941 John Ford - How Green Was My Valley Alexander Hall[?] - Here Comes Mr. Jordan Howard Hawks - Sergeant York Orson Welles - Citizen Kane William Wyler - The Little Foxes 1942 William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver Michael Curtiz - Yankee Doodle Dandy John Farrow[?] - Wake Island Mervyn LeRoy - Random Harvest Sam Wood[?] - Kings Row 1943 Michael Curtiz - Casablanca[?] Clarence Brown - The Human Comedy Henry King[?] - The Song of Bernadette Ernst Lubitsch - Heaven Can Wait[?] George Stevens - The More the Merrier 1944 Leo McCarey - Going My Way Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat[?] Henry King[?] - Wilson[?] Otto Preminger - Laura Billy Wilder - Double Indemnity 1945 Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend Clarence Brown - National Velvet[?] Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound Leo McCarey - The Bells of St. Mary's Jean Renoir - The Southerner[?] 1946 William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives Clarence Brown - The Yearling Frank Capra - It's a Wonderful Life David Lean - Brief Encounter Robert Siodmak - The Killers[?] 1947 Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement George Cukor - A Double Life Edward Dmytryk[?] - Crossfire Henry Koster[?] - The Bishop's Wife David Lean - Great Expectations 1948 John Huston - Treasure of the Sierra Madre[?] Anatole Litvak[?] - The Snake Pit Jean Negulesco[?] - Johnny Belinda Laurence Olivier - Hamlet Fred Zinnemann - The Search 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz[?] - A Letter to Three Wives Carol Reed - The Fallen Idol[?] Robert Rossen[?] - All the King's Men William A. Wellman[?] - Battleground[?] William Wyler - The Heiress 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz[?] - All About Eve George Cukor - Born Yesterday John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle[?] Carol Reed - The Third Man Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard 1951 George Stevens - A Place in the Sun John Huston - The African Queen Elia Kazan - A Streetcar Named Desire Vincente Minnelli[?] - An American in Paris William Wyler - Detective Story 1952 John Ford - The Quiet Man Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show on Earth John Huston - Moulin Rouge[?] Joseph L. Mankiewicz[?] - Five Fingers[?] Fred Zinnemann - High Noon 1953 Fred Zinnemann - From Here to Eternity George Stevens - Shane Charles Walters[?] - Lili[?] Billy Wilder - Stalag 17 William Wyler - Roman Holiday 1954 Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window George Seaton - The Country Girl William Wellman[?] - The High and the Mighty[?] Billy Wilder - Sabrina[?] 1955 Delbert Mann[?] - Marty[?] Elia Kazan - East of Eden David Lean - Summertime[?] Joshua Logan[?] - Picnic[?] John Sturges[?] - Bad Day at Black Rock 1956 George Stevens - Giant[?] Michael Anderson - Around the World in Eighty Days Walter Lang[?] - The King and I King Vidor - War and Peace[?] William Wyler - Friendly Persuasion 1957 David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai Joshua Logan[?] - Sayonara Sidney Lumet[?] - Twelve Angry Men[?] Mark Robson[?] - Peyton Place Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution 1958 Vincente Minnelli[?] - Gigi Richard Brooks[?] - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Stanley Kramer[?] - The Defiant Ones Mark Robson[?] - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness[?] Robert Wise - I Want to Live! 1959 William Wyler - Ben-Hur Jack Clayton[?] - Room at the Top George Stevens - The Diary of Anne Frank Billy Wilder - Some Like It Hot Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story 1960 Billy Wilder - The Apartment Jack Cardiff[?] - Sons and Lovers Jules Dassin[?] - Never on Sunday Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho Fred Zinnemann - The Sundowners 1961 Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins[?] - West Side Story Federico Fellini - La Dolce Vita[?] Stanley Kramer[?] - Judgment at Nuremberg Robert Rossen[?] - The Hustler J. Lee Thompson[?] - The Guns of Navarone 1962 David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia Pietro Germi[?] - Divorce - Italian Style[?] Robert Mulligan[?] - To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur Penn[?] - The Miracle Worker Frank Perry[?] - David and Lisa[?] 1963 Tony Richardson - Tom Jones[?] Federico Fellini - 8½[?] Elia Kazan - America, America Otto Preminger - The Cardinal[?] Martin Ritt[?] - Hud 1964 George Cukor - My Fair Lady Michael Cacoyannis[?] - Zorba the Greek Peter Glenville[?] - Becket Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Robert Stevenson[?] - Mary Poppins 1965 Robert Wise - The Sound of Music David Lean - Doctor Zhivago John Schlesinger[?] - Darling[?] Hiroshi Teshigahara[?] - Woman in the Dunes[?] William Wyler - The Collector 1966 Fred Zinnemann - A Man for All Seasons Michelangelo Antonioni - Blow-Up[?] Richard Brooks[?] - The Professionals[?] Claude Lelouch[?] - A Man and a Woman Mile Nichols[?] - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 Mike Nichols - The Graduate Richard Brooks[?] - In Cold Blood Norman Jewison - In the Heat of the Night Stanley Kramer[?] - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Arthur Penn[?] - Bonnie and Clyde 1968 Carol Reed - Oliver! Anthony Harvey[?] - The Lion in Winter Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey Gillo Pontecorvo[?] - The Battle of Algiers[?] Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet 1969 John Schlesinger[?] - Midnight Cowboy Constantin Costa-Gavras - Z[?] George Roy Hill - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Arthur Penn[?] - Alice's Restaurant[?] Sydney Pollack[?] - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton Robert Altman - M*A*S*H Federico Fellini - Satyricon[?] Arthur Hiller[?] - Love Story Ken Russell - Women in Love 1971 William Friedkin[?] - The French Connection Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show Norman Jewison - Fiddler on the Roof Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange John Schlesinger[?] - Sunday, Bloody Sunday[?] 1972 Bob Fosse - Cabaret[?] John Boorman[?] - Deliverance Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Joseph L. Mankiewicz[?] - Sleuth[?] Jan Troell[?] - The Emigrants 1973 George Roy Hill - The Sting Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris William Friedkin[?] - The Exorcist George Lucas - American Graffiti 1974 Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II John Cassavetes[?] - A Woman Under the Influence Bob Fosse - Lenny[?] Roman Polanski - Chinatown François Truffaut - Day for Night 1975 Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Robert Altman - Nashville Federico Fellini - Amarcord Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon Sidney Lumet[?] - Dog Day Afternoon 1976 John G. Avildsen - Rocky Ingmar Bergman - Face to Face[?] Sidney Lumet[?] - Network[?] Alan J. Pakula[?] - All the President's Men Lina Wertmüller[?] - Seven Beauties 1977 Woody Allen - Annie Hall George Lucas - Star Wars Herbert Ross[?] - The Turning Point Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind Fred Zinnemann - Julia[?] 1978 Michael Cimino[?] - The Deer Hunter Woody Allen - Interiors Hal Ashby[?] - Coming Home Warren Beatty, Buck Henry[?] - Heaven Can Wait[?] Alan Parker[?] - Midnight Express 1979 Robert Benton[?] - Kramer vs. Kramer Francis Coppola[?] - Apocalypse Now Bob Fosse - All That Jazz Edouard Molinaro[?] - La Cage aux Folles[?] Peter Yates[?] - Breaking Away 1980 Robert Redford - Ordinary People David Lynch - The Elephant Man Roman Polanski - Tess[?] Richard Rush[?] - The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull 1981 Warren Beatty - Reds[?] Hugh Hudson[?] - Chariots of Fire Louis Malle[?] - Atlantic City Mark Rydell[?] - On Golden Pond Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 Richard Attenborough - Gandhi Sidney Lumet[?] - The Verdict Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot Sidney Pollack[?] - Tootsie Steven Spielberg - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1983 James L. Brooks[?] - Terms of Endearment Bruce Beresford[?] - Tender Mercies Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander[?] Mike Nichols - Silkwood Peter Yates[?] - The Dresser 1984 Milos Forman - Amadeus Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose[?] Robert Benton[?] - Places in the Heart Roland Joffé[?] - The Killing Fields David Lean - A Passage to India 1985 Sydney Pollack[?] - Out of Africa Hector Babenco[?] - Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston - Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa - Ran Peter Weir - Witness 1986 Oliver Stone - Platoon[?] Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters James Ivory[?] - A Room with a View Roland Joffe[?] - The Mission David Lynch - Blue Velvet 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor John Boorman[?] - Hope and Glory Lasse Hallstrom[?] - My Life as a Dog[?] Norman Jewison - Moonstruck Adrian Lyne[?] - Fatal Attraction 1988 Barry Levinson[?] - Rain Man Charles Crichton[?] - A Fish Called Wanda[?] Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ Alan Parker[?] - Mississippi Burning Mike Nichols - Working Girl 1989 Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors[?] Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society Kenneth Branagh - Henry V[?] Jim Sheridan[?] - My Left Foot 1990 Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather: Part III Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas Stephen Frears[?] - The Grifters[?] Barbet Schroeder[?] - Reversal of Fortune 1991 Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs John Singleton - Boyz N the Hood James Toback[?] - Bugsy Oliver Stone - JFK[?] Ridley Scott - Thelma and Louise 1992 Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Neil Jordan[?] - The Crying Game James Ivory[?] - Howards End Robert Altman - The Player[?] Martin Brest[?] - Scent of a Woman 1993 Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List Jim Sheridan[?] - In the Name of the Father Jane Campion[?] - The Piano James Ivory[?] - The Remains of the Day Robert Altman - Short Cuts[?] 1994 Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump Woody Allen - Bullets Over Broadway[?] Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Robert Redford - Quiz Show[?] Krzysztof Piesiewicz[?], Krzysztof Kieslowski - Trois Couleurs Rouge 1995 Mel Gibson - Braveheart Chris Noonan[?] - Babe[?] Tim Robbins[?] - Dead Man Walking Mike Figgis[?] - Leaving Las Vegas Michael Radford[?] - Il Postino a.k.a. The Postman 1996 Anthony Minghella[?] - The English Patient) Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt Joel Coen - Fargo[?] Mike Leigh[?] - Secrets and Lies Scott Hicks[?] - Shine 1997 James Cameron - Titanic Peter Cattaneo[?] - The Full Monty Gus Van Sant - Good Will Hunting Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential Atom Egoyan[?] - The Sweet Hereafter 1998 Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan John Madden - Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line Peter Weir - The Truman Show Roberto Benigni - La Vita è Bella a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful 1999 Sam Mendes - American Beauty Spike Jonze - Being John Malkovich[?] Lasse Halström[?] - The Cider House Rules Michael Mann - The Insider M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense 2000 Steven Soderbergh - Traffic Stephen Daldry[?] - Billy Elliot Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich Ridley Scott - Gladiator Ang Lee - Wo hu cang long[?] a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down Robert Altman - Gosford Park Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring David Lynch - Mulholland Drive 2002 Roman Polanski - The Pianist Rob Marshall[?] - Chicago Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York Pedro Almodóvar - Hable con ella[?] Stephen Daldry[?] - The Hours[?] See also Academy Awards
In the first year only a separate award was given for Comedy Direction