Click with our upgraded visual history of every winner of the Academy Honor for Finest Supervisor, from one of the most current Oscar winners to the initial champion.
Alfonso Cuaron
“Roma” (2018)
Cuaron won his second Oscar in this classification for this intimate dramatization about a caretaker (Yalitza Aparicio) working for middle-class family members in 1970s Mexico City. He previously won Ideal Director for “Gravity” (2013 ).
2018 Best Director Nominees:
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Adam McKay, “Vice”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Guillermo Del Toro
“The Shape of Water” (2017)
Del Toro won Oscars for both guiding and also creating this Finest Image victor regarding a mute woman who falls in love with a mysterious sea creature being kept in a government facility.
2017 Best Director Nominees:
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Damien Chazelle
“La La Land” (2016)
At just 32 years old, Chazelle ended up being the youngest director to win in this group, making his Oscar for his musical love embedded in contemporary Los Angeles.
2016 Best Director Nominees:
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester By the Sea”
Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
Alejandro G. Inarritu
“The Revenant” (2015)
Inarritu ended up being the first supervisor in greater than fifty years to win back-to-back Oscars, making his second prize for this legendary tale of a frontiersman (played by Ideal Actor-winner Leonardo DiCaprio) dealing with to make it through in the freezing wilderness.
2015 Best Director Nominees:
Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “The Revenant”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
Adam McKay, “The Big Short”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Alejandro G. Inarritu
“Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance” (2014)
Inarritu won the initial of two consecutive Oscars in this group for his black funny concerning a washed-up Hollywood star that tries to reignite his profession by mounting a Broadway play. The movie, which likewise won Oscars for Best Photo as well as Finest Initial Screenplay, is well-known appearing as if it was fired in a single take.
2014 Best Director Nominees:
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morton Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
Alfonso Cuaron
“Gravity” (2013)
Cuaron made Oscars for both Routings as well as Editing this space thriller, which was both a critical and box office smash. Cuaron became the initial Mexican director to win in this category.
2013 Best Director Nominees:
Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”
David O. Russell, “American Hustle”
Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Ang Lee
“Life of Pi” (2012)
Lee’s 2nd Oscar was for his visually spectacular adaptation of Yann Martel’s unique concerning a boy as well as a Tiger stranded at sea in a tiny lifeboat.
2012 Best Director Nominees:
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Michel Hazanavicius
“The Artist” (2011)
The French director had just made a handful of films prior to winning for this black-and-white love letter to old Hollywood, which also earned the Oscar for Finest Picture and Ideal Star.
2011 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Terence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Tom Hooper
“The King’s Speech” (2010)
After winning an Emmy for routing “Elizabeth I,” Hooper went back to the subject of the British monarchy and also won an Oscar for helming this Ideal Photo champion regarding the stammering King George VI.
2010 Best Director Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan”
Joel and Ethan Coen, “True Grit”
David Fincher, “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell, “The Fighter”
Kathryn Bigelow
“The Hurt Locker” (2009)
It took 82 years for a female to win in this group, with Bigelow earning the reward for this Best Picture-winner regarding a besieged weapons team during the Iraq Battle.
2009 Best Director Nominees:
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino “Inglorious Basterds”
Danny Boyle
“Slumdog Millionaire” (2008)
Boyle’s uplifting drama concerning a kid whose life history assists him to win the Indian variation of “Who Wishes to Be a Millionaire” won a total amount of eight Oscars, consisting of Best Image.
2008 Best Director Nominees:
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Ethan and Joel Coen
“No Country for Old Men” (2007)
The Coens won Oscars for guiding, creating, and also creating this gripping adjustment of the novel by Cormac McCarthy. Their win in this group made them only the second directing team to be named as Finest Supervisor.
2007 Best Director Nominees:
Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood”
Ethan and Joel Coen, “No Country for Old Men”
Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”
Jason Reitman, “Juno”
Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Martin Scorsese
“The Departed” (2006)
After four previous nominations for directing such classics as “Cabby,” “Raging Bull,” and “Goodfellas,” Scorsese ultimately won his Oscar for this ruthless police procedural based upon an acclaimed movie from Hong Kong.
2006 Best Director Nominees:
Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Stephen Frears, “The Queen”
Paul Greengrass, “United 93”
Alejandro G. Inarritu, “Babel”
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Ang Lee
“Brokeback Mountain” (2005)
Lee, the initial non-white supervisor to win in this category, gained his very first Oscar for his now-landmark film regarding the relationship between 2 ranch hands in the Wyoming mountains.
2005 Best Director Nominees:
George Clooney, “Good Night, and Good Luck”
Paul Haggis, “Crash”
Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”
Bennett Miller, “Capote”
Steven Spielberg, “Munich”
Clint Eastwood
“Million Dollar Baby” (2004)
Eastwood gained his 2nd Directing Oscar for this Finest Picture-winner concerning an aging fitness instructor (played by Eastwood) who reluctantly agrees to train a steadfast women boxer (Best Actress-winner Hilary Swank).
2004 Best Director Nominees:
Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby”
Taylor Hackford, “Ray”
Mike Leigh, “Vera Drake”
Alexander Payne, “Sideways”
Martin Scorsese, “The Aviator”
Peter Jackson
“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003)
In addition to his win for guiding the last installation of the trilogy based upon the timeless books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Jackson also made wins for Best Photo and also Best Adapted Movie Script. The movie made a clean sweep of the Oscars that year, winning all eleven of its elections.
2003 Best Director Nominees:
Sofia Coppola, “Lost in Translation”
Clint Eastwood, “Mystic River”
Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
Fernando Meirelles, “City of God”
Peter Weir, “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”
Roman Polanski
“The Pianist” (2002)
Insubstantial trouble, the banished director won the Oscar for this haunting outlining of the Holocaust experiences of Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpliman as he tries to make it through the Nazi line of work of Warsaw Poland.
2002 Best Director Nominees:
Pedro Almodovar, “Talk to Her”
Stephen Daldry, “The Hours”
Rob Marshall, “Chicago”
Roman Polanski, “The Pianist”
Martin Scorsese, “Gangs of New York”
Ron Howard
“A Beautiful Mind” (2001)
After being neglected for 1995’s “Apollo 13,” Howard earned his Oscar for helming this bio of John Nash, the brilliant Nobel Laureate that dealt with a lifetime fight with a mental disorder.
2001 Best Director Nominees:
Robert Altman, “Gosford Park”
Ron Howard, “A Beautiful Mind”
Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
David Lynch, “Mulholland Drive”
Ridley Scott, “Black Hawk Down”
Steven Soderbergh
“Traffic” (2000)
Soderbergh went into Oscar evening with two guiding elections– for “Web traffic” and also “Erin Brokovich”– but was not expected to win for either. No one was a lot more surprised than Soderbergh when he won for his legendary take a look at the influence of medicines in America and also the past.
2000 Best Director Nominees:
Stephen Daldry, “Billy Elliot”
Ang Lee, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
Ridley Scott, “Gladiator”
Steven Soderbergh, “Erin Brockovich”
Steven Soderbergh, “Traffic”
Sam Mendes
“American Beauty” (1999)
Mendes, a well-known stage supervisor on both sides of the Atlantic, gained his Oscar for his film launching, a haunting witticism about the American middle class.
1999 Best Director Nominees:
Lasse Hallstrom, “The Cider House Rules”
Spike Jonze, “Being John Malkovich”
Michael Mann, “The Insider”
Sam Mendes, “American Beauty”
M. Night Shyamalan, “The Sixth Sense”
Steven Spielberg
“Saving Private Ryan” (1998)
Spielberg’s 2nd Oscar came just 5 years after his legendary World War II-drama, which included a 20-minute opening sequence that is frequently called among the best fight sequences in the history of a movie theater.
1998 Best Director Nominees:
Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”
John Madden, “Shakespeare in Love”
Terrence Malick, “The Thin Red Line”
Steven Spielberg, “Saving Private Ryan”
Peter Weir, “The Truman Show”
James Cameron
“Titanic” (1997)
Cameron increased his arms and declared himself “King of the Globe” when he won his Oscar for his charming legendary focused around the sinking of the well-known ocean liner.
1997 Best Director Nominees:
James Cameron, “Titanic”
Peter Cattaneo, “The Full Monty”
Atom Egoyan, “The Sweet Hereafter”
Curtis Hanson, “L.A. Confidential”
Gus Van Sant, “Good Will Hunting”
Anthony Minghella
“The English Patient” (1996)
The British director and also dramatist, that passed away in 2008, gained his Oscar for routing this romantic dramatization regarding the romance between a Hungarian count as well as a British socialite. The movie won 9 Oscars, consisting of Best Photo.
1996 Best Director Nominees:
Joel Coen, “Fargo”
Milos Forman, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
Scott Hicks, “Shine”
Mike Leigh, “Secrets and Lies”
Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”
Mel Gibson
“Braveheart” (1995)
In only his second directing effort, Gibson won the Oscar for this Ideal Picture-winner, a sprawling epic about the fight for Scottish freedom from Great Britain.
1995 Best Director Nominees:
Mike Figgis, “Leaving Las Vegas”
Mel Gibson, “Braveheart”
Chris Noonan, “Babe”
Michael Radford, “Il Postino (The Postman)”
Tim Robbins, “Dead Man Walking”
Robert Zemeckis
“Forrest Gump” (1994)
The director of such preferred films as “Back to the Future” and “Who Mounted Roger Rabbit,” Zemeckis gained Oscar gold for his box-office shatter concerning an arrested southerly male (Best Actor-winner Tom Hanks) that witnesses several of one of the most renowned moments of the 20th century.
1994 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Bullets Over Broadway”
Krzysztof Kieślowski, “Red”
Robert Redford, “Quiz Show”
Quentin Tarantino, “Pulp Fiction”
Robert Zemeckis, “Forrest Gump”
Steven Spielberg
“Schindler’s List” (1993)
It was a surprise to nobody when Spielberg won his long-overdue very first Oscar for his unwavering and attractive Holocaust drama, which has because been considered as one of the great American films of all time.
1993 Best Director Nominees:
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”
Clint Eastwood
“Unforgiven” (1992)
After nearly 4 decades in Hollywood, Eastwood won his first Oscar for routing this dark western about a changed criminal that is enticed back to his dark past. Eastwood likewise earned an election for Finest Star that year.
1992 Best Director Nominees:
Robert Altman, “The Player”
Martin Brest, “Scent of a Woman”
Clint Eastwood, “Unforgiven”
James Ivory, “Howard’s End”
Neil Jordan, “The Crying Game”
Jonathan Demme
“The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
Demme’s now-classic thriller is among only three films to win in the top 5 classifications at the Oscars: Best Photo, Director, Actor, Starlet, and a Movie script.
1991 Best Director Nominees:
Jonathan Demme, “The Silence of the Lambs”
Barry Levinson, “Bugsy”
Ridley Scott, “Thelma and Louise’
John Singleton, “Boyz n the Hood”
Oliver Stone, “JFK”
Kevin Costner
“Dances with Wolves” (1990)
Costner, in his debut as a director, won for this epic Western concerning a Union soldier that progressively ends up being a part of a people of Lacota Indians. The movie won an overall of 7 Oscars, consisting of Best Picture.
1990 Best Director Nominees:
Francis Ford Coppola, “The Godfather Part III”
Kevin Costner, “Dances with Wolves”
Stephen Frears, “The Grifters”
Barbet Schroeder, “Reversal of Fortune”
Martin Scorsese, “Goodfellas”
Oliver Stone
“Born on the Fourth of July” (1989)
Stone’s 2nd directing Oscar came for this biographical movie about Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam veteran that evolves to become a noted anti-war lobbyist.
1989 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Crimes and Misdemeanors”
Kenneth Branagh, “Henry V”
Jim Sheridan, “My Left Foot”
Oliver Stone, “Born on the Fourth of July”
Peter Weir, “Dead Poets Society”
Barry Levinson
“Rain Man” (1988)
Four Oscars, including Best Image and also Director, went to Levinson’s prominent drama regarding the connection between an Autistic savant (Ideal Star Dustin Hoffman) and his manipulative brother (Tom Cruise). The movie was the highest-grossing film of 1988.
1988 Best Director Nominees:
Charles Crichton, “A Fish Called Wanda”
Barry Levinson, “Rain Man”
Mike Nichols, “Working Girl”
Alan Parker, “Mississippi Burning”
Martin Scorsese, “The Last Temptation of Christ”
Bernardo Bertolucci
“The Last Emperor” (1987)
The Italian director’s impressive regarding the last emperor of China had a clean sweep of the 1987 Oscars, winning in all nine categories in which it was chosen.
1987 Best Director Nominees:
Bernardo Bertolucci, “The Last Emperor”
John Boorman, “Hope and Glory”
Lasse Hallstrom, “My Life as a Dog”
Norman Jewison, “Moonstruck”
Adrian Lyne, “Fatal Attraction”
Oliver Stone
“Platoon” (1986)
After winning an Oscar for his movie script of “Twelve o’clock at night Express,” Rock won his initial directing Oscar for this dark examination of the Vietnam Battle, which earned a variety of Oscars, including Finest Picture.
1986 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Hannah and Her Sisters”
James Ivory, “A Room with a View”
Roland Joffe, “The Mission”
David Lynch, “Blue Velvet”
Oliver Stone, “Platoon”
Sydney Pollack
“Out of Africa” (1985)
After guiding such classics as “The Way We Were” and “Tootsie,” Pollack earned an Oscar for directing this epic love concerning an affluent Danish author’s experiences in bushes of Africa.
1985 Best Director Nominees:
Hector Babenco, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
John Huston, “Prizzi’s Honor”
Akira Kurosawa, “Ran”
Sydney Pollack, “Out of Africa”
Peter Weir, “Witness”
Milos Forman
“Amadeus” (1984)
Forman (pictured over with producer Saul Zaentz) won his second Oscar for this historic drama which fabricated the rivalry between composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie won an overall of 8 Oscars, consisting of Best Picture.
1984 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Broadway Danny Rose”
Robert Benton, “Places in the Heart”
Milos Forman, “Amadeus”
Roland Joffe, “The Killing Fields”
David Lean, “A Passage to India”
James L. Brooks
“Terms of Endearment” (1983)
The innovative voice behind such tv classics as “Taxi,” “The Simpsons,” as well as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Brooks won Oscars for writing, routing, and creating this drama regarding the stormy connection between a mother as well as the child.
1983 Best Director Nominees:
Bruce Beresford, “Tender Mercies”
Ingmar Bergman, “Fanny and Alexander”
James L. Brooks, “Terms of Endearment”
Mike Nichols, “Silkwood”
Peter Yates, “The Dresser”
Richard Attenborough
“Gandhi” (1982)
Attenborough spent almost twenty years trying to bring the tale of Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. The resulting film gained 8 Oscars, including Finest Image.
1982 Best Director Nominees:
Richard Attenborough, “Gandhi”
Sidney Lumet, “The Verdict”
Wolfgang Petersen, “Das Boot”
Sydney Pollack, “Tootsie”
Steven Spielberg, “ET: The Extra-terrestrial”
Warren Beatty
“Reds” (1981)
After gaining multiple elections for acting, producing, and also writing, Beatty gained his very first, as well as today, only Oscar for guiding this three-hour impressive about socialist reporter John Reed.
1981 Best Director Nominees:
Warren Beatty, “Reds”
Hugh Hudson, “Chariots of Fire”
Louis Malle, “Atlantic City”
Mark Rydell, “On Golden Pond”
Steven Spielberg, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Robert Redford
“Ordinary People” (1980)
Redford, the celebrity of such classics as “Butch Cassidy as well as the Sundance Kid” and also “The Sting,” won his Oscar for his directorial launching, a haunting portrait of a household in dilemma after enduring a heartbreaking loss.
1980 Best Director Nominees:
David Lynch, “The Elephant Man”
Roman Polanski, “Tess”
Robert Redford, “Ordinary People”
Richard Rush, “The Stunt Man”
Martin Scorsese, “Raging Bull”
Robert Benton
“Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979)
Benton won Oscars for both routings and also creating this emotional drama, which also won acting Oscars for stars Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.
1979 Best Director Nominees:
Robert Benton, “Kramer vs. Kramer”
Francis Ford Coppola, “Apocalypse Now”
Bob Fosse, “All That Jazz”
Edouard Molinaro, “La Cage aux Folles”
Peter Yates, “Breaking Away”
Michael Cimino
“The Deer Hunter” (1978)
Cimino co-wrote and also guided this Ideal Picture-winner regarding a group of friends whose lives are shattered following their tours of duty in Vietnam. Cimino took place to guide ‘Paradise’s Gateway,” one of the costliest disasters in film history.
1978 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Interiors”
Hal Ashby, “Coming Home”
Warren Beatty/Buck Henry, “Heaven Can Wait”
Michael Cimino, “The Deer Hunter”
Alan Parker, “Midnight Express”
Woody Allen
“Annie Hall” (1977)
Allen created, routed, and also starred in this charming funny concerning a fallen short partnership. Allen won in a guiding race that consisted of George Lucas (” Celebrity Wars”) and also Steven Spielberg (” Close Encounters of the Third Kind”).
1977 Best Director Nominees:
Woody Allen, “Annie Hall”
George Lucas, “Star Wars”
Herbert Ross, “The Turning Point”
Steven Spielberg, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
Fred Zinnemann, “Julia”
John G. Avildsen
“Rocky” (1976)
Avildsen made his Oscar for routing the classic boxing film, which was the highest-grossing film of the year and made Sylvester Stallone a bona fide star.
1976 Best Director Nominees:
John G. Avildsen, “Rocky”
Ingmar Bergman, “Face to Face”
Sidney Lumet, “Network”
Alan J. Pakula, “All the President’s Men”
Lina Wertmuller, “Seven Beauties”
Milos Forman
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)
An essential filmmaker in his native Czechoslovakia, Forman’s second American movie, an adjustment of the well-known novel by Ken Kesey, is one of just 3 movies to ever win Oscar in the top five groups: Photo, Actor, Starlet, Supervisor, as well as a Movie script.
1975 Best Director Nominees:
Robert Altman, “Nashville”
Federico Fellini, “Amarcord”
Milos Forman, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Stanley Kubrick, “Barry Lyndon”
Sidney Lumet, “Dog Day Afternoon”
Francis Ford Coppola
“The Godfather Part II” (1974)
After shedding the most effective Director Oscar for the initial “Godfather” film, Coppola took the prize for the movie’s to follow up, the first sequel to ever before win the most effective Image, Oscar.
1974 Best Director Nominees:
John Cassavetes, “A Woman Under the Influence”
Francis Ford Coppola, “The Godfather Part II”
Bob Fosse, “Lenny”
Roman Polanski, “Chinatown”
Francois Truffaut, “Day for Night”
George Roy Hill
“The Sting” (1973)
Hill’s amusing caper film brought him his initial Oscar win after gaining a previous nomination for 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and also the Sundance Kid.”
1973 Best Director Nominees:
Ingmar Bergman, “Cries and Whispers”
Bernardo Bertolucci, “Last Tango in Paris”
William Friedkin, “The Exorcist”
George Roy Hill, “The Sting”
George Lucas, “American Graffiti”
Bob Fosse
“Cabaret” (1972)
Fosse was a surprise champion in this group for his reimagining of the traditional stage musical by John Kander as well as Fred Ebb. The film holds the document for the majority of Oscar wins– eight– without winning Ideal Image.
1972 Best Director Nominees:
John Boorman, “Deliverance”
Francis Ford Coppola, “The Godfather”
Bob Fosse, “Cabaret”
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, “Sleuth”
Jan Troell, “The Emigrants”
William Friedkin
“The French Connection” (1971)
Friedkin’s gritty crime drama about 2 narcotics detective tracking a well-off French heroin smuggler was the initial R-rated movie to win Ideal Image.
1971 Best Director Nominees:
Peter Bigdanovich, “The Last Picture Show”
William Friedkin, “The French Connection”
Norman Jewison, “Fiddler on the Roof”
Stanley Kubrick, “A Clockwork Orange”
John Schlesinger, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
Franklin J. Schaffner
“Patton” (1970)
fter earning a variety of Emmy’s guiding tv, Schaffner gained an Oscar for routing this impressive bio of General George S. Patton, the accomplished yet debatable World War II figure.
1970 Best Director Nominees:
Robert Altman, “M.A.S.H.”
Federico Fellini, “Fellini Satyricon”
Arthur Hiller, “Love Story”
Ken Russell, “Women in Love”
Franklin J. Schaffner, “Patton”
John Schlesinger
“Midnight Cowboy” (1969)
Schlesinger’s drama about the unlikely relationship between a male prostitute and also a bilker was the first and also only X-rated movie to win the very best Picture, Oscar.
1969 Best Director Nominees:
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?”
John Schlesinger, “Midnight Cowboy”
Carol Reed
“Oliver” (1968)
Film doubter Pauline Kael called this adaptation above the stage musical on which it was based. Oscar voters agreed, awarding it five Oscars, consisting of Ideal Image.
1968 Best Director Nominees:
Anthony Harvey, “The Lion in Winter”
Stanley Kubrick, “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Gillo Pontecorvo, “The Battle of Algiers”
Carole Reed, “Oliver”
Franco Zeffirelli, ” Romeo and Juliet”
Mike Nichols
“The Graduate” (1967)
After succeeding as a comedian and Tony-winning stage supervisor, Nichols made Oscar gold for this box-office hit, a coming-of-age- funny concerning a college student’s shift into uncertain adulthood.
1967 Best Director Nominees:
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”
Arthur Penn, “Bonnie and Clyde”
Fred Zinnemann
“A Man for All Seasons” (1966)
Zinnemann’s 4th job Oscar– and his 2nd for directing an attribute– came for this sweeping adaptation of the well-known play regarding Sir Thomas Extra’s conflicts with Henry VIII.
1966 Best Director Nominees:
Michelangelo Antonioni, “Blowup”
Richard Brooks, “The Professionals”
Claude Lelouch, “A Man and a Woman”
Mike Nichols, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Fred Zinnemann, “A Man for All Seasons”
Robert Wise
“The Sound of Music” (1965)
The precious adaptation of the preferred Rodgers & Hammerstein musical earned Wise his second Best Director Oscar.
1965 Best Director Nominees:
David Lean, “Doctor Zhivago”
John Schlesinger, “Darling”
Hiroshi Teshigahara, “The Dunes”
Robert Wise, “The Sound of Music”
William Wyler, “The Collector”
George Cukor
“My Fair Lady” (1964)
After 4 previous nominations, Cukor won his very first Oscar for directing the adjustment of Lerner & Lowe’s preferred stage musical, itself an adaptation of the classic play, “Pygmalion.”.
1964 Best Director Nominees:
Michael Cacoyannis, “Zorba the Greek”
George Cukor, “My Fair Lady”
Peter Glenville, “Becket”
Stanley Kubrick, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”
Robert Stevenson, “Mary Poppins”
Tony Richardson
“Tom Jones” (1963)
Part of the “New Wave” of British supervisors, Richardson won his Oscar for his adjustment of the traditional story by Henry Fielding. The movie also gained 5 acting elections, including three nods in the Supporting Actress race.
1963 Best Director Nominees:
Federico Fellini, “8 1/2”
Elia Kazan, “America America”
Otto Preminger, “The Cardinal”
Tony Richardson, “Tom Jones”
Martin Ritt, “Hud”
David Lean
“Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)
Lean’s second guiding Oscar came for this sprawling historical legendary based upon the life of renowned archeologists as well as military officer T.E. Lawrence.
1962 Best Director Nominees:
Pietro Germi, “Divorce Italian Style”
David Lean, “Lawrence of Arabia”
Robert Mulligan, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Arthur Penn, “The Miracle Worker”
Frank Perry, “David and Lisa”
Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise
“West Side Story” (1961)
For the first time in Oscar history, a group won the honor for Best Director, something that would only occur one other time. Wise as well as Robbins won the Oscar for the movie adaptation of the traditional musical by Leonard Bernstein.
1961 Best Director Nominees:
Federico Fellini, “La Dolce Vita”
Stanley Kramer, “Judgement at Nuremberg”
Robert Rossen, “The Hustler”
J. Lee Thompson, “The Guns of Navarone”
Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise, “West Side Story”
Billy Wilder
“The Apartment” (1960)
Wilder ended up being the first individual to win Oscars for generating, routing, and also composing, winning below for his timeless charming funny which starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
1960 Best Director Nominees:
Jack Cardiff, “Sons and Lovers”
Jules Dassin, “Never on Sunday”
Alfred Hitchcock, “Psycho”
Billy Wilder, “The Apartment”
Fred Zinnemann, “The Sundowners”
William Wyler
“Ben-Hur” (1959)
Wyler won his 3rd directing Oscar for this historical impressive, which is among the highest-grossing films of all time and won a record-setting eleven Oscars.
1959 Best Director Nominees:
Jack Clayton, “Room at the Top”
George Stevens, “The Diary of Anne Frank”
Billy Wilder, “Some Like It Hot”
William Wyler, “Ben-Hur”
Fred Zinnemann, “The Nun’s Story”
Vincente Minnelli
“Gigi” (1958)
The prominent director of phase as well as flick musicals– and the papa of Liza Minnelli– earned his Oscar for this enchanting song including songs by the making up group of Lerner and also Lowe.
1958 Best Director Nominees:
Richard Brooks, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
Stanley Kramer, “The Defiant Ones”
Vincente Minnelli, “Gigi”
Mark Robson, “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness”
Robert Wise, “I Want to Live!”
David Lean
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)
Lean won his very first Oscar for Best Director for this drama concerning a team of recorded British soldiers in Japan during World War II.
1957 Best Director Nominees:
David Lean, “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Joshua Logan, “Sayonara”
Sidney Lumet, “12 Angry Men”
Mark Robson, “Peyton Place”
Billy Wilder, “Witness for the Prosecution”
George Stevens
“Giant” (1956)
Stevens gained his 2nd Oscar for guiding this impressive dramatization which starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean in his final screen efficiency.
1956 Best Director Nominees:
Michael Anderson, “Around the World in 80 Days”
Walter Lang, “The King and I”
George Stevens, “Giant”
King Vidor, “War and Peace”
William Wyler, “Friendly Persuasion”
Delbert Mann
“Marty” (1955)
After directing the television play of the very same name, Mann made his big-screen debut routing the film variation, which made him the Oscar. Mann later became head of state of the Director’s Guild.
1955 Best Director Nominees:
Elia Kazan, “East of Eden”
David Lean, “Summertime”
Joshua Logan, “Picnic”
Delbert Mann, “Marty”
John Sturges, “Bad Day at Black Rock”
Elia Kazan
“On the Waterfront” (1954)
Kazan’s 2nd Oscar came for this exploration of union corruption and violence among a team of New Jersey longshoremen.
1954 Best Director Nominees:
Alfred Hitchcock, “Rear Window”
Elia Kazan, “On the Waterfront”
George Seaton, “The Country Girl”
William A. Wellman, “The High And The Mighty”
Billy Wilder, “Sabrina”
Fred Zinnemann
“From Here to Eternity” (1953)
This romantic drama that complies with a group of American soldiers throughout the lead-up to Pearl Harbor won Zinnemann his initial Oscar for Ideal Director. He had actually made previous Oscars for his deal with short movies and also documentaries.
1953 Best Director Nominees:
George Stevens, “Shane”
Charles Walters, “Lili”
Billy Wilder, “Stalag 17”
William Wyler, “Roman Holiday”
Fred Zinnemann, “From Here to Eternity”
John Ford
“The Quiet Man” (1952)
Ford, recognized primarily for westerns and war movies, won a record-setting fourth directing Oscar for this charming funny set in Ireland.
1952 Best Director Nominees:
Cecil B. DeMille, “The Greatest Show on Earth”
John Ford, “The Quiet Man”
John Huston, “Moulin Rouge”
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, “5 Fingers”
Fred Zinnemann, “High Noon”
George Stevens
“A Place in the Sun” (1951)
Stevens won his initial Oscar for this adaptation of the traditional 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser about a middle-class guy captured in between two ladies.
1951 Best Director Nominees:
John Huston, “The African Queen”
Elia Kazan, “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Vincente Minnelli, “An American in Paris”
George Stevens, “A Place in the Sun”
William Wyler, “Detective Story”
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
“All About Eve” (1950)
Mankiewicz’s second consecutive directing Oscar– an accomplishment that would certainly not be repeated up until 2016– came for this timeless dramatization concerning an aging star and an overzealous follower.
1950 Best Director Nominees:
George Cukor, “Born Yesterday”
John Huston, “Asphalt Jungle”
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, “All About Eve”
Carol Reed, “The Third Man”
Billy Wilder, “Sunset Boulevard”
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
“A Letter to Three Wives” (1949)
Mankiewicz won his first of two successive Oscars for this romantic dramatization entailing three females and a secret including among the females’ husbands.
1949 Best Director Nominees:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, “A Letter to Three Wives”
Carol Reed, “The Fallen Idol”
Robert Rossen, “All the Kings’ Men”
William A. Wellman, “Battleground”
William Wyler, “The Heiress”
John Huston
“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948)
Huston not only won Oscars for writing as well as guiding the timeless western; his dad, Walter Huston, also took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Star.
1948 Best Director Nominees:
John Huston, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”
Anatole Litvak, “The Snake Pit”
Jean Negulesco, “Johnny Belinda”
Laurence Olivier, “Hamlet”
Fred Zinnemann, “The Search”
Elia Kazan
“Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947)
Kazan, an owner of the renowned Star’s Studio, gained his first Oscar for guiding this Ideal Picture-winner regarding antisemitism in America.
1947 Best Director Nominees:
George Cukor, “A Double Life”
Edward Dmytryk, “Crossfire”
Elia Kazan, “Gentleman’s Agreement”
Henry Koster, “The Bishop’s Wife”
David Lean, “Great Expectations”
William Wyler
“The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946)
Wyler’s 2nd came for his wartime drama regarding a triad of soldiers who have trouble getting used to life after returning residence from World War II.
1946 Best Director Nominees:
Clarence Brown, “The Yearling”
Frank Capra, “It’s a Wonderful Life”
Alfred Hitchcock, “Spellbound”
David Lean, “Brief Encounter”
Robert Siodmak, “The Killers”
William Wyler, “The Best Years of Our Lives”
Billy Wilder
“The Lost Weekend” (1945)
Wilder’s very first Oscar wins were for routing and co-writing the adaptation of the novel concerning an alcoholic author.
1945 Best Director Nominees:
Clarence Brown, “National Velvert”
Alfred Hitchcock, “Spellbound”
Leo McCarey, “The Bells of St. Mary’s”
Jean Renoir, “The Southerner”
Billy Wilder, “The Lost Weekend”
Leo McCarey
“Going My Way” (1944)
McCarey’s second Oscar win was for this captivating music drama regarding a young clergyman taking control of a church from a grizzled older priest.
1944 Best Director Nominees:
Alfred Hitchcock, “Lifeboat”
Henry King, “Wilson”
Leo McCarey, “Going My Way”
Otto Preminger, “Laura”
Billy Wilder, “Double Indemnity”
Michael Curtiz
“Casablanca” (1943)
The Hungarian-born Curtiz earned his Oscar for what is usually called among the best movies of all time, an enchanting dramatization about the goings-on in a Morrocan nightclub throughout The second world war.
1943 Best Director Nominees:
Clarence Brown, “The Human Comedy”
Michael Curtiz, “Casablanca”
Henry King, “The Song of Bernadette”
Ernst Lubitsch, “Heaven Can Wait”
George Stevens, “The More the Merrier”
William Wyler
“Mrs. Miniver” (1942)
The first of Wyler’s 3 Oscar wins in this category came for this drama about the effect of World War II on a little British farming community. Wyler is the only director in Oscar history to guide 3 Ideal Picture champions.
1942 Best Director Nominees:
Michael Curtiz, “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
John Farrow, “Wake Island”
Mervyn LeRoy, “Random Harvest”
Sam Wood, “Kings Row”
William Wyler, “Mrs. Miniver”
John Ford
“How Green Was My Valley” (1941)
Defeating Orson Welles for “Citizen Kane,” Ford won his third directing Oscar– and also his 2nd in a row– for this Finest Picture-winner about a Welsh mining family member throughout the 1800s.
1941 Best Director Nominees:
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”
John Ford
“The Grapes of Wrath” (1940)
Ford’s second of four Ideal Supervisor success was for this haunting adjustment of the classic John Steinbeck novel concerning a battling household during the Great Clinical depression.
1940 Best Director Nominees:
George Cukor, “The Philadelphia Story”
John Ford, “The Grapes of Wrath”
Alfred Hitchcock, “Rebecca”
Sam Wood, “Kitty Foyle”
William Wyler, “The Letter”
Victor Fleming
“Gone with the Wind” (1939)
After replacing supervisor George Cukor during shooting, Fleming took home the Oscar for the timeless Civil War-epic, however, he is equally widely known for guiding an also more-beloved standard: “The Wizard of Oz.”
1939 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Capra, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”
Victor Fleming, “Gone with the Wind”
John Ford, “Stagecoach”
Sam Wood, “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”
William Wyler, “Wuthering Heights”
Frank Capra
“You Can’t Take It With You” (1938)
Capra won this 3rd Oscar in 5 years for this adjustment of the timeless phase funny by Kaufman and Hart; it was likewise the highest-grossing film of 1938.
1938 Best Director Nominees:
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”
Leo McCarey
“The Awful Truth” (1937)
Although this screwball funny gained McCarey his initial Oscar, he apparently stated that he believed his other 1937 launch, “Give way for Tomorrow,” was the premium film.
1937 Best Director Nominees:
William Dieterle, “The Life of Emile Zola”
Sidney Franklin, “The Good Earth”
Gregory La Cava, “Stage Door”
Leo McCarey, “The Awful Truth”
William A. Wellman, “A Star Is Born”
Frank Capra
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936)
Capra’s second of three Oscars in five years came for this rags-to-riches comedy which earned Gary Cooper his first Oscar nomination.
1936 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Capra, “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
Gregory La Cava, “My Man Godfrey”
Robert Z. Leonard, “The Great Ziegfeld”
W.S. Van Dyke, “San Francisco”
William Wyler, “Dodsworth”
John Ford
“The Informer” (1935)
The first of Ford’s 4 Oscars in this group– a document that has yet to be defeated– was for this drama about set against Ireland’s battle for independence.
1935 Best Director Nominees:
John Ford, “The Informant”
Henry Hathaway, “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer”
Frank Lloyd, “Mutiny on the Bounty”
Frank Capra
“It Happened One Night” (1934)
Capra’s very first Oscar in five years was for this screwball comedy, the first film to ever before win every one of the top 5 Oscars: Image, Director, Actor, Actress, as well as Screenplay.
1934 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Capra, “It Happened One Night”
Victor Schertzinger, “One Night of Love”
W.S. Van Dyke, “The THin Man”
Frank Lloyd
“Cavalcade” (1933)
Lloyd’s second Oscar came for this adaptation of the play by Noel Coward concerning an upper-class pair and also their connections against the backdrop of some to the defining moments of the first quarter of the 20th century.
1933 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Capra, “Lady for a Day”
George Cukor, “Little Women”
Frank Lloyd, “Cavalcade”
Frank Borzage
“Bad Girl” (1931)
Borzage’s 2nd Oscar came for this drama about the day-to-day battles of ordinary people.
1931 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Borzage, “Bad Girl”
King Vidor, “The Champ”
Josef von Sternberg, “Shanghai Express”
Norman Taurog
“Skippy” (1930)
At simply 32, Taurog was the youngest champion ever before in this group, a document that held until Damien Chazelle damaged it in 2016 with his win for “La La Land.”
1930 Best Director Nominees:
Clarence Brown, “A Free Soul”
Lewis Milestone, “The Front Page”
Wesley Ruggles, “Cimarron”
Norman Taurog, “Skippy”
Josef von Sternberg, “Morocco”
Lewis Milestone
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1929)
Milestone gained his Oscar directing this adjustment of the classic story by Erich Maria Remarque concerning a German soldier’s experiences during World War I.
1929 Best Director Nominees:
Clarence Brown, “Anna Christie”
Clarence Brown, “Romance”
Robert Z. Leonard, “The Divorcee”
Ernst Lunitsch, “The Love Parade”
Lewis Milestone, “All Quiet on the Western Front”
King Vidor, “Hallelujah!”
Frank Lloyd
“The Divine Lady” (1929)
As the regulations permitted because of this, Lloyd received nominations for 3 separate movies in 1929. His win can for this quiet comedy-musical is the initial, and to date, the only movie to ever before winning Ideal Director without being nominated for Finest Image.
1929 Best Director Nominations:
Lionel Barrymore, “Madame X”
Henry Beaumont, “The Broadway Melody”
Irving Cummings, “In Old Arizona”
Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady”
Frank Lloyd, “Drag”
Frank Lloyd, “Weary River”
Ernst Lubitsch, “The Patriot”
Frank Borzage/Lewis Milestone
“7th Heaven/”Two Arabian Nights” (1927/1928)
At the very first Oscar ceremony, supervisors of funny were recognized aside from those in drama. Both Milestone and Borzage would certainly go on to win additional Oscars, and also the separation of funny and drama would be discontinued the following year.
1927/1928 Best Director Nominees:
Frank Borzage, “7th Heaven” (Drama)
Herbert Brenon, “Sorrell and Son” (Drama)
Lewis Milestone, “Two Arabian Nights” (Comedy)
King Vidor, “The Crowd” (Drama)
Ted Wilde, “Speedy” (Comedy)
