1969 Academy Awards – Directing Winner and Nominees

Oliver!

Carol Reed

After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick

Romeo and Juliet

Franco Zeffirelli

The Battle of Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo

The Lion in Winter

Anthony Harvey