1980 Academy Awards – Directing Winner
![Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Ted Kramer’s wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple’s son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
1980 Academy Awards – Directing Nominees
![All That Jazz Bob Fosse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-that-jazz-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
All That Jazz
Bob Fosse
![Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/apocalypse-now-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola
![Breaking Away Peter Yates](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/breaking-away-peter-yates-image.jpg)
Breaking Away
Peter Yates
![La cage aux folles Édouard Molinaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-cage-aux-folles-edouard-molinaro-image.jpg)