1980 Golden Globe Awards – Best Director Winner
![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
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
1980 Golden Globe Awards – Best Director Nominees
![Being There Hal Ashby](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-there-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Being There
Hal Ashby
![Breaking Away Peter Yates](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/breaking-away-peter-yates-image.jpg)
Breaking Away
Peter Yates
![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
![The China Syndrome James Bridges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-china-syndrome-james-bridges-image.jpg)