1997 The Satellite Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

Titanic

James Cameron

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Amistad

Steven Spielberg

Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson

Good Will Hunting

Gus Van Sant

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson