1931 Academy Awards – Directing Winner and Nominees

Skippy

Norman Taurog

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky’s pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

A Free Soul

Clarence Brown

Cimarron

Wesley Ruggles

Morocco

Josef von Sternberg

The Front Page

Lewis Milestone