1996 Academy Awards – Directing Winner and Nominees

Braveheart

Mel Gibson

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.

Babe

Chris Noonan

Dead Man Walking

Tim Robbins

Il Postino: The Postman

Michael Radford

Leaving Las Vegas

Mike Figgis