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2020 Academy Awards – Directing
![Parasite Bong Joon Ho](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/parasite-bong-joon-ho-movie-image.jpg)
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho
2019 Academy Awards – Directing
![Roma Alfonso Cuarón](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roma-alfonso-cuaron-movie-image.jpg)
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
2018 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-shape-of-water-guillermo-del-toro-image.jpg)
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
2017 Academy Awards – Directing
![La La Land Damien Chazelle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
2016 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-revenant-image.jpg)
The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2015 Academy Awards – Directing
![Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-image.jpg)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2014 Academy Awards – Directing
![Gravity Alfonso Cuarón](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
2013 Academy Awards – Directing
![Life of Pi Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-of-pi-image.jpg)
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
2012 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Artist Michel Hazanavicius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-artist-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
2011 Academy Awards – Directing
![The King's Speech Tom Hooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kings-speech-tom-hooper-image.jpg)
The King’s Speech
Tom Hooper
2010 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hurt-locker-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
2009 Academy Awards – Directing
![Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
2008 Academy Awards – Directing
![No Country for Old Men Ethan Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-country-for-old-men-ethan-coen-joel-coen-image.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen
2007 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Departed Martin Scorsese](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-departed-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
2006 Academy Awards – Directing
![Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
2005 Academy Awards – Directing
![Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/million-dollar-baby-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
2004 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson
2003 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Pianist Roman Polanski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pianist-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
The Pianist
Roman Polanski
2002 Academy Awards – Directing
![A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-beautiful-mind-ron-howard-image.jpg)
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
2001 Academy Awards – Directing
![Traffic Steven Soderbergh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/traffic-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Traffic
Steven Soderbergh
2000 Academy Awards – Directing
![American Beauty Sam Mendes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
Sam Mendes
1999 Academy Awards – Directing
![Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/saving-private-ryan-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg
1998 Academy Awards – Directing
![Titanic James Cameron](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/titanic-james-cameron-image.jpg)
Titanic
James Cameron
1997 Academy Awards – Directing
![The English Patient Anthony Minghella](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-english-patient-image.jpg)
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
1996 Academy Awards – Directing
![Braveheart Mel Gibson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/braveheart-mel-gibson-image.jpg)
Braveheart
Mel Gibson
1995 Academy Awards – Directing
![Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/forrest-gump-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis
1994 Academy Awards – Directing
![Schindler's List Steven Spielberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/schindlers-list-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Schindler’s List
Steven Spielberg
1993 Academy Awards – Directing
![Unforgiven Clint Eastwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unforgiven-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
1992 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
1991 Academy Awards – Directing
![Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dances-with-wolves-kevin-costner-image.jpg)
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner
1990 Academy Awards – Directing
![Born on the Fourth of July Oliver Stone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-oliver-stone-image.jpg)
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone
1989 Academy Awards – Directing
![Rain Man Barry Levinson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rain-man-image.jpg)
Rain Man
Barry Levinson
1988 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-emperor-image.jpg)
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
1987 Academy Awards – Directing
![Platoon Oliver Stone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/platoon-oliver-stone-image.jpg)
Platoon
Oliver Stone
1986 Academy Awards – Directing
![Out of Africa Sydney Pollack](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/out-of-africa-sydney-pollack-image.jpg)
Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack
1985 Academy Awards – Directing
![Amadeus Milos Forman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amadeus-image.jpg)
Amadeus
Milos Forman
1984 Academy Awards – Directing
![Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1983 Academy Awards – Directing
![Gandhi Richard Attenborough](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gandhi-richard-attenborough-image.jpg)
Gandhi
Richard Attenborough
1982 Academy Awards – Directing
![Reds Warren Beatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reds-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Reds
Warren Beatty
1981 Academy Awards – Directing
![Ordinary People Robert Redford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ordinary-people-robert-redford-image.jpg)
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
1980 Academy Awards – Directing
![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
1979 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-deer-hunter-michael-cimino-image.jpg)
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
1978 Academy Awards – Directing
![Annie Hall Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annie-hall-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
1977 Academy Awards – Directing
![Rocky John G. Avildsen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rocky-john-g.-avildsen-image.jpg)
Rocky
John G. Avildsen
1976 Academy Awards – Directing
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Milos Forman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Milos Forman
1975 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Godfather: Part II Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-godfather-part-ii-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
1974 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Sting George Roy Hill](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sting-george-roy-hill-image.jpg)
The Sting
George Roy Hill
1973 Academy Awards – Directing
![Cabaret Bob Fosse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cabaret-bob-fosse-image.jpg)
Cabaret
Bob Fosse
1972 Academy Awards – Directing
![The French Connection William Friedkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-french-connection-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The French Connection
William Friedkin
1971 Academy Awards – Directing
![Patton Franklin J. Schaffner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patton-franklin-j.-schaffner-image.jpg)
Patton
Franklin J. Schaffner
1970 Academy Awards – Directing
![Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-cowboy-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger
1969 Academy Awards – Directing
![Oliver! Carol Reed](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oliver-carol-reed-image.jpg)
Oliver!
Carol Reed
1968 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Graduate Mike Nichols](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-graduate-mike-nichols-image.jpg)
The Graduate
Mike Nichols
1967 Academy Awards – Directing
![A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
Fred Zinnemann
1966 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Sound of Music Robert Wise](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sound-of-music-robert-wise-image.jpg)
The Sound of Music
Robert Wise
1965 Academy Awards – Directing
![My Fair Lady George Cukor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-fair-lady-george-cukor-image.jpg)
My Fair Lady
George Cukor
1964 Academy Awards – Directing
![Tom Jones Tony Richardson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
Tony Richardson
1963 Academy Awards – Directing
![Lawrence of Arabia David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lawrence-of-arabia-david-lean-image.jpg)
Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean
1962 Academy Awards – Directing
![West Side Story Robert Wise](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/west-side-story-jerome-robbins-robert-wise-image.jpg)
West Side Story
Robert Wise
1961 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Apartment Billy Wilder](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-apartment-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Apartment
Billy Wilder
1960 Academy Awards – Directing
![Ben-Hur William Wyler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ben-hur-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Ben-Hur
William Wyler
1959 Academy Awards – Directing
![Gigi Vincente Minnelli](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gigi-vincente-minnelli-charles-walters-image.jpg)
Gigi
Vincente Minnelli
1958 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean
1957 Academy Awards – Directing
![Giant George Stevens](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/giant-george-stevens-image.jpg)
Giant
George Stevens
1956 Academy Awards – Directing
![Marty Delbert Mann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Delbert Mann
1955 Academy Awards – Directing
![On the Waterfront Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan
1954 Academy Awards – Directing
![From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/from-here-to-eternity-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
1953 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Quiet Man John Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-man-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Quiet Man
John Ford
1952 Academy Awards – Directing
![A Place in the Sun George Stevens](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-place-in-the-sun-george-stevens-image.jpg)
A Place in the Sun
George Stevens
1951 Academy Awards – Directing
![All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-about-eve-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950 Academy Awards – Directing
![A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-letter-to-three-wives-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1949 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-john-huston-image.jpg)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
1948 Academy Awards – Directing
![Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gentlemans-agreement-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
Gentleman’s Agreement
Elia Kazan
1947 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-best-years-of-our-lives-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler
1946 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lost-weekend-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder
1945 Academy Awards – Directing
![Going My Way Leo McCarey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/going-my-way-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
Going My Way
Leo McCarey
1944 Academy Awards – Directing
![Casablanca Michael Curtiz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/casablanca-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz
1943 Academy Awards – Directing
![Mrs. Miniver William Wyler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mrs.-miniver-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Mrs. Miniver
William Wyler
1942 Academy Awards – Directing
![How Green Was My Valley John Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/how-green-was-my-valley-john-ford-image.jpg)
How Green Was My Valley
John Ford
1941 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Grapes of Wrath John Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-grapes-of-wrath-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford
1940 Academy Awards – Directing
![Gone with the Wind Victor Fleming](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gone-with-the-wind-victor-fleming-george-cukor-sam-wood-image.jpg)
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming
1939 Academy Awards – Directing
![You Can't Take It with You Frank Capra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/you-cant-take-it-with-you-frank-capra-image.jpg)
You Can’t Take It with You
Frank Capra
1938 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Awful Truth Leo McCarey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-awful-truth-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
The Awful Truth
Leo McCarey
1937 Academy Awards – Directing
![Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Frank Capra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mr.-deeds-goes-to-town-frank-capra-image.jpg)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra
1936 Academy Awards – Directing
![The Informer John Ford](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-informer-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Informer
John Ford
1935 Academy Awards – Directing
![It Happened One Night Frank Capra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra-image.jpg)
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra
1934 Academy Awards – Directing
![Cavalcade Frank Lloyd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cavalcade-frank-lloyd-image.jpg)
Cavalcade
Frank Lloyd
1932 Academy Awards – Directing
![Bad Girl Frank Borzage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bad-girl-frank-borzage-image.jpg)
Bad Girl
Frank Borzage
1931 Academy Awards – Directing
![Skippy Norman Taurog](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/skippy-norman-taurog-image.jpg)
Skippy
Norman Taurog
1930s Academy Awards – Directing
![All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lewis-milestone-image.jpg)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lewis Milestone
1930s Academy Awards – Directing
![The Divine Lady Frank Lloyd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-divine-lady-frank-lloyd-image.jpg)
The Divine Lady
Frank Lloyd
1929 Academy Awards – Directing
![7th Heaven Frank Borzage](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7th-heaven-frank-borzage-image.jpg)
7th Heaven
Frank Borzage
1929 Academy Awards – Directing
![Two Arabian Knights Lewis Milestone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/two-arabian-knights-lewis-milestone-image.jpg)