FEATURE FILM AWARD DGA’S Site
DGA | Oscar
*film nominated/+ won Best Picture at the Oscars
2012
| Steven Spielberg, Lincoln | Steven Spielberg, Lincoln |
| Ang Lee, Life of Pi | Ang Lee, Life of Pi |
| Ben Affleck, Argo | David O. Russell, Silver Linings |
| Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty | Michael Haneke Amour |
| Tom Hooper, Les Miserables | Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
2011
| Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist+ |
| Martin Scorsese, Hugo | Martin Scorsese, Hugo* |
| Alexander Payne, The Descendants | Alexander Payne, The Descendants* |
| Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris* |
| David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Terrence Malick, Tree of Life* |
2010
| Tom Hooper The King’s Speech | Tom Hooper the King’s Speech+ |
| David Fincher, Social Network | David Fincher, Social Network* |
| Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan* |
| David O’Russell, The Fighter | David O’Russell, The Fighter* |
| Christopher Nolan, Inception* | The Coens, True Grit* |
2009
| Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker | Bigelow, Hurt Locker+ |
| Lee Daniels, Precious | Lee Daniels, Precious* |
| Jason Reitman, Up in the Air | Jason Reitman, Up in the Air* |
| Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds | Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds* |
| Jim Cameron, Avatar | Jim Cameron, Avatar* |
2008
| Danny Boyle, Slumdog | Danny Boyle, Slumdog+ |
| Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon* |
| Gus Van Sant, Milk | Gus Van Sant, Milk* |
| David Fincher, Benjamin Button | David Fincher, Benjamin Button* |
| Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight | Stephen Daldry, The Reader* |
2007
| Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country | Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country+ |
| Sean Penn, Into the Wild | Jason Reitman, Juno* |
| Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton* |
| Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood* |
2006
| Stephen Frears, The Queen | Stephen Frears, The Queen* |
| Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel* |
| Bill Condon, Dreamgirls | Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima* |
| Faris and Dayton, Little Miss Sunshine* | Paul Greengrass, United 93 |
| Martin Scorsese, The Departed | Martin Scorsese, The Departed+ |
2005
| Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain * |
| George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck | George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck* |
| Paul Haggis, Crash | Paul Haggis, Crash+ |
| Bennett Miller, Capote | Bennett Miller, Capote* |
| Steven Spielberg, Munich | Steven Spielberg, Munich * |
2004
| Alexander Payne for Sideways | Alexander Payne for Sideways* |
| Martin Scorsese for The Aviator | Martin Scorsese for The Aviator* |
| Taylor Hackford for Ray | Taylor Hackford for Ray* |
| Marc Forster for Finding Neverland* | Mike Leigh for Vera Drake |
| Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby+ |
2003
| Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation* |
| Clint Eastwood, Mystic River | Clint Eastwood, Mystic River* |
| Peter Jackson, ROTK | Peter Jackson, ROTK+ |
| Peter Weir, Master and Commander | Peter Weir, Master and Commander* |
| Gary Ross, Seabiscuit* | Fernando Merielles, City of God |
2002
| Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese* |
| Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings* | Pedro Almodovar |
| Roman Polanski, The Pianist | Roman Polanski* |
| Rob Marshall, Chicago | Rob Marshall+ |
| Steven Daldry, The Hours | Steven Daldry* |
2001
| Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind+ |
| Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings | Peter Jackson, LOTR* |
| Christopher Nolan, Memento | Robert Altman, Gosford Park* |
| Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down |
| Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge* | David Lynch, Mulholland Drive |
2000
| Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous | Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot* |
| Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* |
| Ridley Scott, Gladiator | Ridley Scott, Gladiator+ |
| Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich * |
| Steven Soderbergh, Traffic | Steven Soderbergh, Traffic* |
1999
| Frank Darabont, The Green Mile* | Lasse Hallstrom, Cider House Rules* |
| Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich |
| Michael Mann, The Insider | Michael Mann, The Insider* |
| Sam Mendes, American Beauty | Sam Mendes, American Beauty+ |
| M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense* |
1998
| Peter Weir, Truman Show | Peter Weir, Truman Show |
| Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick, Thin Red Line |
| John Madden, Shakes in Love | John Madden, Shakes in Love* |
| Steven Spielberg, SPR | Steven Spielberg, SPR |
| Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful |
1997
| James L. Brooks As Good As It Gets* | Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty* |
| Steven Spielberg Amistad | Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter |
| Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting* |
| James Cameron, Titanic | James Cameron, Titanic+ |
| Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential* |
1996
| Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire* | Milos Forman for The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| Joel Coen, Fargo | Joel Coen, Fargo* |
| Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies * |
| Anthony Minghella, The English Patient | Anthony Minghella, The English Patient+ |
| Scott Hicks, Shine | Scott Hicks, Shine* |
1995
| Mike Figgis for Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis for Leaving Las Vegas |
| Mel Gibson for Braveheart | Mel Gibson for Braveheart+ |
| Ron Howard for Apollo 13* | Chris Noonan for Babe* |
| Ang Lee for Sense and Sensibility* | Tim Robbins for Dead Man Walking |
| Michael Radford for Il Postino | Michael Radford for Il Postino* |
1994
| Mike Newell for Four Weddings and a Funeral* | Woody Allen for Bullets Over Broadway |
| Frank Darabont for The Shawshank Redemption* | Krzysztof Kieslowski for Red |
| Robert Redford for Quiz Show | Robert Redford for Quiz Show* |
| Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction* |
| Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump+ |
1993
| Andrew Davis for The Fugitive* | Robert Altman for Short Cuts |
| Jane Campion for The Piano | Jane Campion for The Piano* |
| James Ivory for The Remains Of the Day | James Ivory for The Remains Of the Day* |
| Martin Scorsese for The Age Of Innocence | Jim Sheridan for In the Name Of the Father* |
| Steven Spielberg for Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg for Schindler’s List+ |
1992
| Robert Altman for The Player | Robert Altman for The Player |
| Rob Reiner for A Few Good Men* | Martin Brest for Scent Of a Woman* |
| Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven+ |
| James Ivory for Howards End | James Ivory for Howards End* |
| Neil Jordan for The Crying Game | Neil Jordan for The Crying Game* |
1991
| Barbra Streisand for The Prince Of Tides* | John Singleton for Boyz N the Hood |
| Oliver Stone for JFK | Oliver Stone for JFK* |
| Ridley Scott for Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott for Thelma & Louise |
| Barry Levinson for Bugsy | Barry Levinson for Bugsy* |
| Jonathan Demme for The Silence Of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme for The Silence Of the Lambs+ |
1990
| Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part III | Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Part III* |
| Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves | Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves+ |
| Barry Levinson for Avalon | Stephen Frears for The Grifters |
| Martin Scorsese for GoodFellas | Martin Scorsese for GoodFellas* |
| Giuseppe Tornatore for Cinema Paradiso | Barbet Schroeder for Reversal Of Fortune |
1989
Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture
| Born on the Fourth of July: Oliver Stone | Born on the Fourth of July: Oliver Stone |
| Field of Dreams: Phil Alden Robinson | Henry V: Kenneth Branagh |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors: Woody Allen | Crimes and Misdemeanors: Woody Allen |
| Dead Poets Society: Peter Weir | Dead Poets Society: Peter Weir |
| When Harry Met Sally…: Rob Reiner | My Left Foot: Jim Sheridan |
1988
| Rain Man: Barry Levinson | Rain Man: Barry Levinson+ |
| A Fish Called Wanda: Charles Crichton | A Fish Called Wanda: Charles Crichton |
| Working Girl: Mike Nichols | Working Girl: Mike Nichols |
| Mississippi Burning: Alan Parker | Mississippi Burning: Alan Parker |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Robert Zemeckis | The Last Temptation of Christ: Martin Scorsese |
1987
| The Last Emperor: Bernardo Bertolucci | The Last Emperor: Bernardo Bertolucci+ |
| Broadcast News: James L. Brooks | Hope and Glory: John Boorman |
| My Life as a Dog: Lasse Hallström | My Life as a Dog: Lasse Hallström |
| Empire of the Sun: Steven Spielberg | Moonstruck: Norman Jewison |
| Fatal Attraction: Adrian Lyne | Fatal Attraction: Adrian Lyne |
1986
| Platoon: Oliver Stone | Platoon: Oliver Stone+ |
| Hannah and Her Sisters: Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters: Woody Allen |
| Children of a Lesser God: Randa Haines | The Mission: Roland Joffé |
| A Room with a View: James Ivory | A Room with a View: James Ivory |
| Stand by Me: Rob Reiner | Blue Velvet: David Lynch |
1985
| Out of Africa: Sydney Pollack | Out of Africa: Sydney Pollack+ |
| The Color Purple: Steven Spielberg | Kiss of the Spider Woman: Hector Babenco |
| Prizzi’s Honor: John Huston | Prizzi’s Honor: John Huston |
| Cocoon: Ron Howard | Ran: Akira Kurosawa |
| Witness: Peter Weir | Witness: Peter Weir |
1984
| Amadeus: Milos Forman | Amadeus: Milos Forman+ |
| Places in the Heart: Robert Benton | Broadway Danny Rose: Woody Allen |
| A Soldier’s Story: Norman Jewison | Places in the Heart: Robert Benton |
| The Killing Fields: Roland Joffé | The Killing Fields: Roland Joffé |
| A Passage to India: David Lean | A Passage to India: David Lean |
1983
| Terms of Endearment: James L. Brooks | Terms of Endearment: James L. Brooks+ |
| Tender Mercies: Bruce Beresford | Tender Mercies: Bruce Beresford |
| Fanny and Alexander: Ingmar Bergman | Fanny and Alexander: Ingmar Bergman |
| The Big Chill: Lawrence Kasdan | Silkwood: Mike Nichols |
| The Right Stuff: Philip Kaufman | The Dresser: Peter Yates |
1982
| Gandhi: Richard Attenborough | Gandhi: Richard Attenborough+ |
| An Officer and a Gentleman: Taylor Hackford | The Verdict: Sidney Lumet |
| Das Boot: Wolfgang Petersen | Das Boot: Wolfgang Petersen |
| Tootsie: Sydney Pollack | Tootsie: Sydney Pollack |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Steven Spielberg | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Steven Spielberg |
1981
| Reds: Warren Beatty | Reds: Warren Beatty |
| Chariots of Fire: Hugh Hudson | Chariots of Fire: Hugh Hudson+ |
| Atlantic City: Louis Malle | Atlantic City: Louis Malle |
| On Golden Pond: Mark Rydell | On Golden Pond: Mark Rydell |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark: Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark: Steven Spielberg |
1980
| Ordinary People: Robert Redford | Ordinary People: Robert Redford+ |
| The Elephant Man: David Lynch | The Elephant Man: David Lynch |
| Coal Miner’s Daughter: Michael Apted | Tess: Roman Polanski |
| The Stunt Man: Richard Rush | The Stunt Man: Richard Rush |
| Raging Bull: Martin Scorsese | Raging Bull: Martin Scorsese |
1979
| Kramer vs. Kramer: Robert Benton | Kramer vs. Kramer: Robert Benton+ |
| Manhattan: Woody Allen | La cage aux folles: Edouard Molinaro |
| The China Syndrome: James Bridges | All That Jazz: Bob Fosse |
| Apocalypse Now: Francis Ford Coppola | Apocalypse Now: Francis Ford Coppola |
| Breaking Away: Peter Yates | Breaking Away: Peter Yates |
1978
| The Deer Hunter: Michael Cimino | The Deer Hunter: Michael Cimino+ |
| An Unmarried Woman: Paul Mazursky | Interiors: Woody Allen |
| Coming Home: Hal Ashby | Coming Home: Hal Ashby |
| Heaven Can Wait: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | Heaven Can Wait: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry |
| Midnight Express: Alan Parker | Midnight Express: Alan Parker |
1977
| Annie Hall: Woody Allen | Annie Hall: Woody Allen+ |
| Star Wars: George Lucas | Star Wars: George Lucas |
| The Turning Point: Herbert Ross | The Turning Point: Herbert Ross |
| Julia: Fred Zinnemann | Julia: Fred Zinnemann |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Steven Spielberg | Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Steven Spielberg |
1976
| Rocky: John G. Avildsen | Rocky: John G. Avildsen+ |
| Taxi Driver: Martin Scorsese | Face to Face: Ingmar Bergman |
| Network: Sidney Lumet | Network: Sidney Lumet |
| All the President’s Men: Alan J. Pakula | All the President’s Men: Alan J. Pakula |
| Seven Beauties: Lina Wertmüller | Seven Beauties: Lina Wertmüller |
1975
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Milos Forman | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Milos Forman+ |
| Nashville: Robert Altman |
Nashville: Robert Altman |
| Jaws: Steven Spielberg | Amarcord: Federico Fellini |
| Barry Lyndon: Stanley Kubrick | Barry Lyndon: Stanley Kubrick |
| Dog Day Afternoon: Sidney Lumet | Dog Day Afternoon: Sidney Lumet |
1974
| The Godfather: Part II: Francis Ford Coppola | The Godfather: Part II: Francis Ford Coppola+ |
| The Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola | A Woman Under the Influence: John Cassavetes |
| Lenny: Bob Fosse | Lenny: Bob Fosse |
| Chinatown: Roman Polanski | Chinatown: Roman Polanski |
| Murder on the Orient Express: Sidney Lumet | Day for Night: François Truffaut |
1973
| The Sting: George Roy Hill | The Sting: George Roy Hill+ |
| Last Tango in Paris: Bernardo Bertolucci | Last Tango in Paris: Bernardo Bertolucci |
| The Exorcist: William Friedkin | The Exorcist: William Friedkin |
| American Graffiti: George Lucas | American Graffiti: George Lucas |
| Serpico: Sidney Lumet | Cries & Whispers: Ingmar Bergman |
1972
| Cabaret: Bob Fosse | Cabaret: Bob Fosse |
| Deliverance: John Boorman | Deliverance: John Boorman |
| The Godfather: Francis Ford Coppola | The Godfather: Francis Ford Coppola+ |
| Sounder: Martin Ritt | Sleuth: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Slaughterhouse-Five: George Roy Hill | The Emigrants: Jan Troell |
1971
| The French Connection: William Friedkin | The French Connection: William Friedkin+ |
| The Last Picture Show: Peter Bogdanovich | The Last Picture Show: Peter Bogdanovich |
| Summer of ’42: Robert Mulligan | Fiddler on the Roof: Norman Jewison |
| A Clockwork Orange: Stanley Kubrick | A Clockwork Orange: Stanley Kubrick |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday: John Schlesinger | Sunday Bloody Sunday: John Schlesinger |
1970
| Patton: Franklin J. Schaffner | Patton: Franklin J. Schaffner |
| MASH: Robert Altman | MASH: Robert Altman |
| Love Story: Arthur Hiller | Love Story: Arthur Hiller |
| Ryan’s Daughter: David Lean | Fellini Satyricon: Federico Fellini |
| Five Easy Pieces: Bob Rafelson | Women in Love: Ken Russell |
1969
| Midnight Cowboy: John Schlesinger | Midnight Cowboy: John Schlesinger |
| Z: Costa-Gavras | Z: Costa-Gavras |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: George Roy Hill | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: George Roy Hill |
| Easy Rider: Dennis Hopper | Arthur Penn, Alice’s Restaurant |
| They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?: Sydney Pollack | They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?: Sydney Pollack |
| Oh! What a Lovely War: Richard Attenborough | |
| Hello, Dolly!: Gene Kelly | |
| The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah | |
| Goodbye, Columbus: Larry Peerce | |
| Medium Cool: Haskell Wexler |
1968
| Oliver!: Carol Reed | Oliver!: Carol Reed |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick | 2001: A Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick |
| Rachel, Rachel: Paul Newman | The Lion in Winter: Anthony Harvey |
| Funny Girl: William Wyler | The Battle of Algiers: Gillo Pontecorvo |
| Isabel: Paul Almond | |
| Closely Watched Trains: Jirí Menzel | |
| Hello, Dolly!: Gene Kelly | |
| Rosemary’s Baby: Roman Polanski | |
| The Odd Couple: Gene Saks | |
| Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli | Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli |
1967
| The Graduate: Mike Nichols | The Graduate: Mike Nichols |
| In Cold Blood: Richard Brooks | In Cold Blood: Richard Brooks |
| In the Heat of the Night: Norman Jewison | In the Heat of the Night: Norman Jewison+ |
| Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Stanley Kramer | Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Stanley Kramer |
| Bonnie and Clyde: Arthur Penn | Bonnie and Clyde: Arthur Penn |
| The Dirty Dozen: Robert Aldrich | |
| To Sir, with Love: James Clavell | |
| Two for the Road: Stanley Donen | |
| Cool Hand Luke: Stuart Rosenberg | |
| Ulysses: Joseph Strick |
1966
| A Man for All Seasons: Fred Zinnemann | A Man for All Seasons: Fred Zinnemann+ |
| Grand Prix: John Frankenheimer | Blow-Up: Michelangelo Antonioni |
| The Professionals: Richard Brooks | The Professionals: Richard Brooks |
| Alfie: Lewis Gilbert* | |
| Born Free: James Hill | |
| The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming: Norman Jewison* | |
| A Man and a Woman: Claude Lelouch | A Man and a Woman: Claude Lelouch |
| Georgy Girl: Silvio Narizzano | |
| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Mike Nichols | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Mike Nichols* |
| The Sand Pebbles: Robert Wise* |
1965
| The Sound of Music: Robert Wise+ | The Sound of Music: Robert Wise+ |
| The Ipcress File: Sidney J. Furie | Doctor Zhivago: David Lean |
| The Pawnbroker: Sidney Lumet | Woman in the Dunes: Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Darling: John Schlesinger | Darling: John Schlesinger |
| Cat Ballou: Elliot Silverstein | The Collector: William Wyler |
1964
| My Fair Lady: George Cukor | My Fair Lady: George Cukor+ |
| The Night of the Iguana: John Huston | Zorba the Greek: Mihalis Kakogiannis |
| Becket: Peter Glenville | Becket: Peter Glenville |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Stanley Kubrick | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Stanley Kubrick |
| Mary Poppins: Robert Stevenson | Mary Poppins: Robert Stevenson |
1963
| Tom Jones: Tony Richardson | Tom Jones: Tony Richardson |
| 8½: Federico Fellini | 8½: Federico Fellini |
| America, America: Elia Kazan | America, America: Elia Kazan |
| Lilies of the Field: Ralph Nelsonk | The Cardinal: Otto Preminger |
| Hud: Martin Ritt | Hud: Martin Ritt |
1962
| Lawrence of Arabia: David Lean | Lawrence of Arabia: David Lean+ |
| Divorce Italian Style: Pietro Germi | Divorce Italian Style: Pietro Germi |
| To Kill a Mockingbird: Robert Mulligan | To Kill a Mockingbird: Robert Mulligan |
| The Miracle Worker: Arthur Penn | The Miracle Worker: Arthur Penn |
| Birdman of Alcatraz: John Frankenheimer | David and Lisa: Frank Perry |
| The Manchurian Candidate: John Frankenheimer | |
| The Longest Day: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki | |
| Freud: John Huston | |
| Lolita: Stanley Kubrick | |
| Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Sidney Lumet | |
| Billy Budd: Peter Ustinov | |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: Robert Aldrich | |
| The Music Man: Morton DaCosta | |
| Mutiny on the Bounty: Lewis Milestone | |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight: Ralph Nelson | |
| A Taste of Honey: Tony Richardson |
1961
| West Side Story: Robert Wise | West Side Story: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins+ |
| La Dolce Vita: Federico Fellini | |
| Judgment at Nuremberg: Stanley Kramer | Judgment at Nuremberg: Stanley Kramer* |
| The Hustler: Robert Rossen | The Hustler: Robert Rossen* |
| The Guns of Navarone: J. Lee Thompson | The Guns of Navarone: J. Lee Thompson* |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Blake Edwards | |
| One-Eyed Jacks: Marlon Brando | |
| Pocketful of Miracles: Frank Capra | |
| The Innocents: Jack Clayton | |
| Summer and Smoke: Peter Glenville | |
| The Misfits: John Huston | |
| Splendor in the Grass: Elia Kazan | |
| Flower Drum Song: Henry Koster | |
| A Majority of One: Mervyn LeRoy | |
| Hand in Hand: Philip Leacock | |
| Fanny: Joshua Logan | |
| El Cid: Anthony Mann | |
| The Great Impostor: Robert Mulligan | |
| A Raisin in the Sun: Daniel Petrie | |
| The AbsentMinded Professor: Robert Stevenson | |
| Romanoff and Juliet: Peter Ustinov | |
| The Children’s Hour: William Wyler |
1960
| The Apartment: Billy Wilder | The Apartment: Billy Wilder |
| Sons and Lovers: Jack Cardiff | Sons and Lovers: Jack Cardiff |
| Bells Are Ringing: Vincente Minnelli |
Never on Sunday: Jules Dassin |
| Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock | Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Sundowners: Fred Zinnemann | The Sundowners: Fred Zinnemann |
| Elmer Gantry: Richard Brooks | |
| Sunrise at Campobello: Vincent J. Donehue | |
| Sink the Bismarck!: Lewis Gilbert | |
| Can-Can: Walter Lang | |
| The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Delbert Mann | |
| Home from the Hill: Vincente Minnelli | |
| Our Man in Havana: Carol Reed | |
| Hiroshima, mon amour: Alain Resnais | |
| Please Don’t Eat the Daisies: Charles Walters |
1959
| Ben-Hur: William Wyler | Ben-Hur: William Wyler |
| Anatomy of a Murder: Otto Preminger | Room at the Top: Jack Clayton |
| The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens | The Diary of Anne Frank: George Stevens |
| Some Like It Hot: Billy Wilder | Some Like It Hot: Billy Wilder |
| The Nun’s Story: Fred Zinnemann | The Nun’s Story: Fred Zinnemann |
| The Shaggy Dog: Charles Barton | |
| A Hole in the Head: Frank Capra | |
| Compulsion: Richard Fleischer | |
| The Horse Soldiers: John Ford | |
| Rio Bravo: Howard Hawks | |
| North by Northwest: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!: Leo McCarey | |
| Imitation of Life: Douglas Sirk |
1958
| Gigi: Vincente Minnelli | Gigi: Vincente Minnelli |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Richard Brooks |
| The Defiant Ones: Stanley Kramer | The Defiant Ones: Stanley Kramer |
| The Inn of the Sixth Happiness: Mark Robson | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness: Mark Robson |
| I Want to Live!: Robert Wise | I Want to Live!: Robert Wise |
| Damn Yankees!: George Abbott, Stanley Donen | |
| The Brothers Karamazov: Richard Brooks | |
| Cowboy: Delmer Daves | |
| The Young Lions: Edward Dmytryk | |
| The Vikings: Richard Fleischer | |
| Vertigo: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| The Long, Hot Summer: Martin Ritt | |
| Teacher’s Pet: George Seaton | |
| The Big Country: William Wyler |
1957
| The Bridge on the River Kwai: David Lean | The Bridge on the River Kwai: David Lean |
| Les Girls: George Cukor | Sayonara: Joshua Logan |
| 12 Angry Men: Sidney Lumet | 12 Angry Men: Sidney Lumet |
| Peyton Place: Mark Robson | Peyton Place: Mark Robson |
| Witness for the Prosecution: Billy Wilder | Witness for the Prosecution: Billy Wilder |
| Funny Face: Stanley Donen | |
| The Great Man: José Ferrer | |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison: John Huston | |
| A Face in the Crowd: Elia Kazan | |
| The Pride and the Passion: Stanley Kramer | |
| Men in War: Anthony Mann | |
| An Affair to Remember: Leo McCarey | |
| Fear Strikes Out: Robert Mulligan | |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: John Sturges | |
| Love in the Afternoon: Billy Wilder | |
| A Hatful of Rain: Fred Zinnemann |
1956
| Giant: George Stevens | Giant: George Stevens |
| Around the World in Eighty Days: Michael Anderson | Around the World in Eighty Days: Michael Anderson |
| The King and I: Walter Lang | The King and I: Walter Lang |
| War and Peace: King Vidor | War and Peace: King Vidor |
| Friendly Persuasion: William Wyler | Friendly Persuasion: William Wyler |
| The Teahouse of the August Moon: Daniel Mann | |
| The Searchers: John Ford | |
| The Trouble with Harry: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit: Nunnally Johnson | |
| Carousel: Henry King | |
| Trapeze: Carol Reed | |
| Alexander the Great: Robert Rossen | |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas: Roy Rowland | |
| The Eddy Duchin Story: George Sidney | |
| Moby Dick: John Huston | |
| Bus Stop: Joshua Logan | |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me: Robert Wise |
1955
| Marty: Delbert Mann | Marty: Delbert Mann |
| East of Eden: Elia Kazan | East of Eden: Elia Kazan |
| Mister Roberts: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy | Summertime: David Lean |
| Picnic: Joshua Logan | Picnic: Joshua Logan |
| Bad Day at Black Rock: John Sturges | Bad Day at Black Rock: John Sturges |
| The Rose Tattoo: Daniel Mann | |
| Blackboard Jungle: Richard Brooks | |
| The Long Gray Line: John Ford | |
| A Man Called Peter: Henry Koster | |
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri: Mark Robson | |
| Love Me or Leave Me: Charles Vidor | |
| The Seven Year Itch: Billy Wilder |
1954
| On the Waterfront: Elia Kazan | On the Waterfront: Elia Kazan |
| Rear Window: Alfred Hitchcock | Rear Window: Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Country Girl: George Seaton | The Country Girl: George Seaton |
| The High and the Mighty: William A. Wellman | The High and the Mighty: William A. Wellman |
| Sabrina: Billy Wilder | Sabrina: Billy Wilder |
| A Star Is Born: George Cukor | |
| The Caine Mutiny: Edward Dmytryk | |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Stanley Donen | |
| Knock on Wood: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | |
| Hell and High Water: Samuel Fuller | |
| Dial M for Murder: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| King of the Khyber Rifles: Henry King | |
| The Glenn Miller Story: Anthony Mann | |
| Three Coins in the Fountain: Jean Negulesco | |
| Riot in Cell Block 11: Don Siegel | |
| Executive Suite: Robert Wise |
1953
| From Here to Eternity: Fred Zinnemann | From Here to Eternity: Fred Zinnemann |
| Shane: George Stevens | Shane: George Stevens |
| Lili: Charles Walters | Lili: Charles Walters |
| Stalag 17: Billy Wilder | Stalag 17: Billy Wilder |
| Roman Holiday: William Wyler | Roman Holiday: William Wyler |
| Come Back Little Sheba: Daniel Mann | |
| Above and Beyond: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | |
| The Robe: Henry Koster | |
| Call Me Madam: Walter Lang | |
| Julius Caesar: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
| Titanic: Jean Negulesco | |
| Young Bess: George Sidney |
1953
| The Quiet Man: John Ford | The Quiet Man: John Ford |
| The Greatest Show on Earth: Cecil B. DeMille | The Greatest Show on Earth: Cecil B. DeMille+ |
| Pat and Mike: George Cukor | Moulin Rouge: John Huston |
| 5 Fingers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 5 Fingers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| High Noon: Fred Zinnemann | High Noon: Fred Zinnemann |
| I’ll See You in My Dreams: Michael Curtiz | |
| Singin’ in the Rain: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | |
| My Six Convicts: Hugo Fregonese | |
| The Big Sky: Howard Hawks | |
| Viva Zapata!: Elia Kazan | |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Henry King | |
| Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa | |
| Pandora and the Flying Dutchman: Albert Lewin | |
| The Bad and the Beautiful: Vincente Minnelli | |
| Scaramouche: George Sidney | |
| Ivanhoe: Richard Thorpe | |
| Hans Christian Andersen: Charles Vidor |
1952
| A Place in the Sun: George Stevens | A Place in the Sun: George Stevens |
| Strangers on a Train: Alfred Hitchcock | The African Queen: John Huston |
| A Streetcar Named Desire: Elia Kazan | A Streetcar Named Desire: Elia Kazan |
| An American in Paris: Vincente Minnelli | An American in Paris: Vincente Minnelli+ |
| Detective Story: William Wyler | Detective Story: William Wyler |
| Death of a Salesman: Laslo Benedek | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac: Michael Gordon | |
| David and Bathsheba: Henry King | |
| Quo Vadis: Mervyn LeRoy | |
| Decision Before Dawn: Anatole Litvak | |
| Show Boat: George Sidney | |
| The Great Caruso: Richard Thorpe |
1951
| All About Eve: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | All About Eve: Joseph L. Mankiewicz+ |
| The Asphalt Jungle: John Huston | Born Yesterday: George Cukor |
| Father’s Little Dividend: Vincente Minnelli | The Asphalt Jungle: John Huston |
| The Third Man: Carol Reed | |
| Sunset Blvd.: Billy Wilder | Sunset Blvd.: Billy Wilder |
1950
| All the King’s Men: Robert Rossen | All the King’s Men: Robert Rossen+ |
| The Third Man: Carol Reed | A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Champion: Mark Robson | The Fallen Idol: Carol Reed |
| Lost Boundaries: Alfred L. Werker | Battleground: William A. Wellman |
| SuThe Heiress: William Wyler |
1949
| A Letter to Three Wives: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Hamlet: Laurence Olivier+ |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: John Huston | |
| Red River: Howard Hawks | The Search: Fred Zinnemann |
| The Snake Pit: Anatole Litvak | The Snake Pit: Anatole Litvak |
| The Search: Fred Zinnemann | Johnny Belinda: Jean Negulesco |
+also won Best Picture
(best picture that didn’t match director)
| 2012 | ||
| 2011 | Michel Hazanavicious, The Artist | Michel Hazanavicious, The Artist+ |
| 2010 | Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech | Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech+ |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker+ |
| 2008 | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire+ |
| 2007 | Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country | Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country+ |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese, The Departed | Martin Scorsese, The Departed+ |
| 2005 | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain* (Crash+) |
| 2004 | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood, MDB+ |
| 2003 | Peter Jackson, Return of the King | Peter Jackson, Return of the King+ |
| 2002 | Rob Marshall, Chicago | Roman Polanski, The Pianist (Chicago) |
| 2001 | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind+ |
| 2000 | Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger | Steven Soderbergh, Traffic (Gladiator) |
| 1999 | Sam Mendes, American Beauty | Sam Mendes, American Beauty+ |
| 1998 | Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg (Shakespeare in Love) |
| 1997 | Jim Cameron, Titanic | Jim Cameron, Titanic+ |
| 1996 | Anthony Minghella, English Patient | Anthony Minghella, English Patient+ |
| 1995 | Ron Howard, Apollo 13 | Mel Gibson, Braveheart+ |
| 1994 | Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump+ |
| 1993 | Seven Spielberg, Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List+ |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven+ |
| 1991 | Jonathan Demme, Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme, Silence of the Lambs + |
| 1990 | Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves+ |
| 1989 | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July (Driving Miss Daisy – director Beresford not nommed for Oscar or DGA) |
| 1988 | Barry Levinson, Rain Man | Barry Levinson, Rain Man+ |
| 1987 | Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Emperor+ |
| 1986 | Oliver Stone, Platoon | Oliver Stone, Platoon+ |
| 1985 | Steven Spielberg, Color Purple | Sidney Pollack, Out of Africa+ |
| 1984: | Milos Forman, Amadeus | Milos Forman, Amadeus+ |
| 1983: | James Brooks, Terms of Endearment | James Brooks, Terms of Endearment+ |
| 1982: | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi+ |
| 1981: | Warren Beatty, Reds | Warren Beatty, Reds (Chariots of Fire) |
| 1980: | Robert Redford, Ordinary People | Robert Redford, Ordinary People+ |
| 1979: | Robert Benton, Kramer Vs. Kramer | Robert Benton, Kramer Vs. Kramer+ |
| 1978: | Michael Cimino, Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino, Deer Hunter+ |
| 1977: | Woody Allen, Annie Hall | Woody Allen, Annie Hall+ |
| 1976: | John Avildson, Rocky | John Avildson, Rocky+ |
| 1975: | Milos Foreman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Milos Foreman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest+ |
| 1974: | Frances Coppola, Godfather II | Frances Coppola, Godfather II+ |
| 1973: | George Roy Hill, The Sting | George Roy Hill+ |
| 1972: | Frances Coppola, The Godfather | Bob Fosse, Cabaret (Godfather) |
| 1971: | William Friedkin, The French Connection | William Friedkin, The French Connection+ |
| 1970: | Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton | Franklin J. Schaffner , Patton+ |
| 1969: | John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy | John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy+ |
| 1968: | Anthony Harvey, Lion in Winter | Carol Reed, Oliver+ |
| 1967: | Mike Nichols, The Graduate | Mike Nichols, The Graduate (In Heat of the Night) |
| 1966: | Fred Zinneman, A Man for all Seasons | Fred Zinneman, A Man for all Seasons+ |
| 1965: | Robert Wise, The Sound of Music | Robert Wise, the Sound of Music+ |
| 1964: | George Cukor, My Fair Lady | George Cukor, My Fair Lady+ |
| 1963: | Tony Richardson, Tom Jones | Tony Richardson, Tom Jones+ |
| 1962: | David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia+ |
| 1961: | Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, West Side Story | Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, West Side Story+ |
| 1960: | Billy Wilder, The Apartment | Billy Wilder, The Apartment+ |
| 1959: | William Wyler, Ben Hur | William Wyler, Ben Hur+ |
| 1958: | Vincent Minnelli, Gigi | Vincent Minnelli, Gigi+ |
| 1957: | David Lean, Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean, Bridge on the River Kwai+ |
| 1956: | George Stevens, Giant | George Stevens, Giant (Around/World in 80 Days) |
| 1955: | Delbert Mann, Marty | Delbert Mann, Marty+ |
| 1954: | Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront+ |
| 1953: | Fred Zinnemann, From here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann, From here to Eternity+ |
| 1952: | John Ford, The Quiet Man | John Ford, The Quiet Man (Greatest Show on Earth) |
| 1951: | George Stevens, A Place in the Sun | George Stevens, A Place in the Sun (An American in Paris) |
| 1950: | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve+ |
| 1949: | Robert Rossen, All the King’s Men | Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter To Three Wives (All the King’s Men) |
| 1948: | Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter To Three Wives | John Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Hamlet) |
| 1947 | Elia Kaza for Gentleman’s Agreement | |
| 1946 | William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives | |
| 1945 | Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend | |
| 1944 | Leo McCary for Going My Way | |
| 1943 | Michael Curtiz for Casablanca | |
| 1942 | William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver | |
| 1941 | John Ford for How Green Was My Valley | |
| 1940 | John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath (Rebecca) | |
| 1939 | Victor Flemming, Gone with the Wind | |
| 1938 | Frank Capra, You Can’t Take it With You | |
| 1937 | Leo McCary, The Awful Truth (The Life of Emile Zola) | |
| 1936 | Frank Capra, Mr. Deed Goes to Town (The Great Ziegfeld) | |
| 1935 | John Ford, The Informer (Mutiny on the Bounty) | |
| 1934 | Frank Capra, It Happened One Night | |
| 1933 | Frank Lloyd, Calvalcade |
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